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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 13, 2025

Looking from ocean to beach

Updated This Past Day

  1. Explaining (in Length and Depth) the Damage Matthew Garrett Did to Linux and to GNU/Linux Users
    no matter how many threats we receive

    New

  2. CoC Gone Wrong: Celebrating Murder OK, Complaining About the Celebration Gets You Banned
    Hopefully the NixOS Foundation will have a word with (maybe replace) the moderator/s
  3. Gemini Links 12/09/2025: Familiarity and Secondary Dominants
    Links for the day
  4. Links 12/09/2025: "Bad Reviews" as Extortion Weapon, "Free Speech At Risk in America’s Schools" According to ACLU
    Links for the day
  5. Only One Speaker Does Not Do Sharecropping for MElon (in X.com)
    The man who puts principles before PR/optics
  6. The Mind of the 'Hulk Hogan of UEFI'
    in a nutshell
  7. A Day After "UEFI 9/11": UEFI Secure Boot Bypass
    In the news today (right now), as published in the past few hours
  8. Links 12/09/2025: Slop Code as Liability, Microsoft Outlook Down for Many
    Links for the day
  9. It's Still Not to Late to Turn Off "Secure Boot"
    If people reboot their PC or server today, and it relies on "Secure Boot" on Sept. 12 or later, then depending on the firmware there may be trouble ahead
  10. Links 12/09/2025: Shira Perlmutter is Back, “Software Per Se” Patent Rejections in In re McFadden
    Links for the day
  11. Slopwatch: Linux Plagiarism, Slopfarms Still Infesting Google News, Many Images Are Fake
    Google is promoting plagiarism
  12. "This Morning Might Turn Out to be an Interesting One for System Admins Who Haven't Updated Their Devices' Secure Boot Certificate" (If They Reboot)
    Who asked for this anyway?
  13. Gemini Links 12/09/2025: Metric System, Dumping Windows, and Software Architecture is Dead
    Links for the day
  14. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  15. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 11, 2025
    IRC logs for Thursday, September 11, 2025
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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