Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 24, 2026,
updated Apr 24, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Media Operatives of Microsoft Paint Microsoft Layoffs as Buyouts (Intentionally False Narrative)

   Those are mass layoffs disguised as something else

   New

2. SLAPP Censorship - Part 55 Out of 200: Strangled Women, Charged for Strangulation, Cannot Find a Job Now (After Microsoft)

   merits public awareness and wider scrutiny

3. Drama at the European Patent Office (EPO) This Week

   We'll be covering the EPO quite a lot this weekend and next week

4. Gemini Links 23/04/2026: Spirituality and Detachment, Shoplifting in the UK, and "Introducing Scout, an iOS Native Gemini Client"

   Links for the day

5. Links 23/04/2026: YouTube Age Limits Expanded and 'Secret' Model With Bug-Finding Hype Campaign 'Leaks'

   Links for the day

6. IBM's Stock Has Collapsed Over 10% in One Day, Insiders Explain What's Happening

   Today, due to a lack of time, we mostly present an outline of what people say (not IBM-sponsored media hacks with LLM slop)

7. Getting Aggressive Suggestive of Loss - Part I - Threats Sent From Burner Accounts Since February, Belatedly Reported to British Police

   Threats connected to Graveley or Garrett or 5RB or Brett Wilson LLP [...] We're not dealing with a law firm here; we're dealing with the underworld

8. EPO Cocainegate Escalates - Part V - Where Does the António Campinos 'Family Affair' Go From Here?

   Do cocaine in public, get caught, take paid "sick leave", come back to lead Europe's second-largest organisation

9. Links 23/04/2026: Legal Trouble for Microsoft, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and DMCA Whac-a-Mole

   Links for the day

10. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

11. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 22, 2026

    IRC logs for Wednesday, April 22, 2026

12. Gemini Links 23/04/2026: Sunrise Chasing Season, Going Back to Older Software, New Gemini Client for Mobile Devices

    Links for the day

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