Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 16, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. There's Still Hope for the World Wide Web

   Let's hope that the trajectory of the Web won't be leading us to over-reliance on Google, nor will it reward worthless slopfarms

2. Gemini Links 15/07/2025: Smolweb and Alhena 5.1.7

   Links for the day

   New

3. Links 15/07/2025: LLM Pollution and Pushback in Ukraine

   Links for the day

4. Gemini Links 15/07/2025: xkcd, New Cert, and Alhena Gemlog

   Links for the day

5. Links 15/07/2025: Press Freedom at Risk and New Facebook Blunders

   Links for the day

6. The Danes Want GNU/Linux

   David Heinemeier Hansson recently moved to GNU/Linux

7. Cory Doctorow Explains Why Software Freedom Matters, Whereas "Open Source" Misses the Point and Helps Monopolies

   It's a very long article

8. BillPR (EpsteinGate-Bribed NPR) is Turning Into a Partial Slopfarm that Promotes Slop

   "I went on a date with a chatbot!"

9. Two Weeks Passed Since Latest Large Wave of Microsoft Layoffs, More Expected Next Month

   Blaming the debt on "AI" is just self-serving storytelling

10. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

11. IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 14, 2025

    IRC logs for Monday, July 14, 2025

12. Gemini Links 15/07/2025: Gemini "Style Sheets" and Switching From Microsoft GitHub to Codeberg

    Links for the day

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