Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 17, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Trump Authority (CA) With a Trump NSA is All About Security, But Whose?

   A "turnkey tyranny", as the NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake loved to call it

2. You Should Probably Self-Host Your E-mail and Never Use a Web Browser for Mail

   Does anyone still believe Gmail is "free"?

3. StatCounter Shows the Market Share of Vista 11 is Decreasing in Ukraine This Year

   Microsoft abandoning Vista 10 users would be a victory for Vladimir Putin

4. The "Gold" Rule: Taking Money for Reputation Laundering and Openwashing Under the "Linux" Banner

   Seller of expensive toilet paper, Jim Zemlin

5. LLM Slop Says Slop is "coming for white-collar jobs. Microsoft’s layoffs are just the start"

   Look what the Web has become

6. Reporting Facts About Violence Against Women Deserves Awards, Not Frivolous Lawsuits and Threats

   What is Microsoft's stance on women's safety?

7. Linux.com as Spamfarm of the Linux Foundation, Partner of the Gates Foundation

   They no longer publish articles

   New

8. Confirming IBM Shutdowns and Layoffs Today

   It's not over yet

9. Gemini Links 16/04/2025: The 2010s Are Calling and Why "Tools Will Not Liberate Us"

   Links for the day

10. Links 16/04/2025: Cliff Lynch RIP, More Attacks on Science (NASA)

    Links for the day

11. Google Promotes Fake Articles (LLM Slop) Instead of Originals, Relaying Microsoft's Linux FUD Emanating From Microsoft LLMs

    Shame on Google for participating in the slopfest

12. In Some Countries the Largest OEMs Already Dump Microsoft Windows

    Windows at 18.9%, Android 60.2%

13. Microsoft Down From 100% to 10% in Myanmar/Burma

    only about 4% of Web requests in Myanmar/Burma come from Vista 11, soon to be the only "supported" version of Windows

14. When Fedora Said It Was Looking to Integrate "AI" It Meant Promoting Microsoft's Proprietary Spyware and GPL-Violating Slop

    When they say "AI" they mean Microsoft

15. Slopwatch: The Typical Slopfarms and the 'Brian Fagioli Dilemma'

    To the Web and to society (exposed to the Web) LLMs are a net negative

16. It Used to be IBM, Now It's Microsoft (Why You Need to Fire Microsofters or CIOs Working for Microsoft)

    Typically the only effective solution is to identity and remove Microsofters from one's project/organisation (before they can bring more Microsofters in)

17. IBM Closes Offices and Labs in the United States to Open New Ones in India

    It's not layoffs per se; they're substituting/swapping veteran employees for lesser-paid ones

18. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

19. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 15, 2025

    IRC logs for Tuesday, April 15, 2025

20. Gemini Links 16/04/2025: IndieWeb Carnival, Tinylog RFC, "Focus, the Web and Gemini"

    Links for the day

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