Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 01, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Sabotaging Linux on Behalf of Microsoft With UEFI 'Secure' Boot (De Facto Remote 'Kill Switch'), Then Defaming, Stalking and Harassing Critics of 'Secure' Boot for 12 Years, Then SLAPPing Their Spouses and Them

   The sorts of stubborn lunatics we've been dealing with

2. An Illusion and Cult Worship of Magnitude (Ubiquity as "Victory")

   GNU has been around for over 40 years and it'll likely continue to exist for another 40 (in some form)

   New

3. Moving on in Techrights, Geeks Gonna Geek

   In the coming weeks we plan to focus (as we explained last week) on patents, GNU/Linux issues, and the occasional philosophical essays

4. Slopwatch: Google News Has Lost the Plot

   Almost the majority of articles returned for "Linux" are fakes

5. Links 31/07/2025: Australia Restricts YouTube Access, Personal Privacy at Risk

   Links for the day

6. Links 31/07/2025: Spotify Collapses and Spotify Now Forcing Some Users to Undergo Face-Scanning

   Links for the day

7. A Lot of Supposedly "Successful" Businesses Are Just Debt-Racking Vessels Without Any Prospects of Financial Sustainability

   The probability of bankruptcy of any business is more than 0%

8. theregister.com: The Voice of Microsoft US?

   It basically sold out

9. Yes, You Can Love and Adore Things Whilst Also Criticising Them

   Is society being divided and groomed/primed to be resistant to constructive criticism?

10. Links 31/07/2025: War in Ukraine, Security News, and Cyberattacks Against Journalists on the Rise

    Links for the day

11. Gemini Links 31/07/2025: Fake Money and Gemini Diaries

    Links for the day

12. Google: From Pointing to Relevant Sites to Pointing to Social Control Media to Actually Parroting Social Control Media as "Facts"

    Google has become a misinformation company

13. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

14. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 30, 2025

    IRC logs for Wednesday, July 30, 2025

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