Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 01, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Microsoft Bankruptcy

   "Microsoft unit in Russia to file for bankruptcy, database shows"

   New

2. Google Bribes EFF. EFF Promotes LLM Slop as 'Fair Use'. To GAFAM It's a Low-Cost Lobby Hedge.

   So the bribes pay off ("slush fund") and the word spreads

3. Slopwatch: Fake Text and Images, Financial Bubbles, and Scams in "Intelligent" Clothing

   Sometimes what they mean by "AI" is just cheap labour somewhere else, as we discussed in IRC a few hours ago

4. Why Microsoft is Collapsing (Similar to What's Happening at IBM), As Insiders See It

   IBM seems like one heck of a mess

5. Reliable Computing Means Free (Libre) Computing

   Sites that want to promote security ought to deal with the biggest issues

6. Links 31/05/2025: US Court Orders Sides With RFE/RL, War Updates From Ukraine

   Links for the day

7. Gemini Links 31/05/2025: ARM Server and power_supply Subsystem

   Links for the day

8. Links 31/05/2025: Slop Stigmatised as Disinformation, Catalyst/Driver of "Death of Communication"

   Links for the day

9. Common Sense 101: Do Not Write Blog Posts Saying You Want to Murder Colleagues (or Yourself)

   Only crazy people would think stabbings are a joke

10. Links 31/05/2025: Microsoft-Connected Builder.ai is a Fraud and US is Purging Students Based on Race/Nationality

    Links for the day

11. Gemini Links 30/05/2025: Limmat, Doomscrollers, and Arguments Parsing

    Links for the day

12. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

13. IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 30, 2025

    IRC logs for Friday, May 30, 2025

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