Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 04, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. All Efforts to Censor Techrights Have Always Failed

   In 2026 We can make it to 20 years of source protection

2. Microsoft Bing Lies

   When they say "China" or "DeepSeek" censors things don't lose sight of Microsoft

3. The Latest Microsoft Layoffs Are a Wake-up Call: The Company is Running Low on Money

   in most areas it is not even profitable

4. Copyleft is the Way to Go (Unless You're an Unpaid Volunteer of GAFAM)

   The GPL 'family' of licences is very old and those licences were last revised in 2007

5. statCounter's Numbers Make Sense Given Microsoft's Falling Windows/Client Revenue

   There are already articles (some last week) saying that XBox should just be ended

   New

6. Links 03/02/2025: Recent Security Holes and Environmentalism

   Links for the day

7. Gemini Links 03/02/2025: X-less English Alphabet and antiX

   Links for the day

8. Disappointing 'Results' and Mass Layoffs (Without Severance Pay) Sank Microsoft, But It's a Lot Worse Than Shareholders Care to Realise

   People are losing their patience

9. statCounter: In Web Browsers, Microsoft Collapses to Worst Levels in 2 Years!

   Microsoft nowadays insists that it is a "market leader" in a market that does not exist

10. statCounter: Apple's iOS About to Exceed Windows in Terms of "Market Share" (Despite Windows Being 'Sold' for Less)

    Vista 11 is only about 5% of the "market share"

11. statCounter: GNU/Linux Reaches New All-Time Highs in Brazil and Argentina, Android Has Reached 60% in South America

    Microsoft cultivating buzzwords and cult-like thinking, not real products

12. The Media Does Not Properly Report Microsoft Profits and Losses (It's Partly Intentional)

    So how many Vista 11 (preloaded) copies were sold with new PCs?

13. Links 03/02/2025: Microsoft's Termination Controversy and EU Hey Hi (AI) Act Compliance Day

    Links for the day

14. It Seems Like BetaNews is Finally Deleting Fake 'Articles' About "Linux" by LLM Slop (aka Brian Fagioli)

    Is BetaNews finally taking these problems more seriously?

15. Gemini Links 03/02/2025: Art is Process, Smartphones, Internet, and More

    Links for the day

16. Links 03/02/2025: USAID Under Attack, Vista 11 Breaking Itself Again

    Links for the day

17. About 1 in 10 Laptops/Desktops in Venezuela and Cuba Uses GNU/Linux

    statCounter says GNU/Linux now exceeds 10% in Cuba

18. At Microsoft, Promoting Back Doors, Proprietary Lock-in and Mass Surveillance Under the Guise of Diversity ("Microsoft Philanthropy Team")

    Microsoft staff enters NGOs to lobby for Microsoft and sell for Microsoft

19. statCounter: Android Share in Operating Systems, Per Country

    Towards the bottom there are poorer countries

20. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

21. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, February 02, 2025

    IRC logs for Sunday, February 02, 2025

22. statCounter: New Record Highs for GNU/Linux in Its Birthplace

    So Microsoft is in a tough place

23. statCounter: In Canada, New Lows for Windows and Bing is Perishing

    Windows has fallen to about 60% in desktops/laptops

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