Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 16, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Gemini Links 15/06/2025: Rainy Season and OpenDocument Format (ODF)

   Links for the day

2. Links 15/06/2025: Military Games, Parade, and Actions

   Links for the day

3. Links 15/06/2025: Windows TCO, Openwashing, and Wars

   Links for the day

4. Gemini Links 15/06/2025: "AI Fatigue and Crappiness"

   Links for the day

5. Microsoft Attack Dogs Against Watchdogs and Guard Dogs in Software

   Last year Microsofters hired attack dogs or "guns for hire"

6. Slop Cannot Replace Domain Expertise

   All this "AI" hype (it's not even intelligence, it's all a misnomer, as many of us have insisted all along) will fizzle and be written off as a failed experiment

7. IBM's Fresh 'PIPs' (Action Before Layoffs)

   At times like these, even once-reputable employers resort to PIPs and other procedures/tricks for denial of workers' rights

8. Microsoft is a Problem Not Just for Denmark

   Every country should consider what Denmark is doing, why Denmark is doing it, and then do the same

9. The Slopfarms' Self Detonation

   If more sites like BetaNews go under, then maybe we can still salvage some of the Web

10. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

11. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, June 14, 2025

    IRC logs for Saturday, June 14, 2025

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