Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 04, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. How to Identify Demonisation or Dehumanisation Tactics Against Interesting Figures or Luminaries in Free Software

   Rather than in general or generally in technology

2. We Should Learn From Bulgaria

   Why can't European companies and government recognise and react to a threat (when they see one)?

3. Canonical: Ubuntu is GAFAM (US), We're Resellers of American Proprietary Software

   They want people to pay for a licence

4. Links 03/02/2026: "Distraction is a Sin" and Fake "Encryption" (Surveillance With Good Marketing)

   Links for the day

   New

5. IBM Falls by Over 10%

   a recipe for disasters like accounting fraud

6. Links 03/02/2026: Windows Copies GNU/Linux, Windows TCO Shown Again

   Links for the day

7. Gemini Links 03/02/2026: Alhena Turns One, Slop Rejected, and Max Roy Carrouges Recalled

   Links for the day

8. Dr. Andy Farnell on Why and How European Authorities Can Adopt Free Software, Parenting in the Age of Digital Abundance

   Will Europe use technology that Europe controls (not the hegemon), for a change?

9. Seems Like IBM Trolls Use Chatbots to Vandalise Platform That Discusses IBM's Secret Layoffs, Forever Layoffs

   Not for the first time either

10. You Know Your Company is Dead or Basically a Pyramid Scheme When Jim Cramer Keeps Promoting Its Stock

    How much does IBM pay for "puff pieces" or "fluff" about QC?

11. Red Hat (Under IBM) Works for Microsoft (Proprietary Software) and Slop

    Yesterday Red Hat's official site, redhat.com, published exactly 5 new blog posts

12. IBM is Dying (More Layoffs), Red Hat Will Continue to Suffer From the Acquisition

    Financial engineering

13. Colombia Adopting GNU/Linux Even Faster (at Microsoft's and Apple's Expense)

    Do politics play any role in this?

14. An Effort to Tackle Slavery in 'Open Source' Clothing

    "a civil rights lawsuit to examine the concerns of censored developers in the free, open source software ecosystem"

15. $15 billion lawsuit: Ubuntu, Google & Debian crowdfunding campaign launch

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

16. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Delusion - Part II - Why We Need to Expose the SRA to More Daylight, Public Scrutiny

    SRA is neither effective nor regulated

17. 400-Page US Federal Court Against Abuses by Google, Microsoft and Front Groups That Abuse Volunteers for American Corporations

    There are 386 pages in total (in the US claim)

18. Corporate Influence Never Impacted Us

    There's no reason to assume we'll ever "sell out"

19. Growth of GNU/Linux in Cuba

    Right now a lot of the world drafts or already implements a GAFAM exit plan

20. A Day After EPO Strikes an Escalation to Heads of Delegations to the Administrative Council

    They rely on the European media playing along, helping them to hide major blunders, even crimes

21. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

22. IRC Proceedings: Monday, February 02, 2026

    IRC logs for Monday, February 02, 2026

23. Gemini Links 03/02/2026: Stargazing, Development Boards, and Tcl/Tk Slop

    Links for the day

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