Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 23, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. EPO Strike a Week From Now, After That Strikes Can Become Permanent

   A week from tomorrow there will be another strike

2. Your Site Should Implement Its Own Search (Before It's Too Late)

   GAFAM was never trustworthy

   New

3. Streisand Effect and Justice

   This weekend this site has served over 8 million Web requests

4. Gemini Links 22/03/2026: "Woman of Tomorrow" and "First Steps in Geminispace"

   Links for the day

5. SLAPP Censorship - Part 19 Out of 200: They Were Ill-prepared for Tough Questions in Cross-Examination

   Very ill-prepared for the deteriorating situation caused by their clients' past behaviour towards many people, including high-profile figures who offered to testify

6. The Media Sold Out to Slop Bros

   If you wish for the hype to stop, then stop participating in it

7. The Only Non-IBM Staff in Fedora Council/Leadership Attacks Booting Freedom (Just Like the Master Wants)

   Last week IBM laid off almost 1,000 people in Confluent and the media didn't write anything about it, so don't expect anyone in what's left of the media to comment on Fedora's demise and silent layoffs at Red Hat

8. Just Like a Founder of XBox Said, Microsoft XBox is Collapsing, Management Continue to Jump Ship

   Nowadays Microsoft tries to promote this idea that Windows is XBox and XBox is Windows

9. Links 22/03/2026: Slop Triggers Emergency at Meta, Energy Prices Rise Sharply

   Links for the day

10. Links 22/03/2026: Microsoft 'Open' 'AI' in Legal Trouble (Plagiarism, Distortion, Misrepresentation); Facebook/Meta Kills Off "Horizon Worlds"

    Links for the day

11. Racism Dressed Up as "Choice"

    Racism is rampant at IBM

12. Probably an All-Time Record

    Our investment in our own SSG is paying off

13. Gemini Links 22/03/2026: LLM Slop Attacks USENET, Announcing Pig (New Game in Gemini Protocol)

    Links for the day

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, March 21, 2026

    IRC logs for Saturday, March 21, 2026

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