Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Yes, Of Course the Linux Foundation's OpenSSF Rejects Open Source and GNU/Linux (New Report)

   longstanding tradition

2. Links 10/12/2024: Nvidia's Regulatory Woes, Trust Issues in LLMs (and Similar Recent Hype)

   Links for the day

3. Gemini Links 10/12/2024: Lagrange 1.18.4 Released, New RNG

   Links for the day

4. More Chatbot 'Articles' About Chatbots

   Look what's happening to the Web...

5. Microsoft Falls to All-Time Lows in Cameroon

   Windows down to just 4.6%

6. Brittany Day Still Uses Bots to 'Write' Articles (But Not All the Time)

   it leads to a presumption of plagiarism

7. Links 10/12/2024: Trying "Hey Hi" With New Hype and Buzzwords, TikTok Bans Imminent

   Links for the day

8. Google's CEO: LLMs' ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ Now Exhausted

   They basically tell shareholders not to expect returns on this hype

9. Microsoft Windows Falls to 11% in Senegal, an All-Time Low

   In neighbouring countries (to the east of Senegal) the "market share" of Windows is even lower

10. The EPO's Corrupt Dealings With Microsoft Never Addressed, Only Worsened

    it helps Microsoft spy on the competition and manipulate examiners dealing with its files

11. The Catching of Luigi Mangione Shows We Need Not Have More Surveillance (Than We Already Have; It's Excessive Anyway)

    instead of saying surveillance is insufficient and thus we need more of it, now they can claim they have enough of it

12. [Teaser] Fate of Formalities Officers (FOs) at the EPO

    Coming soon

13. Libre Liberia: Windows Down to 8% in Liberia

    In Liberia, only about 1 in 12 Web requests seems to originate from Windows

14. Links 10/12/2024: Health, Politics, Economics, and More

    Links for the day

15. Gemini Links 10/12/2024: LLM Plagiarism and "Flow" Review

    Links for the day

16. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

17. IRC Proceedings: Monday, December 09, 2024

    IRC logs for Monday, December 09, 2024

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