Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 15, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. No, Microsoft Didn't Lay Off So Many People Because of "AI" "Innovation" or "Efficiency" or "Era" or "Revolution" Etc.

   Debunking one very common lie

2. What We Do When We Say "GNU/Linux" to People

   It talks about "Linux", "GNU", and what it means to say "GNU/Linux"

3. Canonical Will Give You Money Only If You Work for Microsoft!

   Only if you are servicing (being a slave to) proprietary forges that Microsoft and the NSA control while violating the GPL will Canonical give you money

   New

4. Links 14/05/2025: Fentanylware (TikTok) Harms Kids, Russia Refuses to Defuse

   Links for the day

5. Gemini Links 15/05/2025: Poseur Nerds and Mennonites

   Links for the day

6. VS Code Is Not FOSS, And Neither Is the Site "It's FOSS"

   VS Code is proprietary spyware of Microsoft, yet this site keeps promoting it like it's FOSS

7. Links 14/05/2025: Facebook And Instagram Risk Nationwide Bans, Microsoft Subsidiaries Have Mass Layoffs Too

   Links for the day

8. If Microsoft Staff That Strangles Woman Pays You to Write Lies, It Will Not End Well

   The past couple of years were our most productive ever

9. Gemini Links 14/05/2025: "Writing My Story with Inspiration from Notable Lives" and People Start Shovelling Up LLM Slop Onto Geminispace,

   Links for the day

10. Microsoft is Very Highly Stressed About Adoption of GNU/Linux at Windows' Expense (on Former "Vista 10" PCs)

    What does this tell us?

11. Slopwatch: BetaNoise (BetaNews), LinuxSecurity, and Slopfarms Still Promoted by Google News

    The primary goal is to demonstrate the problem persists

12. Links 14/05/2025: Google Agrees to $1.3 Billion Settlement After Spying, China Tariffs Don't Work

    Links for the day

13. There Are Bigger Rounds of Microsoft Layoffs Coming, a Cull of 10% Implemented in Waves (the "3%" Figure is Misleading, Face-Saving)

    Last night we said they might do the layoffs in three or at least two waves

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 13, 2025

    IRC logs for Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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