Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 03, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. SLAPP Censorship - Part 64 Out of 200: Not Amused by Repeated Threats (to "Shut Down" My "Existence" While Mentioning My Wife Too)

   it's about censorship

2. The NHS is Under Attack by Anthropic and Microsoft (or Their Lemmings That Infect the NHS)

   They are kidding themselves if they seriously believe Web-facing source code repositories are the real threat to patients

3. cPanel is Not Linux, cPanel is Proprietary Software

   It's fair to say I've used cPanel for 23 years

4. Storage and Memory Prices Are Rising Not Because of High Demand (Production Can Match Demand), It's Partly Because of Price-Fixing (Same as Food Price Increases)

   Sophisticated robberies are still robberies

5. Thousands of Layoffs at IBM, So IBM Pays Mainstream Media to Claim That IBM is Hiring (Paid Lies)

   This is a story about the media failing us, not just IBM failing as a company

6. A Look at DataStax Bluewashing (IBM and Layoffs)

   IBM is a place that many people leave or get pushed out of

   New

7. Gemini Links 02/05/2026: Strange Psychosis and TUIs

   Links for the day

8. Links 02/05/2026: Microsoft Has Begun Rebranding Vista 11 as 'XBox' (Because the Console is Dying), Slop Rejected by Oscars

   Links for the day

9. IBM's CEO 10 Years Ago in IBM-Sponsored Forbes: "For those willing to embrace [blockchains], the future will indeed be bright."

   How well did this prediction materialise?

10. RightsCon Cancellation as a Data Point in a World Gone Astray

    RightsCon should not even be controversial

11. Links 02/05/2026: Gen Z is Turning Against Slop and OpenAI/Microsoft Rift Explained

    Links for the day

12. Gemini Links 02/05/2026: Leaving Session, Alhena 5.5.7, and Slop Failing Customers

    Links for the day

13. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

14. IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 01, 2026

    IRC logs for Friday, May 01, 2026

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