Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 24, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Gemini Links 23/12/2025: Hydraulic Pressure Balance and mercury://

   Links for the day

2. Techrights as 'Regulator' Against Runaway Trains

   "Runaway trains" never scared us because we know that they, unlike us, don't think rationally

3. Social Control Media is Bots (Fake Traffic, Fake 'Engagement')

   As per FORTUNE, 76% of Twitter is alleged to be bots now

   New

4. A Good End for a Fine Year

   Today we saw some pleasant news online about the growth of GNU/Linux and more perils impacting Windows and XBox

5. Serial Sloppers Lost Momentum, Sites With "Linux" in Their Name Barely Bother Anymore

   Will 2026 be the year slopfarms jump the shark?

6. Gemini Links 23/12/2025: "The sun is shinning" and "problem in the Butlerian Jihad setup"

   Links for the day

7. Links 23/12/2025: "Over 8,700 News Articles Censored in Turkey in 2024" and "Photos Are Being Deleted From the Epstein Files"

   Links for the day

8. Links 23/12/2025: That ‘Satisfying Click’ and Security Lapses, Car Bomb Kills Russian Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov

   Links for the day

9. Links 23/12/2025: GNU Taler 1.3, US Regime Censors Television Again

   Links for the day

10. Valve Can Bring More Users to GNU/Linux, But It Won't Bring Freedom

    Steam is DRM

11. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

12. IRC Proceedings: Monday, December 22, 2025

    IRC logs for Monday, December 22, 2025

13. How the Slop (So-called 'AI') Bubble Will Burst Next Year

    There are already talks about mass layoffs in January

14. "Generative AI Bubble Has Begun to Pop", Nvidia Rides “Circular Financing... a Strategy That Hearkens Back to the Dot-com Crisis”

    For companies like Microsoft this may mean another 30,000+ layoffs next year

15. Microsoft-Connected Media Talking About XBox Division "Profit Margins" is Distraction From XBox Sales Collapsing 70% in One Year

    The simple fact is, Microsoft's console is dead in the water

16. The Reality is "Vibe Code" (Slop) is That It's Worthless

    “Confidently Wrong”

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