Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 12, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. There Were Several Waves of Microsoft Shanghai Layoffs in 2025, Western Media Continues to Turn a Blind Eye to Chinese Layoffs of an Epic Scale

   Sometimes select Taiwanese news sites (published in English) or automated translations are all we have

2. Brett Wilson LLP Spreads Trumpism to the United Kingdom, Looking to Profit From 'Legal Colonialism' (Overriding Sovereignty)

   There's growing recognition of this conundrum worldwide

3. Now Confirmed in Western Media: Microsoft Azure Layoffs This Month

   Affirmed by more sources moments ago

   New

4. Qualcomm and Manchester United Appear to Have Dumped Microsoft (Qualcomm Now Invests More in Linux, Apparently)

   It's a relief to no longer see Microsoft logos and brands on a local football club's gear (I'm not a Manchester United fan, but not a foe either)

5. As Guest of Honour in Rome, Founder of the Free Software Foundation to Speak ("Distinguished Lecture") After Introduction by Leonardo Querzoni

   Happy hacking...

6. All Things Open is Proprietary

   The OSI has become a front group of proprietary software openwashers, led and sponsored by proprietary giants

7. When Microsoft Lays Off Lots of Workers They Say It "Invests in AI" (a Lie), Now It's "Reshuffles" or "Microsoft Tightens"

   Microsoft "news" by bots

8. "I saw Richard Stallman give a talk in the mid 80s, which began my fear and loathing of software patents" and "Richard Stallman was always right."

   "By betraying the legacy of our ancestors, we’ve set ourselves on a path toward self-destruction — moral, intellectual, economic, and ultimately biological."

9. The Demise of Shopping in Person

   In a world like this, how valued is the customer?

10. We Are Safe in a Modern "Tech" Society, Right?

    People are safer if they control their own computing

11. This Past Friday, "Nearly 700 People Came to Listen to RMS!" (Richard Stallman)

    "Nearly 700 people came to listen to RMS!"

12. Slopwatch: UbuntuPIT Churning Out Plagiarism and the Slopfarm LinuxSecurity Turns to Pseudonyms

    Our hunch is, UbuntuPIT will sooner or later realise that this toxic approach is just harming UbuntuPIT and tainting the reputation of past articles

13. Gemini Links 11/10/2025: Nyctography, Gerrymandering, and Lurking

    Links for the day

14. Links 11/10/2025: World Mental Health Day 2025, Another European Legal Defeat for Microsoft 360

    Links for the day

15. MIT Technology Review is Part-Time SPAMfarm of Billionaires and Mega-Corporations

    Does MIT operate its own "b2b" SPAMfarm?

16. Open Source Initiative Executive Director Leaves, Replacement Sought by Monopolists, Not the Community or OSI Members

    Serves to show who runs this show...

17. Links 11/10/2025: China-US Tensions Grow Again, "Hey Hi" More Widely Recognised as Bubble Made of Capital That Doesn't Exist

    Links for the day

18. Peter O'Callaghan QC represented grandparents, Westernport Hotel, at Liquor Royal Commission

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

19. Either The Register MS Divests From FOSS Coverage or Liam Proven is on Long Holiday

    Publishers perish when their audience loses trust in them

20. Microsoft Cancelling Another Datacentre is a Sign of Financial Trouble and Lack of Growth

    The debt continues to grow

21. Gemini Links 11/10/2025: An Evening at the Fair and Fast Fourier Friday

    Links for the day

22. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

23. IRC Proceedings: Friday, October 10, 2025

    IRC logs for Friday, October 10, 2025

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