Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 26, 2025,
updated Aug 26, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Bailing Out GAFAM, Giving Taxpayers' Money to Failing Companies, and Trying to Outlaw Lawsuits Against Them

   What would the late Lincoln have said?

   New

2. Slopwatch: Slopfarms All Over Google News and Real News Sites Pushed Out of Visibility

   Google News is dying (as a tool of value)

3. Gemini Links 25/08/2025: Numeric-only VM and Alhena 5.3.0

   Links for the day

4. Links 25/08/2025: ‘Panama Playlists’ and Live Nation/Ticketmaster Suit Aims at Class Action

   Links for the day

5. Gemini Links 25/08/2025: Empathy Towards Autistic People and Old Gadgets

   Links for the day

6. Links 25/08/2025: Datacentres Versus Water Supplies and "The IPv6 Divide"

   Links for the day

7. Links 25/08/2025: Data Breaches, Politics, and Financial Strain

   Links for the day

8. GNU/Linux Distros Ought to Replace Firefox (and Firefox ESR) With Something Like LibreWolf

   Perhaps it's come to replace Firefox

9. Father of Julian Assange Said the US Government Was Trying to Bankrupt WikiLeaks, Now the Assange Family Promotes Fake Currencies

   Using the name for bad purposes?

10. Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Inc. Lost 2 Million Dollars Last Year and Its Chief Took a Salary Increase of Almost $6,000

    Another year or two like this... and the SFC will be bankrupt [...] Hallmark of mismanagement

11. The "New Techrights" Turns Two Very Soon

    Accomplishing something each year is what's important, not merely "finishing" another year

12. Gulf Nations Leave Microsoft Behind

    How much lower will Microsoft stoop in an effort to raise money from oil-rich lenders?

13. How to Combat IRC Trolls (in Our Experience)

    Today I want to share my experience (or knowledge) of how to deal with IRC trolls

14. The Register MS Needs to Stop Participating in the "Hey Hi" (AI) Hype, But It Gets Paid to Participate in This Hype

    the publisher (The Register MS) wants to have it both ways

15. Gemini Links 24/08/2025: Living With Your Parents, Zürich Zoo, and Macondo

    Links for the day

16. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

17. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 24, 2025

    IRC logs for Sunday, August 24, 2025

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