Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 04, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Happy 20th Birthday to OpenDocument Format (ODF)

   nowadays many companies use "online" "webapps" to collaborate on various things

2. Let's Put Slop In the Casket Once and for All (Call Out the Sites and People Who Produce and Spread Slop)

   Together, through a movement of integrity and solidarity, we can marginalise the spread of slop in all its forms, including code

3. Windows Down in the Largest Countries, Microsoft Cannot Dodge This Reality Forever

   Talking about "clown" and "hey hi" (AI) - sometimes "Quantum" - is like telling bedtime stories to infantile investors who don't understand those buzzwords

   New

4. Microsoft's Debt Grew 2.1 Billion Dollars in the Past 3 Months Alone or 8.2 Billion in the Past Half a Year

   That's very different from what the mainstream press tells the public, including shareholders

5. Links 03/05/2025: Amazon and Apple Problems (the A's in GAFAM), Hard to Hide Any Longer; Australia’s Election

   Links for the day

6. Why Law Firms and Courts in Particular Should Dump Microsoft

   Giving a notoriously corrupt and chronically law-breaking company control over one's systems and data is a recipe for disaster

7. Gemini Links 03/05/2025: Showerhead Mod and Micro Dosing on LSD

   Links for the day

8. Links 03/05/2025: Bribery in Dutch Microsoft DC Probe, Zuckerberg Conflates Slop With 'Friends'

   Links for the day

9. Today is World Press Freedom Day, 3rd of May

   2025 World Press Freedom Day

10. Gemini Protocol's Momentum Ahead of Its 6th Anniversary (Next Month)

    The more capsules go online, the more people participate in writing, not just reading

11. Corporate Media, a Cheerleader of Wall Street Facade, Spent Days Saying "META" and "MSFT" Lifted "the Market", But Their Debt Soared

    Facebook's debt has never been higher

12. Microsoft Windows Falls to a Meager 9% "Market Share" in South Africa While GNU/Linux Rises Above 5% in Desktops/Laptops

    South Africa is where the founder of Ubuntu (or Canonical) comes from

13. Links 03/05/2025: Australian Election and manpage for Gemini Considered

    Links for the day

14. Links 03/05/2025: UK Arrests for Bribery Connected to Microsoft Datacentres

    Links for the day

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 02, 2025

    IRC logs for Friday, May 02, 2025

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