Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 13, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Abuse Inside the Polish Patent Office (UPRP) - Part IX: Minimum Wages For You (Experienced Scientist), Alicante/EU Paydays For Me (Unproductive, Corrupt Official)

   Does UPRP maladministration extend to the false belief that qualified and experienced scientists can play the role of circus clowns?

2. "The Liberating Power of Simply Telling People the Truth."

   'polite' bullying

3. EPO's Central Staff Committee (CSC) Scrutinises the Man Who Illegally Grants (and Forces Others to Illegally Participate in Granting) Software Patents in Europe

   EPO compels examiners to break the law in the name of obeying illegal "rules" or "orders"

4. The Latest Rumour Says The Next (as Correctly Predicted Before) Wave of Layoffs at Microsoft is 3 Weeks Away, "Larger Than the First Wave"

   Step 2

5. TV Licensing Used to SPAM Your Postbox, Now It Does the Same to E-mail

   First they ask for your E-mail address; then they start nagging you via E-mail

6. Our Priority is Still Tackling Software Patents and Corruption in Patent Offices

   Meanwhile we got compliments on our recent articles, which means that they are effective

7. Slopwatch: Another Day, Another Slopfest, LLM Slop Scrapers Slow Down Our Site

   We too have some slop issues; this past day this site and the sister site had to answer about 2.5 million requests (not counting Gemini Protocol) and it's slowing things down for everybody

   New

8. Links 12/06/2025: Portland Homeless Deaths Quadruple, COVID Cases Surge in Asia

   Links for the day

9. EPO's Gareth Lord Asked About "Quality and Productivity" or, Put Another Way, Why the EPO Keeps Granting So Many Invalid/Illegal Patents

   letter to Lord

10. The Toxic Playbook

    Either you support Prince Mohammed bin Salman or you're a nazi

11. It's Possible That BetaNews Got Cracked, But Nobody Talks About It, The Site Contains an Outdated Old Image, No Activity

    It's possible that they will never explain what happened to the site and users' accounts

12. Links 12/06/2025: Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies

    Links for the day

13. Gemini Links 12/06/2025: Video Game Diegesis and Steam Next Fest

    Links for the day

14. Why the Militants Have Lost Every Battle Since 2022 (When Attacking My Wife and I in Various Ways, Even Attacking Our Employers)

    This takes patience, sure, but at the end most evildoers face the consequences for their actions

15. Politics Will Impact Software Choices

    Will those systems respect users' freedom?

16. EPO: Neglecting Children to Promote American Monopolies by Shielding Them From European Competition

    Yesterday the Central Staff Committee at the EPO spoke about another "reform" at the Office

17. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

18. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, June 11, 2025

    IRC logs for Wednesday, June 11, 2025

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