Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 27, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Links 26/10/2025: Microsoft Spies on Gamers, Open Transport Community Conference

   Links for the day

2. Links 26/10/2025: LLM Slop / Plagiarism Programs Continue to Disappoint, CISA Layoffs Threaten Systems

   Links for the day

3. Gemini Links 26/10/2025: Gemsync and Joining the Small Web

   Links for the day

4. India.com a Click-baiting, SEO-Spamming, Slopfarming Heap

   They do this almost every day

5. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

6. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, October 25, 2025

   IRC logs for Saturday, October 25, 2025

7. Without XBox Consoles, XBox is No More, It's Just a Brand (More Rumours of Microsoft Ending XBox, Then Laying Off Lots of Staff)

   All signs indicate that Microsoft wants to "exit" the XBox business (not brand), but it does not want to publicly admit this as it would alarm staff and shareholders

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