Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 16, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

1. [Meme] Not About How Many Locks One Adds

   Some people try to point their fingers in all the wrong directions now that a new patch is available for rsync

2. Total Lock-down Ambitions - Part I - DRM and TPM Need Not be the Future of Computing, There's Another Way

   Who is being restricted? Us, the users.

3. New Upcoming Series About DRM and TPM

   We'll do our best to name and explain some of the alternatives that are still available

4. More Microsoft Cuts and Layoffs (Microsoft Media Mole Jordan Novet Tries to Float "Hiring Freezes" Spin After the "Headcount" Spin Failed)

   As one might expect...

   New

5. If You See Many Microsoft Puff Pieces That All Say More or Less the Same, Consider the Possibility That Microsoft LLMs 'Wrote' Those

   There are also many phantom fake 'reports' about Microsoft in relation to some "hey hi" (AI) things

6. [Meme] The Crybully

   Crybullies shrug

7. IRC Logs Complete in Geminispace (Even in GemText Format!)

   We still envision ourselves - a community of justice-seeking enthusiasts - as a multi-protocol platform, not just some ordinary Web site

8. It Was Only a Matter of Time

   We're going to pursue justice

9. [Meme] "Well, He’s Dead So," Bill Gates Tells the Media (Which He Pays) About His Close Friend Jeffrey Epstein

   Does the police in San Francisco cover up crimes instead of solving them?

10. The Rumour Was Right, Today is the Second Large Wave of Microsoft Layoffs in 2025

    It has only been two weeks since the year began

11. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has Had a Good 2025 Already (Its "Year 40")

    FSF will reach $400,000

12. Computer Users Aren't Zoo Animals

    Animals don't belong inside cages in zoos, either

13. [Meme] His Existence is Proof It's Not Infeasible

    We salute the FSF's original mission

14. Links 15/01/2025: Efforts to End Wars and 'Newsflation'

    Links for the day

15. Gemini Links 15/01/2025: Abandoning Windows for GNU/Linux, SIS Progress Update

    Links for the day

16. Links 15/01/2025: Social Control Media Spreading Lies, TikTok Banned in 4 Days

    Links for the day

17. Microsoft Breaks Linux Again

    Does it even care? It's selling Windows.

18. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

19. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, January 14, 2025

    IRC logs for Tuesday, January 14, 2025

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