Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 08, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. China's Oceans of Fake Patents on Buzzwords and Hype Reinforce the Widespread Belief That Some Patent Systems Go Astray

   They're conflating patents, which are immaterial, with something else, possibly to reinvigorate the old "GAI" hype bubble

2. GNU/Linux Up to 4.4%, But Let's Think Beyond the Numbers

   GNU/Linux growing is a good thing, but we need to look beyond the brand if not dogma

3. Microsoft-, IBM-, and Google-Funded 'FSFE' Don't Follow Their Own Inclusive Language Guidelines

   They've deposited that in more official sites

4. Software In The Public Interest Inc. Turned Against The Public Interest and Turned Into "Red" (Heavy Losses)

   Censoring the community

   New

5. [Video] Stella Assange Encourages Citizens or Citizen-Journalists to Put in a Freedom of Information Request Regarding Julian Assange Case

   After pleading guilty he is not eligible to do so (at FOIA capacity)

6. Some GNU/Linux News Sites Are Still Doing OK (But Many Perish)

   Today, or overnight, we shall take stock of which sites are still active

7. Back in the Flow

   We're still hoping for a "proper" Wikileaks comeback

8. Links 07/07/2024: Science and War Updates

   Links for the day

9. Gemini Links 07/07/2024: Candyfloss and GOWIN Chinese FPGAs

   Links for the day

10. Asia is Moving to GNU/Linux, 6% Already Estimated to be on GNU/Linux "Proper" (Not Chromebooks, Steam Deck Etc.)

    Isn't it interesting that the so-called 'tech media' never really covers this and barely mentions this?

11. Links 07/07/2024: Music Getting Objectively Worse, Software Patents Bubble in China

    Links for the day

12. Gemini Links 07/07/2024: Coolness of Geekdom and UPS Story

    Links for the day

13. More Cybercrimes Committed Today by the Misogynists Who Attack My Family and Myself

    These people openly boast about avoiding arrest

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 06, 2024

    IRC logs for Saturday, July 06, 2024

16. Just Say the Truth, People Will Come

    Uttering lies is a short-term "strategy" (like social control media clickbaiting), it won't last

17. Microsoft Windows in the Bolivarian Republic Of Venezuela: From Almost 98% (2010) to Just 28% (This Summer), Android Reaches New Highs

    the Bolivarian Republic Of Venezuela is gradually exiting Microsoft, even faster than its neighbours, maybe for political reasons

18. [Meme] Not Winning Arguments and Not Winning Allies, Either

    Misusing civil rights causes to censor people for billionaires is basically an attack on these civil rights causes

19. Microsofters and Their Chaos Theory

    censorship is not the way to go

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