Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 22, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Many Articles About Layoffs Are Still Fake, Still LLM Slop, Even About IBM Layoffs

   No wonder tech and tech journalism are getting so much worse

2. Slappification: Using More SLAPP to Cover Up SLAPP and Chaining SLAPPs (From Microsoft) in a Failed Bid to Censor Techrights

   How low can a person with a law degree stoop?

3. Hidden from coroners and the public: tech industry cultural contagion

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

   New

4. Gemini Links 21/03/2025: Leasehold, LOTI, and Project Managers

   Links for the day

5. Links 21/03/2025: Energy Facilities Under Fire (or on Fire), EU "Solidarity with Ukraine" and First Console

   Links for the day

6. Links 21/03/2025: "IBM cuts Thousands" and Outlook Outage Again (Microsoft Looks for Excuses)

   Links for the day

7. Gemini Links 21/03/2025: "Happy Spring" and Leaving "The Enterprise"

   Links for the day

8. Speak More About the GNU Manifesto (40 Years Old This Month), It Helps Remind People That GNU/Linux Was Started by Richard Stallman and the Ultimate Goal is Freedom

   We generally encourage people to speak about Software Freedom

9. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

10. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, March 20, 2025

    IRC logs for Thursday, March 20, 2025

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