Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 13, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. International Troll Alert by Helen Plews

   Helen Plews from Cybershow has this new article

2. The FSF (Free Software Foundation, Inc.) Can Reach Its Funding Goal of $400,000. This Bothers the Imposters and Foes of the FSF.

   Software Freedom is something we must perpetually fight for

3. Linux Foundation Pays for LLM Slop (Puff Pieces Made by Bots) About the Linux Foundation

   The so-called Linux Foundation is responsible for the production of spam and slop

4. General Consultative Committee (GCC) Meeting at the European Patent Office (EPO) Shows Existing Problems

   the "real problems" and why "digitalisation" doesn't solve them

5. Google Has Only Solidified Its Search Monopoly in Africa Since Microsoft's Chatbot/LLM Hype Started

   Africa is basically a "Failed Market" to Microsoft

   New

6. [Meme] Leave My /home Alone

   A new version of Systemd

7. There's a New Version of Lagrange (Gemini Reader) and Its Developer is Making an IDE/Editor

   I share or reciprocate almost anything I can through Gemini Protocol

8. Nick's Job at OSI: Promote Microsoft, Promote Proprietary Software

   This is what Microsoft pays him to do

9. [Meme] Award-Winning Back-stabbing Opportunists

   part of the rebel alliance

10. Azerbaijan Rejects Microsoft

    Azerbaijan seems to have very little interest in Microsoft

11. [Meme] You Just Grab Him by the CoC

    Sponsors of Python Software Foundation... "You don't like Python's corporate sponsor?"

12. Explaining What Deb Nicholson Does to the Python Software Foundation

    Of course the OSI, which Nicholson also occupied, still helps Microsoft attack copyleft

13. IBM Said to Be Firing People Days Before Christmas

    IBM is entering taboo territories

14. Microsoft Falls to Just 11% in Ivory Coast

    Microsoft tried hard to catch up in mobile

15. Links 12/12/2024: Shell Settles With Greenpeace, DOJ Whistleblower Pilot Program

    Links for the day

16. Gemini Links 12/12/2024: AuraGem TV and Advent of Code 2024

    Links for the day

17. Fake "Linux" News, Produced by Microsoft Chatbots in 'Brittany Day' or "LinuxSecurity" Clothing

    She's back at it

18. Microsoft OSI Promoting GitHub, Which is Proprietary and a Massive GPL Violator

    OSI works for Microsoft, speaks for Microsoft, promotes proprietary software

19. Links 12/12/2024: Another 'Self-driving' Cars Dead End, Infowars Sale Blocked by Court

    Links for the day

20. Links 12/12/2024: "Hey Hi" Hype Debunked, ActivityPub and Gemini Software on Same Server

    Links for the day

21. [Teaser] EPO is Running Out of Brains

    EPO has been in the business of offering fake patents

22. South Korea Has Its Own Alternative to IBM's Proprietary RHEL

    Owing to the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA)

23. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

24. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, December 11, 2024

    IRC logs for Wednesday, December 11, 2024

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