Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 01, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. From 9 to 5 to 996 and 24/7

   In terms of labour rights, the West has moonwalked back to Medieval standards

2. Chatting to People Without Possessing a 'Smart' Phone

   Meeting in person is "limitless minutes"

3. [Meme] A Techno-Yuppies's View of Society

   If only I could take a selfie now to share in Facebook/GAFAM, sponsors of the EFF

4. Planning Our 18th Anniversary

   When I left my job, as I had planned since 2019, I was able to devote all my time to the site

   New

5. Microsoft Running Totally False and Very Outdated (3 Months) Pieces Only Hours Before Julian Assange's First Speech in More Than Half a Decade

   This was false at the time. It's still false.

6. Gemini Links 30/09/2024: Stargazing, PeerTube, and More

   Links for the day

7. Links 30/09/2024: More Layoffs at Microsoft ("Mobile"), War in Middle-East Escalating Further (Ground Invasion May be Imminent)

   Links for the day

8. [Video] Julian Assange Arrives Safely at France to Speak to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)

   Just out

9. You Know Julian Assange is About to Give an Important Talk Because of the Media Smears, Preceding the Talk by Less Than a Day

   Do not be easily incited by relics disguised as "journalists"

10. IBM is Still Spending a Lot of Money Just to Hide the Massive Scale of This Month's Layoffs

    "If One Madison Avenue has leaking toilets, it doesn't make the news. But if the place is hemorrhaging jobs thanks to Alvind, the company has to pay more money to keep that out of the news. Not all the media like the IBM company. IBM needs to bleed for all the layoffs the senior executives have done in the US. Couldn't happen to nicer people."

11. Welcome Back, Julian Assange

    The "big day" is tomorrow

12. Links 30/09/2024: Snapshot Blogging, Right to Remain Silent, and More

    Links for the day

13. Gemini Links 30/09/2024: "Tower Defender" and Fake Swish

    Links for the day

14. Short Explanation of the History of the Free Software Movement

    also gives credit to Richard Stallman

15. [Meme] The EPO's Vision of 'Artificial Intelligence'

    First they attack the integrity of the task or destroy the complexity of it by throwing away the law (it gets in the way of profits anyway)

16. This Spammy Nonsense Helps Microsoft Paint Itself as "15-20 Hours a Week" Job (in Reality It's More Like 60 Hours a Week)

    what MSN (Microsoft) published 2 hours ago is misleading marketing junk

17. Blind Worship of Technology is a Misguided Fool's Errand

    Andy Farnell of the Cybershow used the metaphor of "golden calf" last week

18. In a Multi-Polar World GAFAM Will Matter (and Control) a Lot Less

    A lot of things long taken for granted are going to be challenged in years to come, including the status of Microsoft

19. Links 30/09/2024: Monopsonies and Political Catchup

    Links for the day

20. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

21. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 29, 2024

    IRC logs for Sunday, September 29, 2024

22. Torvalds (the Son) Isn't a Freedom Fighter, But He Deals With Politics

    Depending on how Torvalds (the son) defines "politics", he actually deals with politics all the time

23. [Meme] GNU at 41

    Happy birthday, GNU

24. The GNU/Linux Operating System Started 41 Years Ago

    The media has its darling "Linux", but a lot of the time when it says "Linux" it actually means something else

25. This Should be a Reminder for Wikileaks to Quit Twitter (X) and Use Its Own Site

    What if Wikileaks got some "Musk leaks"? What would happen then?

26. In September Microsoft Had Several Waves of Mass Layoffs, Even More Than in Prior Months

    It meanwhile looks like "open"AI is not only running out of money (to borrow) but also talent and leadership; the bubble is imploding as there's no profit in the 'sacred cow', which is vapourware

27. IBM (and Probably Red Hat) Layoffs Until the End of November

    many people will be let go without being allowed to talk about it

28. Gemini Links 30/09/2024: London Docklands Museum, MNT Pocket Reform, LLM Misnomers

    Links for the day

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