Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 03, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Workers Fly Away From IBM's Red Hat (This Year a Lot of Red Hat Staff is "IBM")

   The stock (share price) of IBM says nothing about what actually goes on

2. Links 02/01/2026: Science, Patent Maximalism, and Public Domain Day

   Links for the day

3. Gemini Links 02/02/2026: Books, Scams, and mkscript (a Script to Make Scripts)

   Links for the day

4. Strong Start for GNU/Linux This Year

   based on statCounter

5. More Tools, Factorising Code

   If some things in the site of Gemini capsules don't behave as expected, then that's likely due to a bug

6. State of Tech Journalism in 2026: Follow the Money

   in order to understand what motivates an opinion piece one must follow the money

   New

7. The More Buzzwords a Corporation Resorts To...

   buzzwords are a fool's way to compensate for or disguise a lack of knowledge

8. So You Should Definitely Call it "Slop" and Stop Saying "AI"

   with more XBox/gaming layoffs being imminent the blowback will be fun to watch

9. Why Are We Still Using Voting Machines?

   Voting machines still seem to me like an infantile cargo cult and an act of salesmanship (like various security theatre rituals at airports)

10. "Works for Me!"

    Who knows best?

11. Why IBM Workers Like Techrights (Same Reason EPO Workers Do)

    IBM will likely be a daily theme (high rate of recurrence)

12. In 2025 We Contributed to the Headlessness of the OSI, But It's Not Over Yet

    By airing some 'dirty laundry' about the OSI last year we contributed to its current state

13. Africa's Largest Population Sees Diminishing Impact of Windows

    less than 1 in 10 Web requests in Nigeria comes from Windows

14. Russia Cuts Finnish Cables ("Hybrid War"), Finland Cuts Off Microsoft

    the birthplace of Linux

15. Free Software is More Naturally Inclusive

    large, intolerant, violent companies get painted as a glorious example of United Colours of Benetton

16. Europe in 2026: Over 5% GNU/Linux, Not Counting Chromebooks

    2026 has started strongly

17. Slopfarm Says Microsoft's "Biggest Business" is the 'Business' Where It Loses Tens of Billions of Dollars

    TOI still pretends to have a lot of output

18. At the Start of January 2025 Microsoft President Said Microsoft Would Spend 80 Billion Dollars on "AI" Data Centres. That Didn't Happen. Microsoft Laid Off 30,000 Workers, Debt Surged.

    Maybe this coming Monday Microsoft will come up with more false promises and vapourware

19. Links 02/01/2026: Insurrectionist Attacks Musicians Critical of Him With Lawfare, Project Gutenberg Now Has Over 75,000 Books

    Links for the day

20. Decline in LLM Slop About "Linux" is a Good Start for 2026

    When the only remaining proponents of slop are slop, which is pretty much what's happening right now, the bubble is popping

21. EPO People Power - Part XXII - Contact Officials and Inform Your National Representatives (Delegates) of the EPO's Cocainegate

    Europe's largest media intentionally covers up serious scandals in Europe's second-largest institution

22. Slopwatch Still Dead, Not Enough LLM Slop About "Linux"

    this is the desirable thing

23. LibXML2 Will Carry on (Without or With the Name "LibXML2")

    The proprietary software boosters are projecting

24. Gemini Links 02/01/2026: ThinkPad, SHARP Zaurus, Lagrange Handheld Support

    Links for the day

25. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

26. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, January 01, 2026

    IRC logs for Thursday, January 01, 2026

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