Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 20, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. 'Dark Patterns' or a Trap at the European Patent Office (EPO)

   insincere if not malicious E-mail from the EPO's dictators

2. There's an Abundance of Articles About the New Release of Kali Linux, But This One is a Fake

   It can add nothing except casual misinformation (fed back into the model to reinforce lies)

3. IBM's Leadership Ruining Lives of People Who Thought Working for IBM Would be OK

   Nobody gets fire-lined for buying IBM?

4. The United States' Authorities Ought to Become Enforcers of the General Public License (GPL) for National Security's Sake

   US federal agencies ought to pursue availability of code and GPL compliance (copyleft), not bans

5. The Problem of Microsoft Security Problems is Microsoft (the Solution is to Quit Microsoft) and "Salt Typhoon" Coverage Must Name CALEA Back Doors

   Name the holes, not those who exploit them.

6. A "Year of Efficiency"

   No, we don't mean layoffs

7. 15 Countries Where Yandex is Already Seen to be Bigger Than Microsoft (in Search)

   Georgia, Syrian Arab Republic, Cyprus, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Belarus, Turkey, and Russia

   New

8. Gemini Links 19/12/2024: Fast Year Passes and Advent of Code Ongoing

   Links for the day

9. Twitter is Going to Fall Out of Top 100 Domains as Clownflare (DNS MitM) Sees It

   evidence of Twitter's (X's) collapse

10. [Meme] Making Choices at the EPO

    Decisions, decisions...

11. Large and Significant Error Correction in South America?

    Windows now has less than half what Android achieved in terms of "market share"

12. Links 19/12/2024: Astronaut Record and Observer Absorbed

    Links for the day

13. Links 19/12/2024: Seven Dirty Words and Isle Release v0.0.3 (Alpha)

    Links for the day

14. Links 19/12/2024: Nurses Besieged by "Apps", More Harms of Social Control Media Illuminated

    Links for the day

15. Links 19/12/2024: Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake and Privacy Camp

    Links for the day

16. Gemini Links 19/12/2024: Port Of Miami Explosion, TurboQOA, Gnus

    Links for the day

17. Fake Articles About 'Linux'

    Dated yesterday

18. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

19. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, December 18, 2024

    IRC logs for Wednesday, December 18, 2024

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