Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 17, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Don't Talk to Bullies

   This serious matter is still being examined by British authorities

2. The Case for Software Freedom in Europe Becomes Stronger as GAFAM and the US Become Allies of Those Who Invade Europe

   "One would think that both sides of the pond would be very interested in this valuable commons and work to not just protect it but cultivate it further, rather than work to saw the legs from under it by advancing software patents instead."

3. Slopwatch: Google News, LinuxSecurity, LinuxBSDos.com, and Garbage From Brian Fagioli

   nowadays when people search the Web or when one researches some topic (looking not just for news in Google News) one is increasingly likely to land on a fake 'article' spewed out by some Microsoft LLM

4. Gemini Links 16/08/2025: Back After Hiatus and News Aggregators in Geminispace

   Links for the day

5. Links 16/08/2025: mRNA Being Abandoned, Putin Plant Flags in Alaska, Faces No Sanctions

   Links for the day

6. Links 16/08/2025: Science Besieged, Confidentiality Standards Breached

   Links for the day

7. Links 16/08/2025: Loners and Vacation, Climate Issues

   Links for the day

8. Links 16/08/2025: Chatbots Bad for Kids, Software Patents Apple Battle

   Links for the day

9. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

10. IRC Proceedings: Friday, August 15, 2025

    IRC logs for Friday, August 15, 2025

11. Slopwatch: WebProNews and Google News Promoting Fake Articles About "Linux"

    Google News is being flooded by these slopfarms, so when Linux news is being sought online (via Google News) many people will read bots that spew out FUD

12. Original European Patent Convention (EPC, 1973), Routinely Violated by the European Patent Office, Now in Geminispace

    hundreds of thousands of European Patents must be immediately revoked

13. Gemini Links 16/08/2025: Politics and Alhena 5.2.8

    Links for the day

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