Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 23, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Less is More, Right?

   Dr. Andy Farnell's latest article

2. Sapling, Made by Scholars and GAFAM, Insists That BetaNews is Still a Slopfarm (After the Ousting of the Serial Slopper)

   So is this more slopping by BetaNews?

3. The Register MS is Apparently Trying to Cover Up Spam and LLM Slopping Activities (Staff Using LLMs to Make Articles)

   The structure and the buzzwords are almost a "dead giveaway"

4. Abuses Women at the EPO, Uses His Daughters to Comfort His Big Ego Whilst EPO Breaks Laws

   What is Europe turning into and will Europeans only start caring when reporters fall out of windows (like in Russia)?

5. The "Mafia"

   Our utmost respect goes to brave whistleblowers whose courage lets us run EPO series

   New

6. In the Republic of (South) Korea Almost Nobody Uses Firefox Anymore

   In Korea, few people still use Firefox

7. Despite Many Attacks on the Free Software Foundation (FSF), It's Still a Potent Force

   In 2026 GNU turns 43

8. Links 22/11/2025: Hate in Social Control Media, Raids, and Environmentalism

   Links for the day

9. Scammers and Criminals Rely on Weak or Submissive Media

   Microsoft had mass layoffs every month this year

10. Confirmed: The Two Microsofters Who Filed Two Cases Against Me Were Collaborating

    Lying to a Court about a person isn't a trivial thing to do

11. It Looks Like the Chief at BetaNews Continues the LLM Slopfest (Not Just Slop Images) After Throwing the Serial Slopper Under the Bus

    We'll now need to simple presume that anything in that site is purely or partly slop, even the output from Wayne Williams

12. Slopwatch: Google News Still Needs to Crack Down (a Lot Harder) on Slopfarms

    The main problem here is that Google News is rewarding slopfarms and hence gives some incentive to create more of them

13. Links 22/11/2025: Roblox Rolls Out Face Scans for Age Verification, Social Control Media Misused as Political Weapon Against EU and Others

    Links for the day

14. Gemini Links 22/11/2025: Creeping Threats of IBM/Microsoft systemd and Geminaut Age Survey Results

    Links for the day

15. Links 22/11/2025: "Dramatic Surge in Water Demand" and Lots More Backlash Against Slop, Including From the Pope

    Links for the day

16. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

17. IRC Proceedings: Friday, November 21, 2025

    IRC logs for Friday, November 21, 2025

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