Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 07, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Obscene Contradiction in Microsoft's Layoffs Tally ("Official" Numbers Do Not Add Up)

   Notice how they treat "LinkedIn" as separate

2. Confirmed: Microsoft Layoffs Come in Two Waves, Just Like Last Summer

   To us, what stands out is the admission from Microsoft that there are two (or more) waves

3. Links 06/07/2026: Artists Reject Slop (or Even de Facto Bribes to Market/Endorse Slop)

   Links for the day

4. The Media Needs to Speak of Slop as a Climate Issue Like It Did With Bitcoin

   But the slop industry keeps paying the media to play along with the hype

   New

5. SLAPP Censorship - Part 130 Out of 200: Jealousy, Envy, Hubris

   This site is primarily about Free software

6. Gemini Links 06/07/2026: Still Mostly Dry, GoToSocial, and More

   Links for the day

7. European Patent Office (EPO) Series: Effective Dispute Resolution… But Not For EPO Staff

   Slovenia fielded one of the few Administrative Council delegations which managed to maintain its own independent line against the tyrannical EPOnian "Sun King"

8. Community Sites Need Genuine Collaboration and True Autonomy

   People who want to communicate, federate and organise for effective change need to evolve

9. Free Software Foundation (FSF) Covers Quibble, Free Software for Secure Communications, in the FSF Summer Bulletin

   The Georgia Tech folks are bringing Free software education and contributions to one of the better known Computer Science hubs in the US

10. Microsoft Layoffs Include Windows, Bing, Slop (CoPilot etc.) and There Will More More Rounds (or Waves) to Come

    "43% of Xbox laid off"

11. Preserving Comments About the Real IBM Before They Get Deleted

    IBM in the 1980s is not what it is right now

12. Cybershow on "Escaping Prisons For Your Mind"

    "THE CYBER SHOW: Stealing technofascism's boots, and stomping on its own face with them."

13. The Media Talks a Lot About XBox Layoffs, a Closer Look at the Data Show Microsoft 'Bloodbath'

    'Bloodbath' is the term insiders use

14. Links 06/07/2026: At Least 20% Staff Reduction in XBox (Microsoft), Taiwan Sees Uptick in Chinese Aggression/Provocation, Senator Rodante Marcoleta Arrested

    Links for the day

15. In Praise of the UK's Stance on Free Speech (but Some Reservations)

    At the moment there is a healthy discussion going on with the objective of disrupting attacks on British press

16. Exposing Corruption at the European Patent Office (EPO), a Call for More Whistleblowers

    We predict that, provided enough whistleblowers speak out, António "the unready" won't even finish his current term

17. Leaving Our Pets for Several Days

    This week our pets will be worried that "mommy and daddy" are away

18. Dating Trees and Dating 'Apps'

    several high-profile stories in the news about scandals in "dating apps"

19. DW Documentary About Julian Assange Turns 2

    It was released just days after Assange had turned 53 and about two weeks after he had left the UK

20. Independent Media is the Only Form of Legitimate Media

    Independent media is, indeed, what we need to demand more of

21. The Story of the European Patent Office (EPO) Wagging the Dog (EU)

    The aim of the series is to properly inform the world - not just Europeans - how Europe's second-largest institution is run [...] How did a corporate hub of monopolies become so detached from the Rule of Law?

22. GNU/Linux Up to New High in Libya, Windows Down to All-Time Low

    GNU/Linux touches 5% there, based on statCounter

23. SLAPP Censorship - Part 129 Out of 200: Iranian Tactics

    Hunger for revenge compels people to do overzealous, irrational things

24. Quiet Week

    Many in the US are still enjoying an extended weekend

25. IBM's Fall

    IBM's fate is closely connected to that of the Free software movement because of the salaries

26. Social Dialogue at the European Patent Office (EPO) is Dead, the Strikes and Work Stoppage-Like Actions Carry on

    What next for the EPO?

27. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

28. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 05, 2026

    IRC logs for Sunday, July 05, 2026

29. Links 05/07/2026: Shadows of the Upper Peninsula and 2026 Old Computer Challenge

    Links for the day

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