Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 17, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Claim That Finance and HR at IBM Already Work on the Next Wave of IBM Layoffs, Media Silence Persists

   The media is still telling misleading nonsense about IBM layoffs (like some fantasy about 'rehiring' thousands for "AI")

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2. The Register MS Does the "AI" Keyword Stuffing Because It Gets Paid to Do "AI" Keyword Stuffing

   They are in effect profiting from legitimisation and promotion of a Ponzi scheme

3. Blogs to Read (or Even Binge on) When You Look for a Daring and Different Perspective

   If you have free time and want to check out interesting old articles/posts, consider these people

4. Paying the Price for IBM's Leadership Buying Worthless Companies With Capital It Doesn't Have

   For some people the last day at the company is Christmas Eve

5. When Malformed RSS or Atom Feeds Clog Up (or Even Crash) Programs

   RSS readers are an excellent way to keep on top of news online

6. Publication Plans for the Coming Weeks

   We've begun this week with many articles and plan to carry on until tomorrow

7. EPO People Power - Part XIV - EPO Management Living in Fantasy Land

   wrongly assumes that any crime committed by the EPO will always be brushed aside

8. Secret Code is Undesirable

   If someone wants you to use proprietary software, say no. Secret code is even worse.

9. Google News Still Has an LLM Slop Problem (With Slop Images Too), But Google Itself is a Pusher of Slop

   If Google keeps shilling and selling slop as "AI", and moreover if people keep hating slop (there's growing awareness of this problem), then at the end Google will suffer greatly

10. Gemini Links 16/12/2025: Bingo Card and i586 in 2025

    Links for the day

11. Links 16/12/2025: Security and Conflict (No Territorial Concessions in Ukraine)

    Links for the day

12. With Half of December Over, FSF Two-Thirds of the Way Towards Funding Goal

    If you can share some money this month, the FSF should be a priority

13. A Lot of People Don't Want "Smart" (Things That Spy, Stop Working, Cannot be Repaired Easily)

    They also don't want slop disguised as "intelligence"

14. Links 16/12/2025: More GAFAM (Now Amazon) Layoffs and iRobot Chapter 11

    Links for the day

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Monday, December 15, 2025

    IRC logs for Monday, December 15, 2025

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