Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 01, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Microsoft XBox Layoffs: Almost 2,000 Layoffs Became "Over 2,000"? (Over 20% of the Staff)

   over 20% of staff will be let go, not counting staff that leaves voluntarily

   New

2. EPO Presentation Bemoans Misuse of Slop in Decision-Making on Patents and in Classification (Which is Likely Illegal Too)

   We habitually mention failed use cases of LLMs on the Web

3. Mass Layoffs at Microsoft Confirmed, "XBox Hardware Is Dead"

   It's possible that over 20% of the staff will be laid off

4. Links 30/06/2025: Kyrgyzstan vs Media Freedom, Dalai Lama Succession

   Links for the day

5. Gemini Links 30/06/2025: Backend Programs in Gemini and Dynamic Content Without The Scripting

   Links for the day

6. Links 30/06/2025: Zuckerberg’s Tax-Evading Scheme Harms Kids, US Copyright Office Lacks Leadership

   Links for the day

7. Microsoft Isn't Laying Off Tens of Thousands to 'Invest' in Slop ('Hey Hi'), It's Laying Off Tens of Thousands Because It's Running Out of Money (and Willing Lenders)

   the layoffs are a sign of the business failing, not "hey hi" (whatever that is) replacing staff

8. Intel Lays Off 20% of Its Workforce, Microsoft is Doing the Same This Year

   Like a yoyo, whatever goes up will come back down

9. GNU/Linux Rises to New Highs in Angola, Africa in General is Abandoning Windows

   Western media barely covers Microsoft layoffs in Africa, but in recent years Microsoft culled the workforce and even shut down entire operations

10. Destination Geminispace (in the Age of LLM Slop and Slop Images That Infest the Web and Social Control Media)

    Geminispace isn't vast, but at least it is - on average - a lot "cleaner"

11. GNU/Linux Growing in Sierra Leone This Year

    Based on what statCounter is seeing, this year there are more and more people there who adopt GNU/Linux

12. Serial Sloppers Gonna Slop

    More sites out there ought to call out the cheaters

13. Quartz (qz.com) is Spam and a Slopfarm

    It used to be OK. Then they fired the staff.

14. Links 30/06/2025: US Economic Woes, Extreme Heat

    Links for the day

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, June 29, 2025

    IRC logs for Sunday, June 29, 2025

17. Gemini Links 30/06/2025: "The AI Hype" and New AuraGem Ask

    Links for the day

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