Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 11, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Links 10/05/2025: Germany Considers Smartphone Ban in Schools, Right to Repair Bills

   Links for the day

2. Blizzard/Microsoft Unions Grow Ahead of Mass Layoffs at Microsoft, Apparently Starting Next Week (as Many as 30,000 Workers Laid Off by Year's End)

   Microsoft already fired about 5,000-6,000 workers this year by our estimates; that's not counting resignations compelled through pressure (i.e. pushed, did not jump) and contractors

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3. One is Simply Doomed to Fail When Working for Violent Men From Microsoft and Attacking Women as Well as People Who Merely Expose Crimes or Report Real Crimes

   Imagine saying to people that you "practice law" or "exercise law"

4. The Tariffs Are Accelerating Microsoft's Decline in China

   Judging by the way things are going, there will be considerable adoption of GNU/Linux in years to come, China being one major contributing factor.

5. Control Your Systems, Control All Your Data

   what does it take for us to control our own systems and data?

6. Misplacing Blame for Security Problems, Sometimes With LLM Slop That Blames "Linux" for Microsoft's Failures

   Broken telephones and stochastic parrots beget plenty of Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt (FUD)

7. Links 10/05/2025: WW2 Revisionism, Further Tit-for-tat in India-Pakistan Conflict

   Links for the day

8. Gemini Links 10/05/2025: Git Server and Great LLM DDoS of 2025

   Links for the day

9. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

10. IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 09, 2025

    IRC logs for Friday, May 09, 2025

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