Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 25, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. When the Microsoft Aggressors Rely on Several Law Firms ('Attack Dogs', 'Guns for Hire'), Not Just One, Lawyering Up Against Techrights (Acting on Behalf of Americans Against UK Publishers)

   From serving customers at some restaurant he has moved on to bullying people with demand letters

2. Polygamy, from Catholic Synod on Synodality to Social Control Media & Debian CyberPolygamy

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

3. Only a Third of or 1 in 3 Web-Connected Devices is a Desktop or Laptop, According to statCounter

   we can expect Android to widen its lead

   New

4. statCounter Estimates Only 1 in 300 Iranians Would Use Microsoft for Search

   Iranians don't quite trust Microsoft

5. Gemini Links 24/06/2025: ftpd on FreeBSD and Online Small Web Magazine

   Links for the day

6. Google News Does Great Harm by Promoting Slopfarms as Legitimate News Sites

   Slopfarms are sites which are 100% LLM slop

7. Links 24/06/2025: Trouble at "Open" "AI" and ‘Siarhei is Free’

   Links for the day

8. Gemini Links 24/06/2025: Stimulants and Subscription Costs for DRM

   Links for the day

9. Links 24/06/2025: OpenAI [sic] May Soon Die (Too Much Debt) and Social Control Media Accused of Being Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda Amplifier

   Links for the day

10. Nirbheek Chauhan in Planet GNOME Explains Why Wayland Pushers Are Losing

    "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play."

11. The Days Are Getting Shorter, the First Half of 2025 is Almost Over

    We're gratified to see significant increase in traffic and also positive feedback on the work we do

12. Turning GNU/Linux Into a Political Football

    X (not the site) is Free software

13. X Server Still Works for Many People

    A lot of people will grow suspicious of Wayland boosters/pushers if they persist and insist on using these tactics

14. Exactly a Week Ago "BetaNews Staff" Said "Betanews Is Growing Alongside You". Since Then Every Article (All by "Camila Nogueira") Has Been LLM Slop.

    BetaNews is basically a slopfarm

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 23, 2025

    IRC logs for Monday, June 23, 2025

17. The "Tarzan Effect" in Compilers and Software

    What happens when you forcibly make things 'work', either by hacks or by disregarding warnings (like those that compilers tend to issue)?

18. Gemini Links 23/06/2025: Mass Tourism, Hair Love, and Google Gemini as a Googlebomb

    Links for the day

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