Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 14, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. We Covered UEFI 'Secure Boot' Scandals. The World Listened.

   To hell with UEFI 'secure boot'

2. Fake News With Fake Numbers About Microsoft

   "This is what happens when the world's economy is governed by sick old men"

3. Slopwatch: "Google News" is Fast Becoming a Mashup of Slopfarms, Linux Journal ("LJ") is a Dump of LLM Slop

   Well done, Google News. Google itself can flourish as a slopfarm mashup.

4. Torturing Users Who Just Want to Run GNU/Linux on Their Own PC

   "Linux does not want to install"

5. European Authorities, Already Bribed and Infiltrated by Microsoft, Won't Help You Find BigBlueButton, Jami, Ring, and Jitsi

   Because they're paid by Microsoft and are Microsoft 'addicts' themselves

6. Moving From Content Management Systems (CMSs) to Static Site Generators (SSGs) Saves You Time, Makes You a Lot More Productive

   try to reduce the cost (financial and computational) of running your site

7. Leak: European Patent Office (EPO) is Now Attacking Amicale Clubs

   corruption has become the norm and scientists are robbed of any dignity

8. Oracle Fraud (or Defrauding Shareholders)

   "the obvious [lie] is that watts are (wasted) electricity [and] and FLOPS are computing capacity"

   New

9. Microsoft is Rapidly Dropped From Web Servers, Shows Survey

   Microsoft lost about 8% "market share" in just 3 months

10. Many GNU/Linux Users Report MOK (Machine Owner Key) Issues in Recent Days

    many people don't report this online and never post in Reddit

11. Links 13/09/2025: Escalations in East Europe and POTUS’ Health Cover-Up

    Links for the day

12. Gemini Links 13/09/2025: Lagrange Turns 5 and Lagrange 1.19.2 Released

    Links for the day

13. Microsoft Inside Your Linux: "Security vulnerability that allowed an attacker to bypass UEFI Secure Boot."

    2 hours ago

14. A New Low for "Linux Journal": Promoting MICROSOFT WINDOWS Using LLM Slop

    They've just jumped the shark entirely

15. The Register MS Still Takes Money to Hype Up "AI" in Articles by Microsoft Resellers With the Term "AI" 30+ Times in Them

    Notice how many times they mention "AI"

16. The Apache Logo News is VERY Old, Racists and 'Anti-Woke' Bigots Look for Something to Incite Other Bigots With

    Nothing to see here, move along

17. Linux Mint 9/11: "4th One Today..." (in Reddit)

    Remember that not everyone having an issue reports it to social control media like Reddit

18. Nepal Will Fall Without a Single Shot Fired, Thanks to Social Control Media

    Or very few shots (by the authorities)

19. European Corruption in the European Patent Office (EPO) Targets Culture

    "In reality, the project includes a new “legal instrument” shifting administrative burden and liability on EPO staff while creating new uncertainty and externalising Amicale activities."

20. UEFI Secure Boot Failing, as Expected for Nearly 15 Years Already (Techrights Said This Since 2012)

    in the media

21. Debian 9/11

    people report this issue

22. Gemini and Web Links 13/09/2025: MElon's Slop Grift and "Autonomous Trains"

    Links for the day

23. Pursuing Peace Through Violence

    You cannot "see" a person's mind, until the mouth opens

24. Can We Please Stop Celebrating Shooters?

    "An important point to hammer on is that CoCs were never intended for uniform or symmetric application"

25. Geminispace is Growing Faster in 2025 Than It Did in 2024

    What matters is that corporations haven't ruined it and LLM slop is extremely rare

26. Links 13/09/2025: China Punishes for 'Negative' Posts, US Police Unable to Find Shooter

    Links for the day

27. Who's the Mystery Financier of SLAPP Against Techrights and Is That a Millionaire/Billionaire?

    Whose idea was it to fund meritless lawsuits against my wife and I?

28. Slopwatch: Slow Slop Day

    This distracts from or may take traffic away from the original articles, actually written by actual people

29. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

30. IRC Proceedings: Friday, September 12, 2025

    IRC logs for Friday, September 12, 2025

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