Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 15, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Hundreds of Microsoft Layoffs (Net Headcount Decrease) in the United Kingdom

   headcount decreased

2. What Really Matters to Companies is Net Income or Profit (Bankruptcy is Possible Even With High Revenue)

   We ought to stop talking about revenue without focusing on actual profit

3. Carole Cadwalladr Talks About How Big Business Tried to Silence Her (and Why You Might be Next)

   Our story is very different from Cadwalladr's for many reasons

4. LLM Slop and SEO SPAM Take Us Further Away From Facts (the Case of IBM Layoffs)

   Some of these can impact Red Hat as well

   New

5. Gemini Links 14/04/2025: Silver Pigs and more Foundation, Disliking Computers

   Links for the day

6. Links 14/04/2025: Russian Attack on Sumy Shows No Intention of Peace, Virgin Australia Admits Overcharging People

   Links for the day

7. The Dilemma of Web Browsers Lying About What They Are (in Order to Bypass Discriminatory Gateways Like Clownflare) Worsens Due to LLM Slop

   LLM crawlers/scrapers have made sites more restrictive and hostile towards browsers that are potent but not "famous"

8. Companies Conspiring to Keep Salaries Down and Undermine Competition

   People who do all the practical work are being paid less and made to work for much longer

9. Links 14/04/2025: Disinformation, Public Disdain for LLMs, and "Lessons on Tyranny"

   Links for the day

10. Gemini Links 14/04/2025: Ween and Historic Ada Project Management

    Links for the day

11. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

12. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 13, 2025

    IRC logs for Sunday, April 13, 2025

13. Influencers: Red Hat, Inc's IPO, 1999, post-mortem on the directed share offer to open source developer community

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

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