Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 05, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. [Meme] Microsoft's LinkedIn and GitHub: Fakes, Misinformation, and Plagiarism

   it's like a "trip" and a trap

   New

2. Central African Republic (CAR): Windows Becoming Extinct

   Call it a CARnage

3. And We're Back to the EPO... Software Patents Flooding a Deeply Crooked System, Piggybacking Buzzwords Like "Hey Hi" (AI)

   "The Süddeutsche Zeitung of 12 August 2024 contains a detailed article highlighting the fact that companies from Asia and the USA are filing many more patent applications in the field of artificial intelligence than European companies."

4. Links 04/09/2024: Colleges Without Deadlines, Android 15

   Links for the day

5. Gemini Links 04/09/2024: Sweden’s Fossil Fuel Helpers and Updated Version of Literata

   Links for the day

6. Links 04/09/2024: Section 230 TikTok Ruling and "How Telegram Became a Sanctuary for Domestic Terrorists"

   Links for the day

7. Windows Falls From 99% to 5% in Cameroon

   Notice the shift away from desktops/laptops

8. [Meme] Sorry, No Sorry

   Microsoft disconnected from reality? Or just pushing Windows?

9. Microsoft Windows Dives to 10% in Angola (It Used to be 98%)

   4 months ago it was 12%

10. Free Software Foundation (FSF) Board: Still a Happy Family

    Oliva and Bénassy are the ones who are not in the Board of Directors but are voting members

11. Let's Encrypt and Other Certificate Authorities (CAs) Are Not About Security and Privacy

    "Encrypt" like "crypto" 'coins', i.e. a misnomer or misdirection

12. Viet Nam: GNU/Linux Rises to 7% (Desktops/Laptops), Windows Falls to 7% (Overall)

    This is how statCounter sees it

13. How-To Geek Changed Ownership a Year Ago, Now It Covers GNU/Linux Quite a Lot

    let's examine closely

14. Sign of Going Mainstream and Growing Interest in GNU/Linux

    About a month ago a sister site of MakeUseOf, How-To Geek, picked the baton and started covering GNU/Linux at least once a day

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, September 03, 2024

    IRC logs for Tuesday, September 03, 2024

17. [Meme] Arnold Explains the Future of Microsoft Windows to a Bot

    full sensor forensics/surveillance on all user activity under the guise of 'AI'

18. More IBM Layoffs (Just Days After 1,000+ Laid Off in China)

    Some people at IBM get fired just for their skin colour

19. Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part XII - Microsoft's LinkedIn Grants Itself Licence for Plagiarism, Distortion of Facts

    Bruce Perens mentions LinkedIn TOS

20. October Surprise Becomes September Surprise (Windows Will Get Banned in Many Places)

    The "AI" bubble is already popping

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