Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 10, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Plot Twist: Microsoft MSN Relays Articles Hinting at or Pointing to Mass Layoffs Soon, Other Gossip

   the narrative from Microsoft's "PR bunny" (Shaw) is showing mold already

2. 'Vibe Coding' is Not "AI", It's a Sewer, It is Junk

   Linus Torvalds was wrong. 'Vibe coding' isn't good for anything.

3. GNU/Linux May be Approaching 10% "Market Share" in Montenegro

   The surge started around 2021

4. More IBM Layoffs in India

   If IBM cannot afford to retain workers in India, then something is truly "out of control" at IBM

5. Dr. Richard Stallman Has Done No Harm to the GNU Project or the FSF (He Had Benefited Both, Always, Even After the Attacks on Him Began)

   Some people try to prevent Dr. Stallman from speaking or having a platform where many people can hear him

6. Microsoft Isn't Denying the Mass Layoffs

   Still silence from Microsoft

7. In Western Africa GNU/Linux Flirts With 5% Market Share

   there's a gradual increase in GNU/Linux usage there

8. Gemini Links 09/01/2026: Pro1 X Repair and the Mercury Protocol

   Links for the day

9. No, Microsoft Did Not Deny the Q1 Mass Layoffs (Microsoft Can Delay These)

   Maybe they disperse or delay the layoffs (changing plans), but the layoffs are going to happen

   New

10. IBM is a Cancer That Attaches Itself to Everything

    Red Hat should have remained an independent company

11. Links 09/01/2026: Google and Character.AI Implicitly Accept Chatbots Kill Kids and GLP-1 ‘Slimming Pens’ Turn Out to be a Lot Worse Than Advertised

    Links for the day

12. At IBM, "Employee Reviews" (or Appraisals in the UK) Are a "Trojan Horse" for RAs (Mass Layoffs), a Waste of Time

    comments from IBMer serve to suggest that appraisals can be precursors

13. Links 09/01/2026: Technical Blogging Lessons Learned and Google's Gmail Getting a Lot Worse

    Links for the day

14. Escaping GAFAM Colonialism Requires Homegrown Free Software

    GNU/Linux now measured at 3% in Zambia

15. GNU/Linux at 4% in Saudi Arabia, Says statCounter

    Some years ago Windows fell to a "market share" of just 11% there

16. Links 09/01/2026: Cambodia and China Extradition, "NATO’s High-risk Patrols Near Ukraine"

    Links for the day

17. Only One Person in Charge of Fedora is Not IBM Staff

    This is not a community project, it's just a way for IBM to onboard unpaid volunteers

18. This Is Not a Drill, GNU/Linux is Really Going 'Mainstream' on Laptops (and Desktops)

    It is important to explain to people software freedom

19. IBM Albany Layoffs

    not only did many in the site lose their job; there's more to come "and likely another one in February" (weeks from now)

20. EPO Workers' Industrial Action to Include Many Strikes, to Last Several Months

    In some ways, The Hague and Bavaria are becoming almost indistinguishable from Moscow

21. EPO People Power - Part XXIX - Getting DER SPIEGEL, FAZ, Deutschlandfunk and Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) to Cover EPO Scandals

    We kindly ask our readers to contact their local media and urge it to cover the scandals

22. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

23. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, January 08, 2026

    IRC logs for Thursday, January 08, 2026

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