Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 06, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. XBox is Practically 'Dead Man Walking' at This Point

   writings on the wall

2. SLAPP Censorship - Part 128 Out of 200: Making Laws Work for Britain, Not Oversensitive Americans Looking for 'Revenge' by Lawfare

   The SLAPPs are intended to protect corporations (employers like Microsoft)

   New

3. Not Everything Should be Electric

   technology has become detrimental to society

4. Gemini Links 05/07/2026: Eye of the Beholder and Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alhena 5.6.5

   Links for the day

5. GNU/Linux Market Share is Already High

   GNU/Linux has fast become and is still becoming mainstream in recent years

6. The 9-Step IBM Algorithm: Gaming Wall Street While Shedding Off Staff and Bribing the Mainstream Media to Play Along

   Any time IBM preaches manners (e.g. CoC) to the community remember that IBM works closely with and flatters the dictator

7. They Could Never Kill the Ideas of Richard Stallman (RMS), But They Are Still Trying

   Killing an idea is harder than killing a person and killing a person is illegal

8. Only Germany Objected to Salary Adjustment (Reduction) Procedure of "Team Campinos"

   "flash report on the Administrative Council of 30 June and 1 July 2026"

9. A "Never Slop" Policy in Quibble

   "every change in the repository must be made by a human"

10. Series on GNU/Linux in Japan

    This series can last a week or longer

11. 75% of All the Patents Last Year Were Software

    The corporate media has more or less ceased to discuss this matter

12. At Microsoft "the Morale of Developers is at an All-time Low"

    Numerous reports today say that after at least 5 studios got marked for shutdown (mothballing) by Microsoft there are rumours about Obsidian as well

13. Links 05/07/2026: Data Breaches, Heat Waves, and Weinstein Rape Conviction Upheld

    Links for the day

14. Confidentiality at Risk With Slop 'Coding'

    People who continue to cheer for slop aren't just misguided fanbis and fangurls

15. False Narratives of Slop "Efficiency" as Debt Climbs

    false stories about slop

16. July 8 as "D-Day" for Microsoft, Mass Layoffs Planned

    Microsoft's grip on the market has slipped for a long time

17. GNU/Linux Leaps to 6% in Thailand

    Can we expect 10% by year's end?

18. EC Looking for Input on Digital Networks Act Until Next Month

    New initiative

19. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

20. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 04, 2026

    IRC logs for Saturday, July 04, 2026

21. Gemini Links 05/07/2026: Ragebaited and Removing Lines in Emacs

    Links for the day

22. Links 05/07/2026: "Tesla Slams Into Crowded Cafe" and "ChatGPT [Turned] Into a Sociopath"

    Links for the day

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