Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 30, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. The Federation Has Failed, It's Not a Popularity Contest Which Exposes Oneself to Audiences

   More people need to start sites and write lengthy things

2. Selective Enforcement, Selective Media Coverage - Part II - A Nose for the 'Wrong' EPO Drug Story

   The (boat) strikes must worry the management of Europe's second-largest institution; it's a "supply chain" risk

3. Links 29/11/2025: Hey Hi (AI) Textbooks Disaster, Talk About Fraudulent Accounting in "AI" Companies, 'Open' 'AI' Needs "Miracle" to Avert Bankruptcy

   Links for the day

4. Fake News and Disinformation on the Web Isn't Always LLM Slop; Some Fake News and Disinformation is About Slop

   IBM has layoffs because IBM is a crappy company with crappy products and services

5. Thrown Under the Bus: XBox Consoles

   Instead of talking about XBox sales now they talk about streaming

   New

6. Tomorrow We'll Explain How the Media in Europe Failed EPO Stakeholders, Including EPO Workers Victimised by "the Mafia"

   we'll begin focusing on the failure of media in Spain and elsewhere

7. Mozilla Firefox is Pushing DRM, Falkon Does Not and Librewolf Does Not Either

   If Firefox makes you sick to your stomach, give Librewolf a try

8. Gemini Links 29/11/2025: Thanksgiving 2025 and "The Internet Used to Be a Place"

   Links for the day

9. Vista 11 is 11 (Percent) and a Lot of Metrics Are Frauds

   What sort of media will finally unwrap the lies and hold executives accountable for massive fraud and extensive cheating?

10. After Days Offline Soylent News is Back Online

    Soylent News is a very important site and online community

11. Russia Has Not Invaded Finland, But Microsoft Did

    an occupied territory

12. Linux 11

    Microsoft is in trouble and Windows is losing its dominance

13. IBM Turns Smart, Hard-Working People Into "Dinobabies" and Discards Them

    Companies with morale so low have no chance of surviving

14. Slop Feels Like a Smashed Bubble (or Bottle)

    When it comes to slopfarms, they seem to be going extinct or inactive

15. Links 29/11/2025: David Lerner Dies, Growing Awareness of "Energy Poverty" in EU

    Links for the day

16. Gemini Links 29/11/2025: Death of a Cable Box and "Beacon Pines"

    Links for the day

17. Plausible Claim That IBM Advertises Fake Jobs to Marginalise Lawsuits Over Age Discrimination

    Very interesting an HR trick (if true)

18. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

19. IRC Proceedings: Friday, November 28, 2025

    IRC logs for Friday, November 28, 2025

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