Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 03, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Last Article From Australia's Sam Varghese Was a Year Ago and It Covered the Release of Julian Assange, Who Will Apparently Come Back as 'Politician'

   It'll soon be exactly 12 months

2. After Microsoft's Bankruptcy in Russia Android (Linux) Will Dominate Asia Completely

   Windows probably peaked in "XP" or "2000"

3. India: Windows Falls to 50% in Desktops/Laptops and 8% Overall

   laptops/desktops fell to 16% of the whole

4. statCounter: GNU/Linux Up to 4.7% "Market Share" This Month

   30,000 Microsoft jobs may be eliminated by year's end

5. Microsoft is in Trouble and Microsofters Know It

   "I've been happy on Win 3.11 for years."

6. Links 02/06/2025: Political Leftovers, DRM, and Patents

   Links for the day

   New

7. Hungary Seems Hungry for Linux

   Windows down by a lot

8. Like in Europe, Bad News for Microsoft in US and Canada

   If it loses those "regions", then what's left?

9. About 8 Waves of Mass Layoffs at Microsoft in 2025 (in Less Than 5 Months), Now Vista 11 "Market Share" Decreases

   Really bad news for shareholders of Microsoft

10. statCounter Sees Bing "Share" Falling Over 0.5% in One Month, Now Lower Than Before the ChatGPT/Bing Chat Hype

    Bing has been part of the mass layoffs for quite some time

11. Microsoft's Demise is a Global Phenomenon

    mass layoffs justified using mindless buzzwords

12. All-Time Highs for GNU/Linux in EU and the UK, All-Time Lows for Microsoft

    Combining ChromeOS and GNU/Linux, it adds up to and almost reaches 6%

13. [Video] New Introduction to Richard Stallman's Contributions Including GNU Emacs, GNU/Linux, and Software Freedom

    from the channel previously bullied for supporting RMS

14. Links 02/06/2025: South Korea to Vote, Russia Blitzed From Within

    Links for the day

15. Links 02/06/2025: Microsoft Spins Layoffs as "Slop", Frontier Settles Lawsuit

    Links for the day

16. When You Publicly Boast About Wanting to Violently Attack People (Even Colleagues) Finding a Job Will Prove Difficult

    there's a lesson to be learned here

17. The Web We Lost, the Information Lost Due to Microsoft's Attacks on Companies Like Yahoo! (Before the LLM Slop Frenzy)

    When it comes to news sites, what can we say?

18. Covering Corruption in Poland, Including a War on Science (Due to Bad Politicians)

    What we're about to show is that skilled and experienced scientists in Poland are besieged by bureaucrats

19. Gemini Links 02/06/2025: "Star Wars Day" and "Security Day"

    Links for the day

20. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

21. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, June 01, 2025

    IRC logs for Sunday, June 01, 2025

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