Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 04, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Confirmed in the Mainstream Media: A Lot of Microsoft "Workloads" Were Just LLM Slop (Helping to Fake Growth for Years, as Microsoft Had Paid "Open" "AI" to Become a "Client") and Demand is Rapidly Waning, Datacentres Canceled and/or Shut Down

   Anything to facilitate further accounting fraud

2. Taiwan's Media Covers Closure of Microsoft's "AI" Lab, It's Time to Talk About the Gradual Death of Windows and Implosion of the "AI" Bubble

   Earlier this week we showed that mostly Asian media had the 'nerve' to mention Microsoft silently shutting down its 'AI' lab

3. More Gains for GNU/Linux, Based on Web Surveys

   the Steam site shows rapid growth for "Linux" this month

   New

4. Microsoft's Trouble in Africa and Asia

   A new all-time high for GNU/Linux

5. Brett Wilson LLP Reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)

   The saddest thing in all this is that law firms can maintain high standards shall they wish to

6. Links 03/04/2025: Tariff Pains and C.D.C. Cuts

   Links for the day

7. StatCounter: Microsoft is Masking a Disaster, It's Way Behind DeepSeek Already and Interest in LLMs Has Waned

   it turns out the money "raised" for "Open" "AI" may not even exist at all

8. Links 03/04/2025: SoftBank Money for Microsoft "Open" "AI" Probably Doesn't Even Exist, Wikimedia Foundation Blasts LLM Nuisance While Microsoft Admits Demand Has Shrunk

   Links for the day

9. Gemini Links 03/04/2025: Patch Panel and Pictures

   Links for the day

10. Islamic Republic of Iran: GNU/Linux at All-time High This Month, Windows Falls to 12%

    Vista 10 is up this month despite being "end of life" (EoL) soon

11. Indonesia: All-Time Highs for GNU/Linux

    What's noteworthy right now is the growth of GNU/Linux

12. statCounter Says GNU/Linux Usage is Up Again (Internationally)

    some preliminary April data

13. Only on April 1st Can the Free Software Foundation Associate With Microsoft's Open Source Initiative (OSI)

    We saw some pranks that day linking the FSF to Microsoft (e.g. "endorsing" Windows)

14. IBM Gets Rid of Kelly Chambliss as Mass Layoffs Reported in IBM Consulting, IBM Loses Key Contracts/Graft

    IBM Consulting has been in disarray lately

15. Slopwatch: Anti-Linux Articles, Not Even Written by Humans

    Why aren't Web sites more vocal about this problem?

16. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

17. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 02, 2025

    IRC logs for Wednesday, April 02, 2025

18. Links 03/04/2025: Apple Fined Over Secret Surveillance, "Elegant Writer For A More Civilized Age"

    Links for the day

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