Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 03, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. "Internal Changes at Red Hat / IBM"

   It seems like quite a few people are leaving

2. Confirmed in French Media: Mass Layoffs (10% Culled) in Microsoft France

   Now some reports in French

3. Microsoft in Freefall in Finland

   Can Finland eradicate Windows from all its infrastructure, including core operations that are sensitive to sabotage by cracking?

4. Google's Chrome Passes 70% and Web Standards Are Dying

   The Web is quickly becoming devoid of any standards

5. Slopwatch: Plagiarism and Ponzi Scheme, Bubble About to Burst Entirely, Admits Goldman Sachs

   the hype that Google News and The Register MS actively participate and profit from

6. The Register MS Says "AI Web Crawlers Are Destroying Websites", So Why Does The Register MS Help 'AI' Companies? (Spoiler: Money)

   People need to call out The Register MS on its hypocrisy

7. Why We Publish Information About the SLAPPs (But Not About the Legal Process), an Abuse of Process by Americans Trying to Silence Critics of Their Employer, Microsoft

   It doesn't take thousands of pages to explain something simple

   New

8. Links 02/09/2025: Oligarch Tech and Text Encoding Concerns in Ada

   Links for the day

9. "People on LinkedIn Saying That They've Left Red Hat."

   We already saw signs of it a month ago and named some of the people

10. Gone With the BRICs (or BRICS): "Linux 8" in Cuba

    GAFAM must be worried

11. Telecompaper Reports Microsoft to Reduce the Workforce by Another 10% (in France)

    Imagine what this will do to staff's morale

12. India is Back to Windows 8 (Market Share Down to 8%) as Android Soars to a New Record High

    For Microsoft, India is a runaway market

13. Links 02/09/2025: SCO Summit and Russia Suspected Of Jamming GPS

    Links for the day

14. Gemini Links 02/09/2025: Mediterranean Marriage and Staying Connected at 35,000 Feet

    Links for the day

15. Links 02/09/2025: Attacks on Unions, Microsoft TCO, and DDoSing a Growing Problem

    Links for the day

16. Internet Relay Chat Didn't Fall Off a Cliff

    IRC will turn 40 in less than 3 years from now

17. The UEFI 9/11 - Part V - This is Not a Drill (Disable "SecureBoot" Now)

    A "9/11" Coming

18. There's No Obligation to Speak to Anybody

    The very fact that "bkuhn" is till spending time in social control media says a lot about his poor judgment

19. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

20. IRC Proceedings: Monday, September 01, 2025

    IRC logs for Monday, September 01, 2025

21. Microsoft Trying to Force People to Resign (Amid Mass Layoffs) a Strategy That Takes Its Toll

    Microsoft seems to be circling down the drain and the "final flush" will be the moment the "hey hi" (AI) bubble implodes completely

22. Google Simply Cannot Be Trusted

    Only fools would trust GAFAM

23. Admission That a Third Party (or Parties) Funds the SLAPPs Against Techrights

    This can end up costing them over a million dollars

24. Modifying and Writing One's Own Computer Programs is Not a Crime (or: Google Proves That Stallman Was Right)

    We're generally gratified to see so many positive mentions of him

25. Why We Stopped Publishing Videos (for Now)

    We'll probably get back to videos one day, but it's hard to say when or to what extent

26. What Animal Rights Activism Teaches Us About Sympathy and Focus

    It's possible to believe that the planet is warming, that we must do something about it, and still eat eggs and butter

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