Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 19, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Overly Maximalist, Expensive, Localised Patent Law is Dooming Western Companies, Argue 3-D Printing Champions

   We've long warned (over 7 years already!) that China's approach to patents will impress WIPO by gaming the totals but will doom the West

2. GNU/Linux is 486 in Ireland

   4.86% that is

   New

3. English Law Misused by Americans and Irishmen Against Brits is Unfair

   There's always a way to improve existing laws

4. Links 18/08/2025: "Microsoft Store" Gets Increasingly Hostile, "Cracking Abandonware DRM"

   Links for the day

5. Gemini Links 18/08/2025: Summer "Gone" and Web Reposts in Gemini

   Links for the day

6. Links 18/08/2025: LLM Reputation Damaged, Australia Catches Google Foul Play

   Links for the day

7. Geeks Like GNU/Linux

   The technical community seems to be consolidating and rallying around GNU/Linux

8. End of Reliable Media

   it makes the world a worse place, it renders the Web a misinformation machine

9. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

10. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 17, 2025

    IRC logs for Sunday, August 17, 2025

11. GitHub Won't Last Much Longer

    Many things at Microsoft are going to go the way of the Skype (or "dodo"). GitHub will be among those.

12. We've Never Used Large Language Model (LLM)

    we just never used an LLM

13. "Secure Boot" is a Security Problem, Not a Solution

    These people don't try to improve security but to undermine security

14. Gemini Links 18/08/2025: Retro and Endless Escape from the WWW

    Links for the day

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