Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 19, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. What EPO Staff, the Staff Union of the European Patent Office (SUEPO), and Europe Want and Need

   Who should be served by patents?

   New

2. GAFAM Decided to Stop 'Old' Formats From Working, Format-Shifting Treadmills Resemble the Certificate Cartel Keeping Everybody Forever Chasing Rotations

   Lots of extra chores because those who control the browsers decided that "too much choice" is bad, so they'll break "old" sites and make multimedia that's "old" not work anymore (not playable)

3. Nothing But Vapourware Since XBox Leadership Ousted and Mass Layoffs Will Come Soon

   We just don't know the exact date/s... yet

4. Gemini Links 18/04/2026: Guix and WikiReader

   Links for the day

5. Network Maintenance Next Friday

   We must be doing a terrific job so far given how much money gets spent trying to silence us

6. "The Work-to-rule is Having Effect" at the European Patent Office (EPO)

   The media knows how to contact SUEPO, but it's clearly not doing it

7. Improving the Sites, Not Bloating Them

   Sites need to evolve over time. Many conflate evolution with bloat (as if more complexity is desirable).

8. SLAPP Censorship - Part 50 Out of 200: The Time Staff of Law Firm Burgess Mee Was Showing Up in Letters Sent for a Serial Strangler From Microsoft

   Family-friendly? No.

9. Next Week the Star of the "EPO Reality TV Show" Will Likely be Absent (Absconding the Tough Reality of Widespread Unrest)

   He tarnishes the legacy of that surname and the country's image by spouting out lies and hurling abusive insults (lots of the "f word") at staff

10. Speculations That IBM's CEO is on His Way Out

    IBM has mass layoffs, but the media is not covering this [...] IBM is a company in the loo, a firm in a state of rapid disintegration

11. Slopwatch Was Deprecated, It's Not Coming Back

    LLMs that produce many words very fast (and waste a lot of energy in the process) cannot compete with authentic news sites

12. WELCOME to The Cyber|Show @ Geminispace!

    Andy set things up this past week

13. Links 18/04/2026: Microsoft's PR Department (Waggener Edstrom) and CEO's Wife Buys NPR (BillPR, Now BallmerPR) as Independent/Public Service Media Dims Down

    Links for the day

14. Gemini Links 18/04/2026: Chronic Pain and CodingFont Game

    Links for the day

15. Links 17/04/2026: "I Hate the Internet" and Fake Wallet in Apple App Store

    Links for the day

16. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

17. IRC Proceedings: Friday, April 17, 2026

    IRC logs for Friday, April 17, 2026

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