Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 16, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Bing Might Shut Down - Just Like Skype Did - Some Time in the Coming Months/Years (Parts of It Already Shut Down)

   they try to bring the losses under control

2. Microsoft Rumours: This Week's Scale of Layoffs "Higher Than Reported" and More Coming Soon ("A Lot More Severe" Than May's)

   The "3%" figure is false

3. Slopwatch: Sloppy Brian, Brittany Slop, and General Observations

   Creative people don't need slop; there's just nothing good about it, slop appeals to lazy people careless about quality

   New

4. Microsoft WARN Notices Proliferate in the United States

   From what we've seen, this wave was more than 3% (a lot more) and the next wave/s will be even bigger (possible as imminent as weeks from now), based on insider leaks

5. Links 15/05/2025: Google Betrays Publishers Again, Openwashing by Sysdig

   Links for the day

6. Richard Stallman Still Respected by Many in the Libre Graphics Community

   Richard Stallman and Professor Moglen never harmed anyone

7. If You Read Techrights, Then You Probably Want to Read Tux Machines as Well

   That site is more active than this one

8. Gemini Links 15/05/2025: Forced Music in Publicly Accessible Space and ~silv is Online

   Links for the day

9. Links 15/05/2025: KOSA Censorship (USA Becomes More Like KSA) and More National Cuts

   Links for the day

10. Your Real Ally Would Not Defend the Company of SLAPP and Strangling of Women

    who's left to tell us what's true?

11. Breakdown of Microsoft Layoffs Shows It's About Cost, Not Performance or Hype (Like "AI")

    MSN (Microsoft) reposted this with some unnecessary spin

12. The Lawyers Working for the Serial Strangler From Microsoft on SLAPPing Techrights Have Apparently Lost Their Voice

    the moment we mentioned that their media lawyer is leaving they went all quiet in social control media

13. At IBM, Relocation Can be a Trick or a Trap (IBM Gets Rid of Staff Under the Guise of "Relo")

    IBM is not being honest with employees

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. Beyond Mass Layoffs at Microsoft: Entire Units Shut Down for Good

    And it's far from over

16. Links 15/05/2025: Crikvenica, Analog Computer, and Slop 'Hallucinations'

    Links for the day

17. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 14, 2025

    IRC logs for Wednesday, May 14, 2025

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