Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 24, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Probably IBM's Worst Day in Wall Street in Well Over a Decade

   They try to blame some Anthropic slop, but that's just a distraction from IBM having nothing to offer

2. Security and blobs, by Alex Oliva (GNU Linux-Libre)

   Reprinted with permission from Alex Oliva

3. Techrights Thanks Every Single EPO Worker Who Went on Strike Today

   We have so much in common

4. EPO Staff Union: The Strike Actions and Other Industrial Actions "Have Already Delivered Measurable Gains."

   SUEPO Munich has just issued a statement to staff

5. Based on Insider Leaks, Asha Sharma's Job is to Kill XBox While Talking About "AI"

   They cite SneakerSO

6. Linux Kernel 7.0 Release Candidate Comes Out, Stallman Turns 73 in Three Weeks

   It predates Microsoft and Apple

7. In Greenland, Firefox's Gecko and KHTML (KDE, But Bastardised by Apple) Bigger Than Chrome

   Are those Danes recognising the risk of monoculture?

   New

8. The Monday After the 9PM-on-Friday Prepared Puff Pieces-Under-Embargo Microsoft Strategy for XBox Collapse

   There are more layoffs ahead at Microsoft's XBox

9. Kyndryl Also in a Freefall Today, James Kavanaugh's Accounting Skills Seem to be Based on Pumping and Dumping

   What is the real value of Kyndryl when its debt is about twice its alleged "worth"?

10. Not Much Left to "Pump" in This Slop Bubble

    let's hope that by the end of the year the whole bubble fully implodes

11. IBM Common Stock Crashes Hard (Almost $100 Below the Levels of February's Beginning)

    Another Kyndryl?

12. Links 23/02/2026: Withdrawal From Slop and Ukraine Invasion Enters Fifth Year

    Links for the day

13. Gemini Links 23/02/2026: Moving to Gentoo, Wake-on-LAN Script

    Links for the day

14. Kyndryl Fell by About 50% in One Day, IBM Fell 23% in 20 Days

    the IBM Titanic

15. Trusting the Evil Maids

    Don't listen to liars and frauds

16. Aaron Swartz Has Already Explained What Reddit/Conde Nast Meant to Him and Why We Should All Avoid Reddit If We Value Software Freedom

    Aaron Swartz did not start Reddit

17. Valnet's Good Legacy of GNU/Linux Advocacy in Journalism Form

    Let's hope they carry on like this

18. Coders and Thinkers

    I used to be a hyper-productive coder; these days I do more thinking and writing

19. Slop (So-called 'genAI') is Not a Skill, Slop Gets You Suspended or Even Sacked, It Can Eventually End Your Career

    Benj Edwards, a so-called 'Senior' so-called 'AI' so-called 'Reporter'

20. Quitting Reddit (Social Control Media Controlled by Conde Nast)

    There is a new post in Reddit

21. There is No Such Thing as "AI Skills", "AI Competency", "AI Fluency" Etc.

    Slop does not give anybody an advantage

22. Links 23/02/2026: "What Boston Will Cost Me" and Women as Hostages

    Links for the day

23. IRC Usage Levels Seem to be Rebounding This Year

    it looks like the total count (tally) of users increased a lot lately

24. Microsoft Tricked the Media Into Lying About Microsoft Layoffs in January. Now It Does the Same (in February).

    Microsoft has got the media by the wallet (or balls)

25. Free Software Projects Become Slow Due to Slop

    It does not improve efficiency or productivity, it reduces both

26. EPO Strike Has Begun (or Resumed)

    The EPO status quo is untenable

27. Links 23/02/2026: US Surrenders to Climate Change (to Benefit Oil Companies and Slop), UK Court of Appeal to Hear Mazur

    Links for the day

28. GAFAM Jobs No Longer Lucrative

    Those days are long gone

29. Germans Recognise the Contagion is Digital, Not Racial

    How to dismantle or neutralise those weapons? Turn them off

30. Free Software (or Software Freedom) Ain't No Religion

    It's hardly surprising that some of the loudest opponents of Software Freedom and its luminaries also disregard or bend facts

31. Dr. Andy Farnell Explains Why the Slop Industry is Like Trespassers and Thieves

    interesting new article about robots.txt files

32. The Demise of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Profession Based Around Bullying With SLAPPs and Empty Threats

    For press to survive and thrive in the UK we need the hired gun to be submerged

33. Gemini Links 23/02/2026: Imperfect Journal, Evil, and "Progress Goes Boing!"

    Links for the day

34. “Power is a Thing of Perception. They Don't Need to be Able to Kill You. They Just Need You to Think They are Able to Kill You” ― Julian Assange

    When leadership becomes corrupt enough to lose a sense of authority its days are numbered; it'll be replaced

35. IBM Has Already Admitted 2026 Mass Layoffs (in 4Q Earnings Call)

    We showed this earlier this month, but some people bring that up again

36. Reasons to Go on Strike in the European Patent Office (EPO)

    If you live in Europe and don't work for the EPO, you can still help

37. First speech of Chanellor Hitler, Andreas Tille & Debian denounce Branden Robinson

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

38. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

39. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, February 22, 2026

    IRC logs for Sunday, February 22, 2026

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