Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 29, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Coming Soon: Microsoft Fake Results, Mass Layoffs, and Silence About All the People Microsoft Pressured to "Quit" (So That They Don't Get Counted as Layoffs)

   there will be more mass layoffs

2. Speed of GNU/Linux

   The media seldom speaks of the dangers of "proprietary software"

3. Proprietary Windows Versus "Linux" News (Trying to Keep People on Windows, Never Exploring GNU/Linux)

   Good editors know better how to recognise threats and not give them lip service

   New

4. China is Already Culling GAFAM (Not Just Microsoft Windows)

   OS monoculture or "OS hegemony" may be coming to an end

5. The "Telephone Operating System in the Vatican" is 95 Years Old, Vatican Moved to GNU/Linux

   Maybe Microsoft is down to zero already

6. If Tesla Shares (and Alleged Value) Fell 55% (From $489 to $222) in a Few Months Maybe It's Not Worth Anything At All (It's Just Gambling)

   Tesla swasticars have turned from a "status symbol" into a "public embarrassment" and cause for casual humiliation

7. Chromebooks' Adoption in Sweden No Longer Depends on Schools

   School breaks are when classrooms are shut

8. No, IBM is Not Investing $150 Billion in the US and It Doesn't Even Have That Kind of Money

   Here we go again... media as a vehicle of lobbying and misinformation

9. Leak: The EPO's General Consultative Committee (GCC) Does Not Consult Staff on Crucial Matters and Bypasses the Administrative Council (AC) to Do Illegal Things

   violations against the EPO's very staff

10. New Leaks Coming Soon, We Maintain 100% Record of Successful Resistance to Censorship

    We won't be told what we can and cannot say (especially when it's true)

11. Central African Republic (CAR): Vista 11 is Only ~0.2% Market Share

    99.8% to go!

12. BSD and GNU/Linux Replaced Microsoft in Secure Servers, All Microsoft Has Left is LLM Slop for Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD)

    the FUD machine never rests

13. Gemini Links 28/04/2025: A Simple Task Tracking and Auto-Prioritization Tool and Other Programs

    Links for the day

14. Links 28/04/2025: Canada's Election, Pakistan-India Conflict

    Links for the day

15. Glue Inside Your Pizza (or Why People Will Get Fed Up With Slop)

    People are given "answers" from non-intelligence word dumpsters

16. Links 28/04/2025: Cyberattacks Happening, Chatbots Disappointing, and "Free Speech Under Fire"

    Links for the day

17. Phone Adoption Very Low in Vatican, Windows Usage Fell Nonetheless

    Even in places where people still use desktops/laptops most of the time (and have access to these) Windows is gradually losing ground

18. GNU/Linux 9% in Cuba, Vista 11 Waning, Android Dominant

    Microsoft has pretty much lost Cuba

19. Gemini Links 28/04/2025: Autism and Structural Navigation

    Links for the day

20. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

21. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 27, 2025

    IRC logs for Sunday, April 27, 2025

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