Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 26, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. What Microsoft Hides Underneath

   In recent years a lot of this shell game was played via "Open" "AI" [sic]

2. A Lot of Slopfarms Died, Google News Feeds the Few Which Survived and Still Target "Linux"

   Many just simply died

3. Links 25/02/2026: Fifth Year of War in Ukraine, Dihydroxyacetone Man Looking to Start More Wars

   Links for the day

4. Gemini Links 25/02/2026: Retired a Year, Illness, Losing a Lung, and "Back to Gemini"

   Links for the day

5. The Register MS Published a Ponzi Scheme-Boosting Fake Article This Morning. It Mentions "AI" 30 Times.

   Will credibility be left after the bubble pops entirely?

6. They Try to Ruin Linux, Too ("Attestation" in GNU/Linux)

   In the context of Web browsers, this isn't unprecedented and we wrote a lot about it

7. Mozzarella Company: All Our Cheese Comes With Mold Now, But You Can Ask the Seller to Remove the Mold

   If you reject and oppose slop, do not download/use Firefox

8. Stallman Was Right About Back Doors

   I had some conversations with Dr. Stallman about security and back doors

9. Australian Signals Directorate ex-employee sold back doors to Russia

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

10. IBM Debt-Loading and Liability (Toxic Asset) Offloading

    One can hope that IBM will be subjected to the same attention Kyndryl received, but this boils down to politics

11. Links 25/02/2026: 'Hybrid Warfare' and "Boycott the State of the Union"

    Links for the day

12. IBM (and Red Hat) Can Disappear in the Coming Years, Along With Kyndryl (Debt Twice as Big as Its 'Worth')

    No wonder Red Hat workers tell us they hate IBM

13. Software Freedom is Science, But It Also Sustains Life

    In some sense, Software Freedom can be explained in the context of nourishing people

14. “Xbox, like a lot of businesses that aren’t the core AI business, is being sunsetted."

    There has been a lot of narrative control lately, including at 9PM on a Friday

15. 3,300 Capsules Known to Lupa and Currently Accessible

    Gemini Protocol turns 7 this summer

16. When it Comes to Firmware, the FSF and Its Founder RMS Won the Argument (But Not the Fight, Yet)

    The "whataboutism" tactics are physiological manipulation means of discouraging those who move in the correct direction

17. Austria Tackles Digital Weapon Disguised as "Social" and/or "Media"

    Are we seeing the end days of Social Control Media?

18. Nothing Over the Horizon for XBox

    XBox is not even being sold in many places anymore

19. Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Contradicting Itself: You Can Use Slop to Cheat Clients, But You Can Also Face Disciplinary Actions Over Slop

    Where does the SRA stand on the matter?

20. In Praise of Eben Moglen

    Hopefully Professor Moglen will be with us for many decades to come and become an active speaker on issues such as Software Freedom

21. Sunsetting IBM (for the Benefit of Few Corrupt Officials and Wall Street Speculators)

    IBM will not (and cannot) survive for much longer [...] The issue is bad leadership, not any particular nationality/race

22. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

23. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, February 24, 2026

    IRC logs for Tuesday, February 24, 2026

24. Gemini Links 25/02/2026: Rise of Solar in 2025 and Smallnet Protocols

    Links for the day

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