Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 21, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Karen Melchior Fought the Good Fight

   stay tuned for Part 29

2. We Need Less Gadgets, More Humanity

   If people are being honest with themselves, many of the gadgets they claim they "cannot live without" are just excesses and distractions they could definitely leave behind

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3. Canonical Staff Acting Like They Aim to Receive Job Offers From Microsoft

   There are moreover allegations that Debian will do the same, in the same way Mono boosters infected both distros in tandem or in turn.

4. Worsening Staff Affairs at Microsoft

   Microsoft is managing to piss off many of its own workers

5. Czech Mate for GNU/Linux on the Way

   Czechoslovakia is having none of that "peace for our time" with Microsoft

6. Nobody Will be Left Who Trusts IBM Anymore

   The common theme is, the management must be completely replaced as soon as possible and truth needs to come out

7. Wall Street is a Bubble and No Company is Worth 5 Trillion Dollars

   It's not hard to see which stocks will crash the hardest (or fastest)

8. The Corrupt Have Historically Tried to Paint Their Exposers as the Real Problem

   As usual, there are efforts to shoot or muzzle the messenger

9. Search Engine Market Share in Italy: Microsoft Falls to Third in Many Countries Including Italy

   Expect more layoffs in Bing

10. Links 20/07/2026: Spotify Drowning in Slop, Expiry of Software Patents in MPEG-4

    Links for the day

11. Gemini Links 20/07/2026: Another Step Towards Owning Personal Data and Gemtext2 Envisioned

    Links for the day

12. European Patent Office (EPO) Series: Public Missions and Private Ambitions

    Despite the French government's strong formal pushback, the lobbying momentum generated by Campinos and Negrão proved unstoppable

13. "DOOM" and "Bloodbath": the State of Microsoft and XBox

    Way to piss off fans

14. Links 20/07/2026: Notes on E-mail Encryption, Torvalds and His Employer Paid a Lot to Promote Slop (Pyramid Scheme)

    Links for the day

15. What a Difference Six Years Make...

    We are also beta-testing a new feature for the site; we plan to announce it some time soon

16. When It Comes to Slop, Richard Stallman is Opposite of Linus Torvalds

    When it comes to computing, Dr. Stallman has long been a voice of reason

17. Daniel Pocock is in Mainstream Media This Week

    Pocock's haters will absolutely hate this

18. In His Departure Post, Poul-Henning Kamp (phk) Explains Why Linus Torvalds is Full of "Hot Air" and Slop Bubbles

    Having lived through previous bubbles as a UNIX geek, phk cannot be ignored

19. Whistleblowers Keep Flowing

    Later today a police investigator should phone us regarding death threats we've received

20. Technology and Gadgets Got Obese, Just Like Their Users

    They now sell us so-called 'phones' for slop

21. Daniel Pocock in The Guardian This Morning

    There is an opportunity here to spread a message, even if Pocock won't win a seat

22. "Samsung Recently Projected a 19-fold Surge in Second-Quarter Operating Profit", Now There Are Mass Layoffs

    In a 9-month period Samsung's debt rose by about 80%

23. Gemini Links 20/07/2026: Dungeon Meshi/Undertale Crossover, "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Dark Web and Beyond"

    Links for the day

24. IBM's Control of the Media "Just Showed What Taking Accountability Does Not Look Like"

    It is no secret that IBM pays the media

25. Microsoft Loses XBox Lawsuit, But There Are More

    The collapse of studios continues

26. GNU/Linux Approaching International Average in Djibouti

    One can envisage further gains for GNU/Linux, seeing Microsoft is in such a bad shape

27. Daniel Pocock "[t]he Australian Taking on Nigel Farage — from Down Under"

    This can help raise awareness of some issues

28. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

29. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 19, 2026

    IRC logs for Sunday, July 19, 2026

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