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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 29, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. IBM to Announce 'Results' Shortly, Expect Lots of Chaff Like "Quantum" and "Hey Hi" (Nothing Material to Show)

   We're still seeing layoffs and an exodus

2. Upcoming Techrights Series About the Failure of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to Stop Hired Guns Who Work for Americans That Abuse Women

   The SRA has demonstrated nothing but considerable incompetence at many levels

3. The "Alicante Mafia" - Part XIV - The EPO Vice-President Steve Rowan and the Hidden Alicante Connection is a Big Deal

   We'll soon take a closer look at Ernst

   New

4. Laos and Microsoft: About 10% Windows, 0% Bing

   There are many more nations like it

5. EPO Technical Meetings Show no Breakthroughs, a Strike Goes Ahead This Friday

   Apparently there was another (fourth) meeting today [...] The industrial actions are working already

6. Google News as the Sole Source of Slop About "Linux", a Feeder of Slopfarms or Serial Sloppers

   At least it's no longer hard to 'contain' the slop problem, knowing which domains are the culprits and seeing that Google is their main 'feeder'

7. Links 28/01/2026: ChatGPT Has Financial Problems, White House Sharing Fakes (or Deepfakes) in Official Accounts/Sites

   Links for the day

8. Gemini Links 28/01/2026: FlatCube NES Port Finished and "Why I Still Write on the Small Web in 2026"

   Links for the day

9. Upcoming Techrights Series About the Public Appearances of Richard M. Stallman (RMS) in the United States

   we plan to drop all pretences about "Open Source" and instead focus on Software Freedom

10. Upcoming Techrights Series About the Experiences of EPO Insiders

    We'll start the new series some time next week

11. Links 28/01/2026: Microsoft Ordered to Stop Spying on School Children, Apple's Brand Tarnished by Its Complicity With Human Rights Abusers

    Links for the day

12. Gemini Links 28/01/2026: Particle and AirMIDI

    Links for the day

13. Amandine Jambert (EDPB/CNIL/FSFE), motive for lying, trust in blockchain and encryption

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, January 27, 2026

    IRC logs for Tuesday, January 27, 2026

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