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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 03, 2025

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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

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  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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