Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 23, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. SLAPP Censorship - Part 194 Out of 200: The Court Needs to Also Look Into Microsoft-Controlled Restricted Boot Advanced by An American (Garrett) to Promote Monopoly and Back Doors Everywhere

   Kill switch sold as 'security' is like euthanasia sold as a cure

2. Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 7 - Infested With or Plagued by Bot-Generated Slop, Committed by Microsofters

   Slop is a security threat; even the person committing slop to Linux might not be aware that there's a back/bug door in the code

3. Edward Snowden Lost His Voice, Then His Leaks Lost Exposure (Access Denied)

   When states want to deny people access to some information they have many tools at hand

4. Things Will Only Get Better (as We Go Backwards)

   It only gets better. If you go back in time.

5. UK High Court Shows SRA is Totally Useless in Curbing SLAPPs, This Has Impact on Our Reporting on the SRA Next Week

   We'll carry on our coverage and soon finish the current series that so we can get on with more time-sensitive ones

   New

6. The EPO's Central Staff Committee (CSC) Shows Job Insecurity at Europe's Second-Largest Institution

   Who would want to join a company with such low job security?

7. There Are Thousands More Microsoft Layoffs (Including Silent Layoffs), Not Hundreds

   Microsoft does have layoffs and today is no exception (except Microsoft talks about it)

8. Gemini Links 22/09/2026: Disability Studies, Slop Boosters, and TkInter

   Links for the day

9. Links 22/09/2026: Flock is Collapsing Amid Mass Backlash and Internet Society Collaborates With the 'Epstein Class' (Trafficking of Women)

   Links for the day

10. Raspberry Pi Has Microsoft Secrets Inside, Now DRM

    now we deal with SBCs that have DRM in them, put there for commercial reasons

11. 2 Hours Ago The Register MS Published a Page That Says "AI" 42 Times Because It Was Paid to Do So

    Still inflating the bubble for money

12. Gemini Links 22/09/2026: Scout Night, Cybernetic Capitalism, and Thoughts on Companies Forcing People to Adopt Plagiarism Engines

    Links for the day

13. Links 22/09/2026: "An Arsenal of Surveillance" and Slop Bots Suggest Starting Wars

    Links for the day

14. SLAPP Censorship - Part 193 Out of 200: Breaks GNU and Linux, Tries to Silence Critics, Loses All Money, Looks for Microsoft Allies and Sponsors

    The latest emotional knee-jerk reactions serve to confirm what we have long said

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Monday, September 21, 2026

    IRC logs for Monday, September 21, 2026

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