Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 25, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Press Reports Say Almost 10,000 Western IBMers Laid Off

   We've been trying to verify/corroborate this somehow

2. Days Ago yewtu.be Found a Workaround That Made Invidious Work Again. Then Google Broke All the Instances (Again).

   "Youtube changed something again, so if a video does not play, it's because of that."

3. Cellphones (Mobile Phones) in Classrooms

   A recent study confirmed that people's intelligence has dropped in recent years/decades

4. Is the FSF Being 'Trolled' by Microsofters Pushing C# (Microsoft)?

   Who stands to benefit from training people to use and spread Microsoft?

5. Windows Has Now Fallen to Rather Ridiculous 3% "Market Share" in Iraq (Windows Was Measured at 100% Back in 2010)

   Iraq is not a place where Windows can make a comeback

   New

6. IBM (and Red Hat) on a Fast Train to Nowhere

   What is the future of Fedora when IBM keeps removing its leadership?

7. Gemini Links 24/03/2025: "Live Off the Land" and Life Without YouTube

   Links for the day

8. Planet Ubuntu (or Ubuntu Planet) is LLM Slop

   Reading chatbots' output is bad use of time

9. The European Patent Office (EPO) is Slowly Killing Its Own Staff; All It Cares About Is Money

   The Office hasn't been run by a scientist for about 18 years already

10. Links 24/03/2025: US Detaining Innocent People, F-35 Contracts Suspended Due to Hostilities

    Links for the day

11. Matthew J. Garrett is "Former Microsoft Researcher", According to Microsoft's Serial Strangler

    Their argument is something along the lines of, "what Roy published damaged my career prospects, so I want Roy to pay me...

12. Links 24/03/2025: Political Catchup and Environmental Concerns

    Links for the day

13. Gemini Links 24/03/2025: Working With Music and Unconscious Influence

    Links for the day

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 23, 2025

    IRC logs for Sunday, March 23, 2025

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