Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 25, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Father of XBox Says What Microsoft Does Not Want to Hear About XBox (They All Know It's Dead)

   Microsoft just worried shareholders will find out Sharma is "just a face" and an undertaker

2. France Needs to Focus on Software Freedom, Not Flags

   We need more SIP advocacy!

3. Combatting Censorship in the "Civilised World": The Media Blackout Surrounding EPO Strikes and Other Large-Scale Actions

   We - collectively speaking - cannot afford to keep the Office in the hands of a "Mafia"

4. EPO Strike Actions and Other Industrial Actions Are Effective When Management Fears the Staff and Staff No Longer Fears Any Managers

   'António the unready' should get ready to be ousted

5. IBM Did Not Fall Because of COBOL Vapourware, IBM Still Collapses Because It's Worthless, Way Overvalued, and Very Likely Cooks the Books

   language-to-language conversion (in the context of programming) is nothing new

6. Links 24/02/2026: Telephone Turns 150, Political News Catchup, and Rearmament

   Links for the day

   New

7. HR Blunder at IBM or IBM Struggling With Money?

   Weird for such an allegedly rich company to be so stingy

8. Gemini Links 24/02/2026: x86 Computer In-Browser and Administration

   Links for the day

9. Envy is the #1 Enemy of Richard Stallman

   Whenever you see someone mocking Richard Stallman, ask yourself: does this person have a reason to be jealous of Richard Stallman?

10. Life is Sweeter When Less Means More

    People need to think "small", not "big" (as in capital)

11. Championing a Cause

    Probably over 100 million GNU/Linux users on laptops/desktops

12. Balmoral rape cult & Debian suicide cluster indifference, community

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

13. Can Much Longer Can the Financial 'Press' (Pump-n-Dump Megaphone) Cheer for IBM's Accounting Enigma?

    IBM has fallen almost 25%

14. Religious or Not, Consider Quitting Social Control Networks (All of Them) This Season

    Lent is a good time to quit addiction such as social control media

15. Liberating the Self From the Invisible Prison of Plutocrats-Controlled Media and Social Control Media

    Can you always see the full picture or does something (someone powerful) obstruct it?

16. Links 24/02/2026: Drug Cartel Decapitated, Jeffrey Epstein-Connected 'Linux' Foundation Promotes Slop and Buzzwords at MWC Barcelona 2026

    Links for the day

17. 2023: Layoffs Are Because of "AI". 2024: Shares Up Owing to "AI". 2025: Shares Recently Fell Due to "AI". 2026 Forbes (Paid by IBM): Shares Falling is Good!

    "AI" is smoke and mirrors

18. Bitcoin: Code of Conduct stifled open source concerns

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

19. Slop Boosters and 'Hype Agents' Render Themselves Irrelevant and the General Public Becomes Incredulous Due to "Bros Who Cry Wolf!"

    It won't age well

20. "Half-baked Vibe Code Shipped Full of Errors"

    Seems timely after our latest article

21. Links 24/02/2026: Copyright Litigation Over Anne Frank’s Diary, "Arrogance of Developers"

    Links for the day

22. Another New Low for Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA): Authorising Slop Disguised as "Legal Advice"

    SRA is a lapdog - not a watchdog - of the "litigation industry"

23. EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part IV - "Many Jobs Were Given to Spanish Employees for No Related Skills At All"

    The EPO's fate might be similar to that of the XBox

24. Gemini Links 24/02/2026: Hardware Tinkering and Slop Bots Attacking the "Small Web"

    Links for the day

25. IBM is the World Champion at Layoffs and There Are Reportedly More Layoffs in IBM This Month (EU)

    IBM fired 60,000 in 1993

26. Free Software is for Everyone

    Young and old, rich and poor etc.

27. Gemini Links 24/02/2026: Voltage Divider on Slide Rule and Many Raspberry Pi Projects

    Links for the day

28. Asha Sharma "a Palliative Care Doctor Who Slides Xbox Gently Into the Night"

    2026 will probably be the last year of XBox

29. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

30. IRC Proceedings: Monday, February 23, 2026

    IRC logs for Monday, February 23, 2026

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