Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 16, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. EFF Still Uses and Relies on Donald Trump's Friend (Elon Musk) for Campaigning and It Gets No Response (Except From FFII's President)

   ...He reminds them the issue isn't just "bad patents" or "patent trolls"

2. OpenSource.net, Which OpenSource.org (OSI) Said Would Continue OpenSource.com (IBM/Red Hat), Has Been Dead for a Month

   Open Source Initiative is not an ally; it's a Microsoft front group

3. Latest in OSI's Blog Affirms Its Status as Microsoft Front Group, Sponsored by Microsoft to Promote Microsoft Agenda and Lobby for GPL Violations

   Even the staff is paid by Microsoft; they hardly hide this anymore

4. OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt

   So if Microsoft cushions those losses (to delay the bubble's implosion; Microsoft uses the bubble to fake its "market cap", as does NVIDIA), its debt will skyrocket

5. Perils for Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) and PREVAIL (Efforts by the Litigation 'Industry' to Bring Back Software Patents and Crush Challengers at PTAB)

   The EFF and FSF seem to have caught up with it

   New

6. Euthanasia perception, legacy & Debian Suicide Cluster

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

7. Links 15/11/2024: The Onion Buys Crank's Site, More Publications Quit Twitter/X

   Links for the day

8. Gemini Links 15/11/2024: Boredom and New Blog with Gemini Support

   Links for the day

9. Iceland: Microsoft Windows Down to All-Time Low of 60% on Desktops/Laptops

   It also fell sharply across all form factors

10. Large British Newspaper (The Daily Telegraph) to be Composed by Microsoft Chatbots Instead of Journalists?

    "engagement" is not accuracy or quality

11. FSFE Now Taking Bribes From Microsoft, Its Gold Donor (the Highest Payment Possible)

    A sellout does not get any bigger than "Gold Donor"

12. One of the Largest B2B YouTube Channels?

    It makes the Linux Foundation look rogue; it plays along with all this

13. Free Software is for Everybody

    today's Linux Foundation shamelessly and recklessly promotes discrimination

14. Coming Soon: More Reports About the European Patent Office (EPO)

    EPO corruption has made Europe a lot poorer

15. Filipinos Love GNU/Linux

    Philippines as seen by statCounter

16. [Meme] Poverty Not an Issue

    To know who the EFF fronts for, check who's funding the EFF

17. EFF Stories For Next Year

    The EFF isn't what it seems

18. Windows 10? No, Windows at 10% (in Angola)

    That's how statCounter sees things anyway

19. Wintertime in Techrights

    2025 should be an exciting year for us and we look forward to spring

20. About 80% of Red Hat Blog is the 'Hey Hi' Nonsense (Ponzi Scheme)

    The official Red Hat RSS feeds have been drowned out by "AI" nonsense

21. [Meme] If This is How Wall Street Really Works, People Should be Terrified

    "OpenAI worth $150 billion with a $15 billion loss"

22. Red Hat Has Become a Buzzwords Vendor, Not a Linux Company

    Red Hat is quickly becoming a joke of a company or "90% marketing"...

23. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

24. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, November 14, 2024

    IRC logs for Thursday, November 14, 2024

25. Phoronix Did Not Cover This...

    1,000 people fired at AMD is not news

26. Links 15/11/2024: LF Talks About Patent Trolls, Advancing a Warning About "Buy Nothing Day"

    Links for the day

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