Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 25, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Soylent News Editor Stays, Trolls Leave Instead

   Some of us asked him not to resign but pause and reconsider

2. Corporate Media Did Not Report on Mass Layoffs at IBM's Expert Labs

   Not a single media outlet even mentioned those mass layoffs!

3. In BetaNoise, The "Latest Technology News" is Noise (Still!)

   If you fail to get the slop under control, the site as a whole will perish

4. Defaming, Impersonating, Hijacking Accounts is Abusive If Not Illegal/Criminal Behaviour

   There are actual victims here

5. If Your Bicycle Got Stolen, Then Open a Facebook Account and Send the US Lots of Personal Data to Get the Bicycle Back (or Try to)

   "No Help Unless You Open an Account at Facebook"

6. Free Software as a Culture of Resistance

   Free software as a movement accomplished a lot in 40+ years

   New

7. Links 24/05/2025: From War on Science to War on Academia, Chagos Islands Handed Over to Mauritius

   Links for the day

8. Links 24/05/2025: Leasehold Myths and Analog Computer

   Links for the day

9. Links 24/05/2025: Google Helps Slop Videos, Microsoft Resorts to Desperate Measures to Fake Demand for Slop

   Links for the day

10. Gemini Links 24/05/2025: New Home and Force/Drag Simulation

    Links for the day

11. Sometimes Legal Action is Imperative (Even if Recovering the Cost of the Litigation Itself is Infeasible)

    Sirius got sued, but the company has no money (large piles of debt)

12. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

13. IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 23, 2025

    IRC logs for Friday, May 23, 2025

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