Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Slop Still Rare

   So far a good start for 2026

2. Unverified Claim: Mass Layoffs at Microsoft to Start Around Week 3 (or 4) of This Month

   Let's wait and see if the claim above is from an insider who has inside knowledge

   New

3. Gemini Links 03/01/2026: Climbing, Waking Up, and Social Control Media Woes

   Links for the day

4. Links 03/01/2026: Growing Censorship, Another US Invasion, and Will Smith 'Cancelled'

   Links for the day

5. Links 03/01/2026: Twitter Turns From Disinformation Powerhouse to Production and Dissemination of Child Pr0n, "New China Cybersecurity Law Becomes A Reality In 2026"

   Links for the day

6. Gemini Links 03/01/2026: Formatting Text for Gopher and Text-only Websites

   Links for the day

7. Firefox Fell Below 1% in Asia

   less than 1 in 100 Web users is detected/assumed to be using Firefox

8. Links 03/01/2026: Ryanair Fines and Facebook Misleads Regulators

   Links for the day

9. New Record High for GNU/Linux in Benelux in 2026

   If the above trends stand (throughout the year), then we can begin talking more seriously about a post-GAFAM Europe

10. In the Search Engine Market, Microsoft is Falling Behind Russia's Yandex

    The so-called 'AI industry' is a boy that cries wolf

11. A Year of Relaxation, But Also of Hardcore Whistleblowing

    Expect industrial action some time soon

12. The More Influential Richard Stallman (RMS) Becomes, the More Aggressive Attacks on Him (and the FSF) Will Get

    We've meanwhile noticed disinformation being spread in social control media

13. GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High of 5% in Indonesia (Not Counting Chromebooks and Android)

    There are also related events in Indonesia and SUSE in particular seems to have been popularised there

14. EPO People Power - Part XXIII - António Campinos Knows He's Extremely Vulnerable at This Time

    Campinos should never have been put in charge

15. Gemini Links 03/01/2026: New Organisation System (Notebooks) and "2026 Already Off to an Amazing Start"

    Links for the day

16. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

17. IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 02, 2026

    IRC logs for Friday, January 02, 2026

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