Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 17, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Thank You, London! There Was No Way to Still Reliably Host Gemini From Home (on a Raspberry Pi 4) Due to Scale

   The only regret we've long had is that we hadn't made the move earlier

2. The Summit of Future (Kerala, 2025): Dr. Richard Stallman (RMS) to Give Keynote Talk

   promotional video was uploaded

   New

3. Links 16/01/2025: Conflicts, Overpopulation, and Software Patents

   Links for the day

4. [Meme] Lock-down With DRM Server/s (in a Nutshell)

   Companies like Microsoft and Apple have a 'God complex'

5. Richard Stallman's Talk This Coming Monday (European 'Tour')

   bunch of talks in Europe

6. Total Lock-down Ambitions - Part II - Down to the Very Core, Including the Hardware (CPU, GPU, Peripherals, and More)

   instead of distinguishing themselves and antagonising these broadly reviled "antifeatures", both Canonical and IBM decided to join Microsoft in advocating lockdown

7. FSF, Guardian of the GNU Project, to Reach $400,000 in Winter Fundraiser Ahead of 40th Anniversary

   The GNU Project Turns 42 later this year

8. Links 16/01/2025: "Meduza, IRL" and the Clock is Ticking on TikTok in the US

   Links for the day

9. Gemini Links 16/01/2025: Yesterday's Gone, The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E Howard

   Links for the day

10. Links 16/01/2025: Scale and Scope of Microsoft Layoffs Revealed (Two Waves of Layoffs in 2025 Already)

    Links for the day

11. Gemini Links 16/01/2025: Meta Has a Pixelfed Problem and Space Time Scoping

    Links for the day

12. Anti-Linux 'Articles' in linuxsecurity.com (Guardian Digital, Inc) Are Composed by Bots, Probably Microsoft's

    linuxsecurity.com has become a mindless stream of LLM slop

13. "New Year, New Career"

    published a few hours ago

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

    IRC logs for Wednesday, January 15, 2025

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