Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 01, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. IBM Has Taken Control of GNOME

   Don't expect a successor to be found any time soon

2. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 30, 2025

   IRC logs for Saturday, August 30, 2025

   New

3. Links 31/08/2025: Baggage Claim Scams, an Insurrectionist’s War on Culture, and a Sudden Robotics Hype

   Links for the day

4. Gemini Links 31/08/2025: Reviewing Netsurf and Slightly Less Historic Ada Design

   Links for the day

5. Links 31/08/2025: Google Gmail Data Breach and LF Puff Pieces for Pay

   Links for the day

6. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

7. This is What Google News Has Become

   Moments ago

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