Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 20, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. European Patent Office Illegally Gutting and Outsourcing Its Functions, Acting Like an Above-the-Law Commercial Business (It Won't Stop at Formalities Officers (FOs) and Classification Slop at the EPO)

   breaking/violating laws and conventions

2. Links 19/09/2025: Lobbyist of American GAFAM Becomes Data Protection Commissioner in Europe

   Links for the day

3. The Right to Punch People (Apparently)

   At Brett Wilson, Brett's job title is "Head of Crime" and Wilson normalises calls for violence

   New

4. Links 19/09/2025: Press Freedom Dying in US, Anti-Austerity Strikes in France, and Alan Rusbridger to Leave 'Prospect'

   Links for the day

5. Offloading to the Sister Site

   In the interest of not overwhelming readers

6. Links 19/09/2025: Coffee Club and "SpellBinding is Now Absurdly Fast"

   Links for the day

7. Links 19/09/2025: Media Freedom Ceases to Exist in US, "Consider Dropping Twitter/X"

   Links for the day

8. Gemini Links 19/09/2025: Thinking and Insect Bites

   Links for the day

9. Microsoft E.E.E.: Git Will Now (or Very Soon) Fully Depend on Rust, Which is Controlled by Microsoft

   Microsoft now makes Git dependent on Rust, or making Git dependent on GitHub, which is proprietary

10. Slop or Fake Articles Have Turned Linux Journal From a Pioneering/Trailblazing "Linux" Magazine Into a Nuisance

    some sites with former reputation - good reputation - turn into cesspools

11. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

12. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 18, 2025

    IRC logs for Thursday, September 18, 2025

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