Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 03, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Microsoft Media Operatives and Bill Epsteingate-Funded Sites Said Microsoft Lays Off 9,000, But Other Sites Say More (Including 2,300 in Redmond Alone)

   We might never know the real number/s (Microsoft will keep the cards close to its chest) until there are leakers or unless there are whistleblowers with hard proof

2. GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High in the United States of America

   Windows is trending down

3. Why the Microsoft People Who Started SLAPPs Against Techrights Could Very Well be Sent Back to Prison

   White-collar crime is also a crime

   New

4. Links 02/07/2025: Deep Microsoft Cuts, Macron Speaks to Putin

   Links for the day

5. Confirmed: Microsoft Shutdowns Today, Not Only Mass Layoffs

   "The Initiative is the only studio closure planned today, although some other teams have seen cuts of varying degrees."

6. GNU/Linux is Replacing Microsoft Windows. But We Need to Eradicate Microsoft, It's a Hub of Crime.

   I have been writing about Microsoft since the 1990s when I was in school

7. Microsoft Windows Nosedives in Switzerland While GNU/Linux Leaps Above 6%

   sooner or later they might have to make the move anyway

8. Anxiety at Microsoft: Many Workers (Maybe Over 10,000) Still Don't Know They're Being Laid Off Just Before US Independence Day

   "Has anyone gotten the notification yet?"

9. Microsoft "Declined to Say How Many People Would be Laid Off," According to Associated Press

   Some other prominent publications said they reached out for comment from Microsoft and received none

10. The X War is Over and the "Wayland People" Lost

    People will gravitate towards what works for them

11. 20 Years Since My Thesis

    It's still online

12. GNU/Linux is Replacing Windows in Laptops/Desktops

    The world will move on while Windows and Microsoft shrink

13. Now Comes the Expected Webspam, Framing Microsoft Layoffs as "Hey Hi" Success Story (False Marketing That's Piggybacking the Layoffs)

    falsely marketed as "intelligence"

14. Hungary: Microsoft Windows Sinks to 17% "Market Share"

    In many nations in Europe it seems like the era of Windows is coming to an end

15. Microsoft Layoffs in Spain, Portugal Record for GNU/Linux

    in Portugal we see GNU/Linux at record levels

16. Yes, Microsoft is Again Using Its Favourite Liars (Stenographers) to Seed Fake Layoff Numbers, Much Lower Than What's Really Happening

    It is Jordan Novet again, just as we predicted

17. Will Microsoft Once Again Choose Its Favourite Liar to Spread Lies About Today's Layoffs, Quickly to be Replicated and Spread by Slopfarms?

    What lies is Microsoft briefing its media moles to tell today?

18. "OSS Fetishism" Wins After Ferenc Zsolt Szabó Ousted (Microsoft Mole From Capgemini)

    Many people said 2025 would be the "year of Linux on the desktop"

19. There is Nothing That LLMs Can Offer Honest People

    LLMs are a passing fad; they're expensive and offer poor "value" for energy; they usually offer no value at all unless you are a cheater, spammer, and liar

20. What statCounter Shows Today Helps Explain Microsoft's Helplessness, Mass Layoffs

    Since many US journalists are already away on holiday almost nobody will dare ask the difficult questions or give a voice to whistleblowers

21. Microsoft Gets the Chop in South America

    The notion of digital sovereignty gained a lot of popularity

22. Europe Has an 'Exit'

    Let's see what happens the rest of this year

23. El Presidente Talks, Canada Walks (Away From Windows)

    GNU/Linux rising

24. Cities in France and Germany Move to GNU/Linux and statCounter Detects Big Differences

    Will governments lead by example?

25. Microsoft Lost Its Foothold in Africa

    How many of these are "old" Windows machines converted to GNU/Linux? Probably a lot.

26. Led by Europe, GNU/Linux Makes Big Gains This Month

    statCounter started showing new/fresh stats

27. Links 02/07/2025: Massive Microsoft Layoffs About to Commence, "Tesla's Robotaxi Program Is Failing"

    Links for the day

28. The Company Run by Former (and Last Proper) Red Hat CEO, Promoting Microsoft Mono, Faces Shock as Senior Partner Jailed for 33 Sexual Offenses Including Pedophilia

    "As reported by The Oxford Mail in April 2025, the offenses include rape, sexual assault, engaging in non-penetrative activity with a child, and more."

29. Microsoft Lost 29% of Windows Users, Based on Microsoft, Now Come Massive Layoffs

    Microsoft collapse is today

30. Slopwatch: Google Serves to People Linux Slop and Linux FUD (Made by Bots)

    "Slopwatch" finds it difficult to ignore Google's role in encouraging LLM slop

31. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

32. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 01, 2025

    IRC logs for Tuesday, July 01, 2025

33. "Wayland People" Behave Like the Googles and Microsofts of This World

    Published yesterday by Igor Ljubuncic

34. Gemini Links 02/07/2025: Arch Linux and Fulfillment in Gemini

    Links for the day

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