Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 15, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Links 14/12/2025: "Chile to ban smartphones in classroom" and "Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers"

   Links for the day

2. Gemini Links 14/12/2025: "GUI TUI CLI" and EmacsConf 2025 Video

   Links for the day

3. Links 14/12/2025: Tensions in Asia, US Making Deals With Belarus

   Links for the day

4. A Utopian and Very Dumb Vision of Technology, Based on Accounting Fraud

   the "industry" has become insane and a lot of "the media" is going along with it

5. Links 14/12/2025: "The Slop of Things to Come", Goldman Sachs Nervous About Slop Bubble

   Links for the day

6. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

7. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, December 13, 2025

   IRC logs for Saturday, December 13, 2025

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