Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 13, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. How We Do Techrights (and What's Changing Next Week)

   Many former news sites no longer yield much non-meaningless news (not anymore); there's a gap to be filled

   New

2. Links 12/07/2026: Palantir Unrest and Wireshark 4.6.7

   Links for the day

3. Links 12/07/2026: New Instrument Time and PalmOS Experiences in 2026

   Links for the day

4. Red Hat Staff Says IBM Policy Has Stigmatised Him as a Tool and a Slopper With Plagiarism Tools

   IBM is killing Red Hat with slop

5. Freedom of Choice or Freedom Versus Choice (or When All Choices Are Incompatible With Freedom)

   When some business asserts that it gives people different options, then it can rightly argue that it offers some choices, but that is not the same as freedom

6. Techrights IRC Turns 5 Without a “Code of Conduct”, “Code of Conduct Committee”, and All Those Bureaucratic Nightmares

   18+ years if one counts our time in Freenode as well

7. Why U No Use AI???

   Many hype waves come and go

8. There Are Still Slopfarms in Google News

   Google is trying to participate in if not lead this pyramid scheme

9. The Cyber Show Explains How Slop and Promotion of Slop is About Taking Control Away From Computer Users

   "On making a trustworthy machine"

10. Keeping Available the Site at All Times

    Informal arrangements and crowdfunding keep our work available despite resistance (including from people who break the law)

11. What If "Era of AI" and "AI Revolution" (Fake News) Never Happened?

    So how much longer before the bust (or bubble-burst)?

12. GNU/Linux Approaches 5% in Australia

    5% by year's end?

13. Europe/EU is Moving Towards Independence, Fast to Adopt Free Software

    More and more states (governments, public sector) in Germany are dumping Microsoft

14. GNU/Linux Grows at the Expense of Windows

    People who want to get work done already left Windows

15. Tux Machines Growing as a Volunteers-Run Site

    Historically the site did not have many original stories, but this changed as the audience grew and the site gained more recognition

16. Links 12/07/2026: European Commission Versus ‘Addictive Design’, "Google Loses Final Appeal Over $4.7 Billion EU Android Antitrust Fine"

    Links for the day

17. GNU/Linux Market Share Increases Some More Today, statCounter Measures It at 7.3%

    Will more such thresholds and records be broken?

18. Gemini Links 12/07/2026: Studying Languages and 2026 Old Computer Challenge (OCC)

    Links for the day

19. EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part XIII - At the EPO, Cocaine Addicts and Their Friends Are "Protected Class"

    What does that tell us about the EPO?

20. Increasing Output by Focusing on Originals

    It's probably more important to carry on with these than it is to keep abreast of non-crucial news

21. Amid Strikes and Industrial Actions, Young Professionals at the European Patent Office (EPO) Kept on 'Short Leash', According to the Local Staff Committee The Hague

    Issues affecting Young Professionals

22. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

23. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 11, 2026

    IRC logs for Saturday, July 11, 2026

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