Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 20, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Accessibility Isn't Overrated

   Making things simpler typically means better accessibility

2. Microsoft said “GitHub and its leadership team will continue its mission as part of Microsoft’s CoreAI organisation.” But it's just an empty shell created earlier this year.

   In short, it's not too clear what Microsoft has just done except dumping GitHub - i.e. mostly a Web site that loses a ton of money (it always lost money) - into some mysterious new bucket

3. IBM Layoffs in MCC, or Marketing, Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

   IBM and Microsoft inflate their share price by circular financing

4. The Register MS gets Lazy, Uses Slop

   Unlike 3-D renderings or "Classic" CG, slop images aren't quite original and definitely not fair use

   New

5. The Register's Slopfest

   Remember when The Register UK (yes, UK) had better standards?

6. Latest Version of Windows (Vista 11) is a Failure 4 Years After Its Fake 'Leak'

   Vista 11 became more scarce this month

7. Improving Our Archives

   Our old archives are still accessed a lot. Making them better is well worth the investment.

8. Things One Learns as a Litigant in Person at the UK High Court

   Don't fear the official manuals

9. Slopwatch: Lots of Fake Articles From Fake "Linux" Sites and About "Linux"

   Google says it's committed to "AI" (it means slop, not AI); that seems like an excuse to dodge accountability

10. Links 19/08/2025: "Eavesdropping on Phone Conversations Through Vibrations" and Air Canada in Chaos

    Links for the day

11. Gemini Links 19/08/2025: Niche Spaces and "AI Pasta Sauce"

    Links for the day

12. Links 19/08/2025: "NASA Is Giving Up on Climate Change Science" and "Earth's Continents Are Drying Out at an Unprecedented Rate"

    Links for the day

13. Phil Wyett evidence & Debian Zizian plagiarism, modern slavery tendencies

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

14. In Many Countries People Move Away From Vista 11

    Vista 11 has been available for download for 4 years already, but adoption has been poor

15. Desktops/Laptops Fall to All-Time Lows in the UK, So Why Does British Media Quote a Famous Criminal on "End of the Smartphone Era"?

    mobile usage (for Web access) has never been higher, based on an Irish surveyor, statCounter

16. The Groklaw Web Site Has Been Hijacked by Scammers

    Groklaw.net isn't a safe site to access at this time

17. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

18. IRC Proceedings: Monday, August 18, 2025

    IRC logs for Monday, August 18, 2025

19. Online Safety Act Does Not Tackle the Worst (and Biggest) Culprits

    if our governments are serious about tackling online harms, then they need to look closely at GAFAM and social control media giants

20. Chat Control (1 and 2) in the European Union Sends the Wrong Message

    This is an EU law

21. Slopwatch: Google News and Serial Sloppers (Fake Articles About "Linux")

    Calling out the culprits

22. Gemini Links 19/08/2025: Digital Legacy and Chat Control

    Links for the day

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