Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 26, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Approaching 10,000 Articles/Pages Since Going Static

   Trying to silence or derail the site was always a dumb strategy

2. Microsoft is Shedding Off Loads of Staff and That Can be Dangerous Too

   Working for Microsoft is a choice; nobody forces you to do it

3. Richard Stallman and the Unix Philosophy

   When asked about systemd people must remember that RMS speaks as an active Board member of the FSF and also the founder of the FSF

4. Serial Sloppers Are Killing the Web (They Probably Don't Care, Either)

   Slop is a disease on the Web

5. IBM's Debt Ballooned by 8.5 Billion Dollars in Just 3 Months!

   Hallmark of a company in a state of disarray, trying to spend its way out of trouble

6. Big Trouble in GNOME

   even GNOME people admit the CoC went wrong

   New

7. Links 25/04/2025: Slop Fatigue and Patent Judges Flocking to Fake, Unconstitutional and Illegal Kangaroo Court (UPC, Captured 'Justice')

   Links for the day

8. Gemini Links 25/04/2025: Night Manager and Devuan in Hosting

   Links for the day

9. Windows Falls to New Lows in Nicaragua, Now Below a Quarter (It Used to be Almost 100%)

   Another all-time low for Windows

10. The Cost (to Linux) of LLM Slop

    Slop 'artists' like Fagioli are far from harmless

11. Links 25/04/2025: Ubisoft Spyware, Hegseth Fails at Tech on Every Level

    Links for the day

12. Gemini Links 25/04/2025: Food Forest Update and Facebook Destroying the Net

    Links for the day

13. Streaming Apps Are “Investor Fraud” That Kills the Planet

    Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer

14. Things Get Increasingly Nasty at Microsoft Ahead of the Fake Results and May's Mass Layoffs Wave

    They try to get people to 'resign' so that they won't count as layoffs and the company's 'wellbeing' will seem better

15. Slopping the Trough: Disney Plus Loses Billions and the Decline of Physical Media in America

    Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer

16. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

17. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 24, 2025

    IRC logs for Thursday, April 24, 2025

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