Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 21, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Real Security Elusive, Microsoft Layoffs to Coincide With Certificate Apocalypse

   July 1

2. 2026 is a Year of Strikes at the European Patent Office (EPO)

   As it stands at the moment, to many people the EPO represents crime, not law

3. Only 1.5% Oppose the European Patent Office's (EPO) Strikes and Other Industrial Actions Until 2027

   Among those polled/surveyed (in a ballot)

   New

4. Microsoft Insiders - Not Limited to XBox - Expect a 'Bloodbath' (Their Own Word)

   This isn't limited to XBox

5. Reports of "PIP" as Means of Mass Layoffs at IBM This Year

   some insights into the PIPs

6. SLAPP Censorship - Part 112 Out of 200: Strangles Women, Then Refuses to Even Attend Any of His Own Hearings About It

   It is meanwhile very apparent that Brett Wilson LLP is becoming a "mench sphere"

7. Gemini Links 20/06/2026: "There Was Never Supposed to Be a Camera" and "What Is A Programming Language"?

   Links for the day

8. Geminispace Reaches Its 8th Year, Today It Has Turned 7

   Gemini Protocol 'went live' 7 years ago, just before the COVID-19 pandemic

9. Links 20/06/2026: "Full Page Paralysis" and "Hopes For Xbox’s Future Might Be Over Before It Even Begins"

   Links for the day

10. European Patent Office's (EPO) Strikes "at a Scale not Seen Since Battistelli", European Patent Grants Down by Over 25% in Past 3 Months

    The actions are effective

11. Links 20/06/2026: Microsoft's "Year of Shame" and "Feed the Writers"

    Links for the day

12. Web Browsers Are Technically Bloatware (No Matter What Runs in Them)

    Don't make it a society that shames people into using a Web browser where none should be needed

13. Fedora Has Changed a Lot Since I Last Used It (IBM Dominates Almost Everything, IBM Agenda Displaces Community Goals)

    "It is effectively 100% run by Red Hat/IBM employed people... even when they are community-elected representatives."

14. Andy (Cyber Show) on His Teacher Who "Squeezed Every Last Drop Out of Life, With Gratitude, Humility, Generosity and Mettle"

    Some call them "eccentric" and are dismissive about what they have to offer

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Friday, June 19, 2026

    IRC logs for Friday, June 19, 2026

17. Gopher/Gemini Links 20/06/2026: Slop With Tcl/Tk and Nokia 770 Perishes

    Links for the day

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