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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 25, 2026

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1. European Patent Office (EPO) Series: London Calling...

   EPO Vice-President in charge of the "Patent Granting Process" is likely to have been a pay-off for the support which the UK gave to Campinos in 2017

2. Faking Productivity With Slop and Wasting Money on Faking 'Productivity': A Microsoft Story

   If the quality of everything at Microsoft goes down

3. Wikipedia - Like Some Free Software Projects Infiltrated and Bribed - Bans Its Own Founder

   Over the years we've named (not shamed) some projects and organisations that got corrupted by money and ended up banning their own founders

4. The “Aktion T4” at the European Patent Office (EPO) Saves Money for the President's Own Purse

   Call for parents of children with special needs

   New

5. Don the Con Meets the Conman From IBM, Shares of IBM Continue Sliding Some More

   The "Quantum" hype did not last long [...] PIPs are the new layoffs

6. Retaliatory Whistleblowing Expected at Microsoft During or After the Mass Layoffs

   Retaliatory behaviour by Microsoft will backfire

7. Gemini Links 24/06/2026: Heatwave, Steam Next Fest, and Year of Buying Guitar Pedals

   Links for the day

8. Links 24/06/2026: China Tops "TOP500", Impact of Microsoft’s Massive Layoffs Extends Further, Internet Society's Community Snapshot

   Links for the day

9. While Thousands at IBM Lose Their Jobs ("Silent Layoffs") IBM's CEO Goes Begging the Dictator for Bailouts, Based on Deliberate Lies About "Quantum"

   Many who claim to be retiring are only in their 40s and 50s. They're too proud to publicly admit what IBM did to them.

10. IBM Sends Workers 'Packing', Sometimes With the "Low Performer" Label That Imperils Their Future

    To many people out there, IBM correlates with deceit

11. Links 24/06/2026: Four-Day Workweeks, GM Cut 1,000 Workers at Its EV Plant, 21,000+ Oracle Layoffs

    Links for the day

12. A Step in the Right Direction (EU) in the Fight Against LLM Slop From GAFAM (US)

    We've already mentioned this in Daily Links, but let's discuss this a little further

13. SLAPP Censorship - Part 117 Out of 200: Libel Tourism or Defamation Forum-Shopping in the United Kingdom Condemned by the European Union (EU)

    Last week we reminded readers that the EU had criticised UK defamation law

14. Demonstration Next Week at the European Patent Office (EPO), Administrative Council Seen as Complicit

    Corruption in Europe hurts all of us

15. IBM is Now Hinged on False Accounting and False Promises

    This is the legacy of the current CEO

16. "PARTNER CONTENT" or 'Content Farms' That Promote Slop and Misinformation (The Register MS)

    The Register MS represents a big part of the problem we all face

17. Turn Off the Slop, It's Wasting Energy and Destroying the Planet (the Only Planet We Have)

    Right now we see lots of headlines about energy shortages and drained-up reserves

18. Lessons From Almost 30 Years of Site-Building Activities

    We still strive to become faster and lighter

19. Do Not Outsource (the Seductive Mirage)

    Abandoning so-called 'conventional wisdom'

20. Media Complicit in IBM Fraud Meant to Prop Up the Share Price Based on Lies, Fabrications

    Even IBM insiders are fuming at this

21. In Some Countries, Windows Has Lost Its Monopoly

    Windows fell to an all-time low globally this month

22. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

23. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, June 23, 2026

    IRC logs for Tuesday, June 23, 2026

24. Gemini Links 24/06/2026: Motivation, PostScript Printer, and Why Hyperscalers and the Smolnet are Compatible

    Links for the day

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