Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 10, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Chatbots (or LLMs) Are Killing Us, and We Ought to Talk About It

   We need to talk (to each other, not to bots)

2. Microsoft Also Fires Senior Executives

   Microsoft is a very feeble company pretending to be a giant

3. SLAPP Censorship - Part 40 Out of 200: Putting Forth Frivolous Claim Only a Few Days Before Running Out of Time (12 Months)

   my response to a frivolous claim from Graveley

   New

4. Henry Abbott (TrueHoop) Says Microsoft Taken Public by Alvin Bernard "Buzzy" Krongard (in New Interview About Jeffrey Epstein)

   He has claimed that the man who took Microsoft public was a banker and also connected to the CIA (former Executive Director)

5. Quick Roundup of "Linux" Slop

   Today we saw a slopfarm again in Google News

6. Links 09/04/2026: Microsoft Attacking VeraCrypt and "Canada’s New Surveillance Law"

   Links for the day

7. Gemini Links 09/04/2026: Shopping, LLMs That Ruin the Net, and Moving to GNU/Linux

   Links for the day

8. Links 09/04/2026: TikTok Sets Up Another Outpost in Finland (EU), "Trump Attacks On Public Media Blocked by Judge"

   Links for the day

9. Microsoft's DevDiv Executive Has Quit (Is GitHub on the Chopping Block?)

   CodePlex all over again?

10. Microsoft Windows in Ireland: From 90% to Just 16%

    When it comes to Ireland's Web usage, not much of it is from Windows anymore

11. IBM Layoffs by Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) and More Evidence of Layoffs at HashiCorp After IBM Took Over

    Notice how the media does not cover IBM layoffs

12. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

13. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 08, 2026

    IRC logs for Wednesday, April 08, 2026

14. Gemini Links 09/04/2026: On the Radio, Boogie Notes, Slop in Search Engines and USENET

    Links for the day

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