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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 29, 2026

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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

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  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
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

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