Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 08, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Dictatorship Formalised: Python Software Foundation Violates Its Very Own Code Of Conduct (COC) or Code Of Censorship

   Incoming Python Software Foundation Executive Director, Deb Nicholson, allegedly uses COCs to get ahead while violating COCs

2. Another Massive Blow to the Web

   This is awful news and it neatly relates to topics that we covered this morning

3. All the Latest Five Blog Posts at OSI's Blog Are Written by a Microsoft Operative Salaried by Microsoft

   "Open Source" no longer means anything

   New

4. Czech Republic: GNU/Linux Jumps Above 4%

   data from the Czech Republic for 2024

5. IBM Engagement Surveys "Are Usually Useful for the Executives So They Know Which Things to Ignore"

   This impacts Red Hat as well

6. Did Microsoft 'Write' (by Chatbots) This 'Article' About WINE?

   The Web is drowning in garbage

7. [Meme] 'Self-Checkout' (and Banking 'Apps'): Passing All Accountability to the Customers

   Stealing

8. Gemini Links 07/12/2024: Leasehold and NNTP

   Links for the day

9. Fun Statistics About Techrights (Almost a Quarter Million Files)

   Here are some raw numbers

10. PIP (Performance Improvement Plan) as an Instrumental But Largely Hidden (From the Public) Extra Layer of IBM's Workforce Reductions

    The morale at IBM is really bad

11. Microsoft Money: From Bribing Bloggers to SLAPPing Bloggers

    Microsoft money, different strategy?

12. Belgium: Windows Falls to Quarter of the Market, Mobile Devices Outsell or Overtake Desktops/Laptops on the Web

    Microsoft has no operating system for 'smartphones'

13. Links 07/12/2024: CALEA Back Doors Backfiring, Fentanylware's (TikTok) U.S. Ban a Step Closer

    Links for the day

14. statCounter: GNU/Linux Rises Sharply to All-Time High in Republic of South Korea

    Notice how sharp the rise is!

15. Legacy of a Dying World Wide Web

    Many people truly believe they're "stars" in social control media

16. Google Does Not Have a Search Engine Anymore

    Google wants to "retain" users for more "screen time" and influence over their minds; it does not save you time, it's manipulating you

17. [Meme] Automattic: Host With Automattic, We'll Handle Our Own Complexity for You

    The RHEL modus operandi (more so with systemd)

18. Finding Peace With Less

    There seems to be a growing consensus (speaking to other editors helps confirm this) that the Web is going in a very bad direction

19. Links 07/12/2024: DEI Chopped by University of Michigan, French and South Korean Governments in Turmoil

    Links for the day

20. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

21. IRC Proceedings: Friday, December 06, 2024

    IRC logs for Friday, December 06, 2024

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