Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 11 Out of 200: Cannot Censor His Spouse, Accusations Are Repeated Today

   He already has a history of threatening to sue gay people in America; he cannot take criticism too well

2. "Alternative to Microsoft Office" Must Use Free/Open Standards/Formats for Real Sovereignty

   It would make sense for the EU to invest in its own workers and its own software projects, more so now that there are hostile countries both to the east and to the west

3. When Everybody Has a Right/Access to An Attorney/Lawyer (But Some Get Funding From Malicious American Corporations to Spend a Million Dollars on Many Lawyers and Several Barristers)

   And send about 75 KG of legal papers to the residence of the "opponent"

   New

4. Atlassian Corp: We're Doing Layoffs Because of "Hey Hi"; Wall Street: Atlassian Corp is Just a Failing Business

   Don't ask "the media"

5. Price of Storage, Price of Energy... What Next?

   EPO workers are going on strike because their salaries don't keep up with price increases and tech companies without connections in "the channel" face long delays, low availability, and high prices (no "bulk" purchases), which further solidifies monopolies.

6. Don't Forget Red Hat's RTO (Return-to-office) Layoffs

   How many people still remember that Red Hat did the same thing?

7. Reminder: Microsoft silent Layoffs by RTO (Commute Time and Lack of Comfort/Work Satisfaction) Already in Effect This Year

   It's difficult to measure how many employees have already "left on their own" due to the RTO policy

8. Founder of IBM Ventures Has Just Quit IBM

   Some people leave IBM and many people 'leave' IBM

9. Signs of Impeding Mass Layoffs - Not Just Quiet Layoffs - at Microsoft

   Beneath the surface there are waves of layoffs and even entire teams are let go

10. Career Science and Academia as Corporate Propaganda 'on Tap'

    article about surveillance

11. Veteran GNU/Linux Journalist Jack Wallen Tries Geminispace and Likes It

    It'll turn 7 some time soon

12. Scheduled Maintenance Tonight

    There will be similar work early next week

13. IBM Has No Clue How to Integrate Companies Like Red Hat

    IBM is failing to respect this company's culture

14. Fake Articles From Sites With "Linux" in Their Name/Domain Name

    we can at least hope that linuxteck.com made a decision to quit slop

15. Links 13/03/2026: New US Weapons for Taiwan, Pakistan Air Strikes Hit Kabul

    Links for the day

16. Gemini Links 13/03/2026: Exhaustion and Smartphone Addiction

    Links for the day

17. Friday the 13th & Debian Developers afraid to nominate in DPL elections

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

18. Links 13/03/2026: Chatbot "Pentagon Contract" (Bailout) and Secret Service Ditches Slop Pusher

    Links for the day

19. European Qualifying Examination (EQE) Being Reduced to Pieces of Papers One Can Buy, Patent System Rapidly Losing Its Legitimacy

    Welcome to the "new Europe"

20. Priorities in 2026

    2026 is an interesting year

21. Willis Towers Watson (WTW) Producing More Propaganda for EPO "Cocaine Communication Managers"

    The Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH) has this new paper about Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and its annual EPO-sponsored propaganda, pretending all is well when things are clearly dire

22. Head of Microsoft Office and Microsoft 360 is Leaving Microsoft Amid Problems and Mass Layoffs

    Microsoft is like a "legacy" company

23. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

24. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, March 12, 2026

    IRC logs for Thursday, March 12, 2026

25. Gemini Links 13/03/2026: "Someone to Take Over Antenna" and Random Seed/RNG

    Links for the day

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