Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 18, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Links 17/04/2025: Calling Whistleblowers at Microsoft, Slop Doing More Harm Everywhere

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2. Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: In Conclusion and Enforcement Action Proceeds Against OSI at the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA)

   There's too much to cover in one single part

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3. Links 17/04/2025: Russian Bot Farms Infect TikTok (Which US Government and SCOTUS Decided to Block January 19), US Hardware Stocks Crash Due to Tariffs

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4. Gemini Links 17/04/2025: Sticking to Free Software, Smolnet, and Counting the Reals

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5. When You Fail to Filter Your Clients You End Up SLAPPing Reporters on Behalf of Bad People From Microsoft in Another Continent

   “American Psycho”

6. Links 17/04/2025: LayoffBot and Tesla Cheats Buyers

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7. Gemnini Links 17/04/2025: Role of Language and Back to Mutt for E-mail

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8. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

9. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 16, 2025

   IRC logs for Wednesday, April 16, 2025

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