Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 30, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Why the EPO Never Managed to Silence Us (After Over a Decade of Trying)

   Firms like Mishcon de Reya and Brett Wilson LLP contribute to a bad stigma, staining the entire occupation

2. Names Are Not Unique IDs and the UK Government's "Digital ID System" Would be a Nightmare

   Digital surveillance, "apps", and worse (all the time)

   New

3. Links 29/09/2025: Opposition to Surveillance Giant Google and Conflicts Worldwide (Moldova Sides With EU)

   Links for the day

4. Links 29/09/2025: Datacenter Fires and "Too Much Internet Use Is Changing Teenage Brains"

   Links for the day

5. Almost a Couple of Years After Microsoft Hijacked the Name 'Sudo' (to Describe Unrelated Windows Stuff) Microsoft Canonical Breaks Sudo in Ubuntu

   These are vandals in "goodwill" or "security" clothing

6. Does the Good Law Project (GLP) Know the Director of Brett Wilson LLP Deems It OK to Endorse Violent Actions Against Trans People?

   We were miffed to see this morning's report

7. What is Roy and Rianne's Righteously Royalty-free RSS Reader?

   A news reader that uses OPML files and parses RSS feeds

8. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Turns 40 in 5 Days

   We should be talking about software freedom, not "Open Source"

9. It Feels Like Brett Wilson LLP Has Just Tacitly Admitted That It Defamed Me

   It arguably admitted many other things by refusing to deny or address them (altogether)

10. Stefano Maffulli's Front Page Mentions "AI" 11 Times

    They're more focused on slop (plagiarism) than sharing or Software Freedom

11. CMS Rot

    With "modern" (bloated) content management systems (CMSs) there is a long chain of dependencies

12. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

13. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 28, 2025

    IRC logs for Sunday, September 28, 2025

14. Slopwatch: Fake Articles About Linux 6.17 and Microsoft Meddling in Linux Development

    today's Slopwatch is short because the picks are from Sunday

15. Gemini Links 29/09/2025: The Labor Wars and Retro

    Links for the day

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