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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 12, 2026

Phison and Euphrates

Updated This Past Day

  1. Threats From 'Former' Red Hat (Now IBM) Staff While IBM's Likely Accounting Fraud Attracts Public Scrutiny
    We must be getting "warm"
  2. Matthew J. Garrett Has Just Sent a Threat to Put My Wife and I in Prison Because His Own Spouse Says He's a Rapist
    What really intimidates him is his own spouse
  3. Amended Input From Software Freedom Institute for EU Consultation on Free Software
    "On 3 February 2026 Software Freedom Institute lodged a submission with the European Commission's inquiry into Open Digital Ecosystems"
  4. Nadella's Mindless PR Spam Ahead of the Layoffs 'Snowball' (Adding Up Batches) Turning Into an Avalanche
    Based on recent observations, the more puff pieces we see about Nadella, the closer we get to Microsoft "pulling the trigger" on mass layoffs
  5. When Happens to Red Hat If (or When) IBM Collapses
    IBM is in flux because its CFO is now implicated in what seems like accounting fraud

    New

  6. IBM's Stock is Crashing
    If it follows the trajectory of its satellite Kyndryl, it can fall and reach as low as $75
  7. Gemini Links 11/02/2026: Sunny Morning and "KiCad Aims to Ease Linux Installation"
    Links for the day
  8. Microsoft Loses Ground in Switzerland
    One issue is, Google and Apple seem to gain at Microsoft's expense
  9. Microsoft Layoffs Must be Very Near (and Very Large)
    just like IBM
  10. Bringing Attention/Awareness of EPO Corruption and Cocaine Use to the Mainstream Media
    What has Europe become? Prey to vultures?
  11. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Delusion - Part V - Everyone Seems to Agree That SRA is a Sham
    We're going to start a new series soon
  12. A Can of WORMS - Part V - Up Next: The Comeback of RMS in the United States
    Guess who funds the cancellers
  13. Gemini Links 11/02/2026: Terminator Trilogy and Lagrange in the Apple App Store
    Links for the day
  14. Links 11/02/2026: Fentanylware (CheeTok) for ICE, Jimmy Lai Shows Journalism Became 'Crime' in Hong Kong
    Links for the day
  15. With Firefox Measured at 2% in the United Kingdom Time is Running Out for Web Site Support for Gecko/Servo Users
    The open Web is rapidly dying while Mozilla celebrates and champions slop
  16. Lawsuit reactions: EFF behaviour reveals zombification, censorship
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  17. Links 11/02/2026: $700 Billion Slop Bill, Social Control Media Under Political Fire for Deliberate Health Harms
    Links for the day
  18. Mobbing at the European Patent Office (EPO) - Part VI - Attacks on Staff and Attacks on the Law Merit Another New Series
    new series coming shortly
  19. IBM's Financial Engineering (Accounting Fraud) Shell, Kyndryl Holdings Inc, is Insolvent
    If this was done by the very same people who still run IBM, can we expect any better from "Sugar Daddy" IBM?
  20. 2026 a Very Productive Year and We Have Many Big Stories to Tell
    maybe we'll produce 8,000 new articles/pages by year's end
  21. Clownflare is in Trouble as Its Debt More Than Doubled in Less Than a Year, Expect Further Enshittification
    Clownflare isn't free
  22. After the Next Wave of Microsoft Layoffs Washington State Could be #1 for US Layoffs
    Microsoft Corp shares were down yesterday
  23. EPO's Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH): The EPO is Generally “Managed by Excel” (Microsoft)
    The current management has basically defined corruption to be "success"
  24. With an IBM Company Down Over 75% After Apparent Accounting Fraud the IBM Insiders Want Answers From James Krabanaugh
    He has no technical qualifications
  25. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  26. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, February 10, 2026
    IRC logs for Tuesday, February 10, 2026
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

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