Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 12, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Gemini Links 11/04/2025: Microcosmographia Academica and Ada Language

   Links for the day

2. At the Root of the SLAPPs There Are Matters of GitHub Corruption and Microsoft Competition Crimes

   Keep both eyes on the ball; this is about monopoly abuse and attempts to muzzle critics

3. Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: More on the Complaint, Which Also Points the Finger at Stefano Mafulli and Deb Nicholson

   Focus on what they are attempting to distract from

4. "Linux" Foundation, Besieged by Microsoft, Isn't About Science But Against Science and Against Facts

   (and for Microsoft Dogma, Microsoft Domination, Microsoft Money)

5. IBM Pays IDG's IDC to Market Proprietary Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Under the Guise of "Research"

   Proprietary RHEL promoted by FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt or just plain fear-mongering)

   New

6. Links 11/04/2025: LLMs as Worthless Gimmicks, People in Trouble for Saying Too Much in (or Before) 'Cheeto Era'

   Links for the day

7. Links 11/04/2025: "Getting Screamed At" and LLM Crawlers as Vandals Online

   Links for the day

8. Links 11/04/2025: Microsoft Mass Layoffs Again, Zelensky Doubles Down on Claim That Many Chinese Are Fighting for Russia

   Links for the day

9. Slopwatch: A Sea of LLM Slop About SparkyLinux, Kubernetes, Ubuntu, and Linux Kernel

   Welcome to the future? The future of the Web?

10. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

11. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 10, 2025

    IRC logs for Thursday, April 10, 2025

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