Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 14, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. IBM's Kyndryl Down Almost 20% in 5 Days, IBM Down 35% in About 6 Months, Further 'Staff Reductions' at Red Hat (Problems Paying Salaries!)

   Will this year's festivities be Krishna's last?

2. More Mass Layoffs at Microsoft, Only Weeks After the "Buyout" Nonsense (Glorified Severance to Highest-Paid American Staff)

   Next up it is LinkedIn

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3. Links 13/05/2026: Sudan War Enters Fourth Year and Strait of Hormuz Leaves Safe Passage a Gamble

   Links for the day

4. Gemini Links 13/05/2026: Useless Protests and Foofaraw on Geminispace

   Links for the day

5. Mainstream Media: Microsoft Says No Layoffs. Microsoft: OK, There Are Layoffs.

   Where is Waggener Edstrom/Frank Shaw now?

6. IBM is in a Freefall, When Will IBM's CEO Fall on His Sword?

   Since he controls the Board, is anyone in a position to fire him?

7. At GitLab, "AI" is "All India"

   It says "as much as 30%," but they also hire and it's clear what demography is targeted

8. Verified Accounts of Microsoft Offering 'Retirement' (Layoffs) to People in Their 40s, Over Two Decades Earlier Than Retirement Age

   It's not even about performance, it's about age (or "cost" as well as location; they cheapen the labour)

9. Links 13/05/2026: Slop Turns Into 2008-Style Subprime Bubble, Mass Layoffs at Starbucks

   Links for the day

10. They Don't Like the Layoffs, So They Are Rebranding Them

    Layoffs are layoffs

11. IBM Downgraded as the Shares Sink to New Lows

    The current strategy of IBM is financial engineering, wage reductions, and mass layoffs that the corporate media refuses to even write about

12. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

13. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 12, 2026

    IRC logs for Tuesday, May 12, 2026

14. Gemini Links 13/05/2026: TUIs and Internet Radio

    Links for the day

15. How the European Patent Office Became a Crime and Corruption Hub, One of Europe's Biggest

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