Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 07, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Three Months

   Next week on Tuesday our sister site turns 20.5

2. Links 06/12/2024: Promotion of Fake and Illegal Patent 'Court' (UPC), South Korean Strikes, and More Bailouts at Taxpayers' Expense

   Links for the day

3. All the Red Flags in New Linux Foundation Report

   How telling...

   New

4. Links 06/12/2024: Meal Changes and Internet Nostalgia

   Links for the day

5. Brittany Day (linuxsecurity.com) Reposing Linux Foundation/Microsoft FUD Using LLMs, Probably Controlled by Microsoft

   Plagiarised FUD by LLMs

6. Links 06/12/2024: Alarm Raised in EU Over Meddling and Destabilisation by TikTok, Strong Criticism of 'Open'AI

   Links for the day

7. In France, Android Skyrockets to 52%, Windows Falls to 26%

   even in rich countries across Europe Windows is rapidly losing "market share"

8. When News Sites Become Shopping Catalogues Disguised as 'Reviews' or 'Articles'

   Sometimes Fagioli uses HEY HI (AI, LLMs actually) to make 'articles' about HEY HI

9. [Meme] Hit and Run with SLAPP

   Microsoft staff versus Techrights

10. [Meme] When You Go Against Corporate Front Groups and Shills of Moneyed Interests (EDRi is Microsoft-Compromised Now)

    The "golden rule" is, follow the gold

11. The Register Exposed Many IBM Scandals, Lawsuits, and Secret Layoffs. Now IBM Pays The Register.

    Hush money?

12. IBM Told the Media the Secret Mass Layoffs Would Carry on Till End of November, But They Still Happen This Month

    "My team of 9 people had 4 regulars and 5 contractors. All contractors gone."

13. Gemini Links 06/12/2024: Shrinkflation and Working at Google

    Links for the day

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, December 05, 2024

    IRC logs for Thursday, December 05, 2024

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