Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 22, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Not Hating Red Hat, Not Concern-Trolling Red Hat, Just Increasingly Concerned About What IBM Has Turned Red Hat Into

   Red Hat's mission has changed

2. Based on Almost 2 Billion Web Sessions, GNU/Linux Grows Fast (But So Are Attempts to Undermine It)

   If you're in the business of selling proprietary software such as Windows, all you can see in GNU/Linux is something to sabotage or hijack

3. The European Patent Office's Central Staff Committee Explains How Current Policy Deprives the EPO of "the Valuable Pool of Talent Already Available In-house"

   Many of the best or most qualified people already left or are leaving

   New

4. Gemini Links 21/11/2025: Slop on GitHub (Fake 'Engagement' by Microsoft), Gemini TinyLogs, and Mapping

   Links for the day

5. Rat Races Are for Rats (or Humans Who Behave Like Rats)

   In the world of Free software, people whom act like rats are imposters

6. EPO 'Cocainegate' Coverage and What a Careless, Apathetic Administrative Council Would Mean to Europe (and to the EU)

   Silence about corruption incentivises more corruption

7. Microsoft Acts Like a Company in an Economic Panic, Not a Valuable Corporation

   By our count, Microsoft already laid off more than 30,000 workers this year

8. Who Will Hold Publishers Accountable for Pushing Ponzi Schemes for Financial Gain?

   This will collapse, who will pay the price?

9. IBM Red Hat and 'Embedded' Microsoft Salespeople

   This isn't the Red Hat of the 1990s. Under IBM, Red Hat doesn't like freedom

10. Richard Stallman Gives Reasons Not to use ChatGPT

    ChatGPT is not "intelligence"

11. Mass Layoff at IBM in Brazil (Offices Shut Down)

    Red Hat is also impacted

12. Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, Linux Journal, and Not Much Else

    Who in Slashdot Media decided to turn Linux Journal into a slopfarm?

13. Links 21/11/2025: "Uncaught Rust Exception Took Out Cloudflare" and "OpenAI Is Suddenly in Trouble"

    Links for the day

14. Links 21/11/2025: Openwashing at OSI and ‘Fall of Freedom’ (EU)

    Links for the day

15. Gemini Links 21/11/2025: Star Angles and Omarchy GNU/Linux

    Links for the day

16. New Addition to the Family: Acer

    This new setup should make us a lot more productive next year and in subsequent years

17. Links 21/11/2025: Former Google CEO Spying on Staff, US Government Lets GAFAM Buy the Competition Despite FTC Challenge

    Links for the day

18. On IBM Layoffs in Mexico and More Vapourware ("The Only Thing That Keeps the Stock Price up.")

    IBM cannot be upfront with its own staff

19. Microsoft Layoffs Persist If One Counts Contractors and Other Irregular Staff

    Employment practices may hide this a bit

20. The Real EPO Scandals Are Corruption and Fraud by Officials Who Do Illegal Drugs

    There is another story, however, hiding in the shadows

21. The Register MS and Its "AI-Infused" Puff Pieces Paid for by the Companies the Puff Pieces Are About

    The Register MS cannot stop chasing "AI" money

22. Slopwatch: linuxsecurity.com, linuxjournal.com, WebProNews, Cyber Security News, and More

    it "feels" or "seems" like Google News may have managed to block (or delist rather) some of the most obnoxious slopfarms.

23. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

24. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, November 20, 2025

    IRC logs for Thursday, November 20, 2025

25. Links 21/11/2025: Soaring Tensions in the Far East, Quantum Hype Promoted by 'Linux' Foundation

    Links for the day

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