Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 02, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Microsoft's Debt Exploded by 15.4 Billion Dollars in the Past 9 Months Alone (Despite All the Layoffs)

   As of minutes ago, at 6PM on a Friday, the numbers are made public

2. LLMs as Attack Method Against Free Software and Programming

   DDoS in "hey hi" (slop) clothing

3. Google as a 'Bullshit Generator' Disguised as Intelligence

   It'll probably cause Google to get sued a lot, both by individuals and companies

4. As Expected, Google in the UK Now Experiments With Slop Instead of Web Search

   At this point more people ought to stop and think: Does Google's search engine deserve trust?

   New

5. Links 01/08/2025: Health, Conflict, and Attacks on Freedom of the Press

   Links for the day

6. Meeting (Webchat) With Maria Arranz Gomez, Florian Grundies, Jürgen Janda and Konstantinos Kortsaris Confronts EPO Management About Breaking Promises and Crushing Workers

   The lack of consistent messages suggests plans other than what's advertised and the lack of consultation (secrecy) likewise

7. Links 01/08/2025: "The Great British Firewall" and U.S. Army Sponsors Palantir

   Links for the day

8. For Second Day in a Row, Top Story in The Register MS is "Microsoft Says"

   The editor in chief exercises control over everybody else

9. Stability and Reliability, Backward Compatibility

   I don't fancy relying on social control media as "sources"

10. What "the News" Looks Like in 2025

    The "says" (or "sez") phenomenon

11. History Will Be Distorted, Sometimes Intentionally, Under the Guise of Intelligence (Manipulated/Curated Slop)

    Militarised misinformation or military-grade chaff is a national security threat, even domestically

12. Financial Engineering Companies: A Company Worth 4 Trillion Dollars Would Not Borrow 100+ Billion Dollars at Interest Rates Like Today's

    Many headlines perpetuate the lie Microsoft had just 2 waves of layoffs

13. Microsoft is Googlebombing "Linux" While Paying Former News Sites to Publish SPAM

    How much lower will IDG sink?

14. The Data You Don't Give Away is Your Advantage

    stop sharing data that does not need to be shared

15. Being Obedient or Doing the Right Thing

    The world always changes for the better because of people who think "Outside the Box", not the cogs

16. Gemini Links 01/08/2025: Happy Hacking Keyboards and New Gemini Arrivals

    Links for the day

17. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

18. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, July 31, 2025

    IRC logs for Thursday, July 31, 2025

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