Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 07, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. GNU/Linux at 4% "Market Share" (Even According to Steam Survey)

   Another milestone

2. Ahead of Mass Layoffs Microsoft Tries to Rebrand or Redefine XBox (Because the XBox is Tentatively Dead)

   2026 will be the last year of XBox in all likelihood

3. Richard Stallman (RMS) Announces His Georgia Talk 2.5 Weeks in Advance

   A lot earlier than usual

   New

4. Gemini Links 06/01/2026: Collective Responsibility, Pico2DVI, and TV Detox

   Links for the day

5. Microsoft Loves Freedom, Democracy... and Linux? No, Microsoft Laying Off Because "Microsoft Loves Linux" Was Failed Posturing, Its Former Staff Moves to GNU/Linux

   "What are the running totals for IBM and Microsoft layoffs?"

6. Mozilla's Assisted Suicide, Assisted by GNOME

   Firefox is meant to get better all the time, but instead it gets worse

7. Links 06/01/2026: Neglect of the Elderly, Abandonment of International Laws

   Links for the day

8. Links 06/01/2026: More Reports Point to Mass Layoffs at Microsoft (Later This Month), Greenland/Denmark Cautions the Dictator Who Illegally Invaded Venezuela

   Links for the day

9. Internet Policy/Net Reality: You Must Never Ever Rely on Google (no "S.E.O." Either)

   Stack Overflow is dying

10. Dr. Andy Farnell on Technology That Harms People (and Lack of Regulation Which is Needed to Address This Problem)

    Dr. Farnell's article is long but well worth reading

11. GNU/Linux Rising to 5% in Cameroon and It's Hardly the Exception

    "AI" is just a smokescreen as losses pile up

12. Rumours: Microsoft to Lay Off 12,500-25,000 Workers Soon (Tentatively Wednesday, 15 Days From Now)

    "Layoffs are coming third full week of Jan. Likely 21st but these things can move around a bit based on last minute developments."

13. EPO People Power - Part XXVI - European Media Has Become Part of the Problem

    it is as clear as daylight that Cocainegate is real

14. IBM 2026 "Organizational Change/s" Means Layoffs Resume Soon, Some Claim "Forever Layoffs."

    It's about "narrative control"

15. Microsoft Layoffs in January 2026

    Get ready

16. Google Still Boosting Slopfarms

    Slopfarms will probably all perish as soon as Google News quits sending them visitors

17. Links 06/01/2026: Cryptocurrency Scam Emails and Greenland's Fear of Getting 'Venezuelad'

    Links for the day

18. Links 06/01/2026: DIY Projects and Inertial Music

    Links for the day

19. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

20. IRC Proceedings: Monday, January 05, 2026

    IRC logs for Monday, January 05, 2026

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