Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 12, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Microsoft Has Not Much Left to Show Investors, Shares Fall Almost 20%

   It's not even clear how Microsoft makes money anymore

   New

2. Crossbow murders: prevention, missed opportunities

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

3. This yt-dlp Bug Report Shows Us That the Future of YouTube is DRM and It's Time to Leave (yt-dlp Should Also Leave Microsoft GitHub, Which Censors YouTube Downloaders)

   GAFAM traps aren't "free hosting"; they herd us all into a world of tollbooths and locks, surveillance and planned obsolescence (you own nothing, you only rent)

4. Ukraine Didn't Take Twitter/X Down, Microsoft or Windows Likely Did

   There are many debunkings (to likely false accusations), but won't that just be another example of Windows TCO, exacerbated externally in the form of Windows botnets?

5. The Fall of the Open Source Initiative (OSI): Worse Than What the Media Has Focused on, Losing Sight of Who Owns and Runs the OSI

   Members' dues are less than 3% of the income; where does the 97+ percent come from other than Microsoft?

6. Apple Seems to Have Run Out of Things to Boast About After Apple Vision Pro Failed Spectacularly

   With "Apple Intelligence", Apple has finally named a product after what target customers lack

7. Slopwatch: Reckless FUD and Machine-Generated Spam from LinuxSecurity.com, cybersecuritynews.com, and gbhackers.com (Google Boosts LLM Slop About "Linux")

   Google and so-called 'Google News' continue to yield anti-Linux misinformation

8. Gemini Links 11/03/2025: 'Chainsaw Politicians' and Proprietary Software Hell

   Links for the day

9. Links 11/03/2025: Covid-19 5 Years On and Violence in Syria

   Links for the day

10. Links 11/03/2025: NASA Besieged and "DOGE Has Become What It Claimed To Destroy"

    Links for the day

11. Illuminating Injustice is Critical When Reckless Microsofters and Law Firms Try to Silence Reporters of Violence Against Women

    I want to clarify that I'm well within my right (and not running afoul of any rules) by explaining what goes on here

12. EPO Central Staff Committee: "The Strategy of the Office Lacks Transparency and Cannot be Understood"

    Microsoft and the EPO violate data protection laws

13. Links 11/03/2025: Spring and Misfin Server

    Links for the day

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 10, 2025

    IRC logs for Monday, March 10, 2025

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