Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 14, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. There Are Also Loads of Microsoft LinkedIn Layoffs Today (Keep Track of the Subsidiaries They Keep Out of Headlines)

   Perhaps lost in the smokescreen

2. Unless a Third of All Microsoft Layoffs Worldwide Are in Redmond (Washington) Alone, Microsoft Has Just Lied to Everyone Via Jordan Novet in CNBC (i.e. the Usual Any Time There's Mass Layoffs and Novet Weighs in With False Numbers)

   Maybe when Microsoft said 3% it meant ~6,000 or more in the US alone

3. As Expected, Microsoft Uses Media Operative (Jordan Novet) to Downplay the Scale of Mass Layoffs

   here we go

4. Last Week's Public Talk by Richard Stallman Well Attended and Covered in Technical News Sites

   and we're looking at about 60,000 Microsoft layoffs in 3 years

   New

5. Gemini Links 13/05/2025: Apocalyptic Future and More

   Links for the day

6. McKinsey (McK) is Killing IBM, It's All About Killing This Goose, "National Sales Team 80% on PIP Now" (Preceding Layoffs Without Severance)

   PIPs are not based on performance

7. Links 13/05/2025: Microsoft Breaks Windows Very Badly Again, Mass Layoffs Reported (But False Figures, It's a Lot Higher)

   Links for the day

8. 2025 Will be a Big Year For GNU/Linux on Desktops/Laptops

   with an economy like this, people who don't live in rich countries won't turn to Apple

9. Signs of Trouble: Microsoft Job Openings for Jobs That Do Not Exist!

   Keeping up appearances?

10. "Special Place in Hell" for Women Who Help Violent Microsofters From Another Continent Attack Local Women Who Did Nothing Wrong, They Just Got Bullied and Deserve Sympathy or Compensation

    Nothing says "Brat" like men who attack women, right?

11. The Numbers Game: 50,000-60,000 Microsoft Workers Laid Off in 2.5 Years? And Debt Still Tripled Under Nadella.

    under Nadella Microsoft's debt trebled

12. The Slow Death of Windows Will Mean the Inevitable Demise of Microsoft

    Once people stop using Windows, it'll be hard for Microsoft to sell anything to them

13. Gemini Links 13/05/2025: Shopping is an Exasperating Nightmare and Making Phones Minimal

    Links for the day

14. 23,000 More Microsoft Layoffs by the End of June If the Estimates Are Correct (In Addition to About 6,000 Layoffs So Far This Year)

    There's no questions about many layoffs happening this month. It got leaked already. The only question is when (and also how many).

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Monday, May 12, 2025

    IRC logs for Monday, May 12, 2025

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