Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 24, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Nobody is "Replaced by AI", It's Just a Smokescreen for Jobs Being Eliminated by Lack of Money (Too Much Debt) and Offshoring

   It's also why many make the jokes about the "I" in "AI" being "India" or "Indians"

2. The US Government is Now in the Business (Literally!) of Saving Microsoft and Intel

   This means that President TACO/Cheeto now has greater financial incentive to also prop up Microsoft and Windows

3. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

   New

4. Richard Stallman's Talk in Buenos Aires Scheduled for 16 November 2025 (a Month After FSF Turns 40)

   they've just updated their site and Stallman is listed first

5. Men Who Abuse Women Should Never Spend Over 3 Years of the UK High Court's Time

   This demonstrates that we need a reform in the UK

6. Slopwatch: Linux Journal, WebProNews, LinuxSecurity, and the Serial Slopper

   The bubble needs to burst, but even then the Web will be left with residues of these slopfarms

7. Links 23/08/2025: Science, War, and Important Win for the British Media Against SLAPPers Who Abuse Women

   Links for the day

8. Gemini Links 23/08/2025: BaseLibre Numerical System and Back to Oldschool

   Links for the day

9. "Deserved Victory" for "Women That Suffered"

   "GNM defended its reporting as being both true and in the public interest and in a judgment on Friday"

10. Links 23/08/2025: onmicrosoft.com as Spam Cannon, The Cheeto-Intel Deal Is Official

    Links for the day

11. Wired Complained About LLM Slop Only Days Before It Got Caught Doing That Itself

    Never throw stones in a glass house

12. IBM "Value" Down 14.16% in a Month, Red Hat Layoffs Allegedly Discussed 12 Days Ago

    "IBM is a dinosaur. Dinosaurs get extinct when the don't keep up."

13. We're Seeing More Countries Where Windows Isn't Even in Second Place Anymore (Third or Worse)

    In a way, Microsoft can barely even hold onto second place anymore

14. Microsoft Workers on Canonical's Payroll

    If you want something that's sort of like Ubuntu but is not controlled by Canonical, then look into Linux Mint, Debian, or LMDE

15. GNU/Linux Climbs to 4% in Sierra Leone

    Sierra Leone isn't a very rich country (to say the least), but it's better off than some of its neighbours

16. The SLAPPS Run Out of Oxygen Because They're Abuse of Process

    At the end of the day we plan to publish over 1,000 articles explaining what happened

17. The Register MS Gets Paid by the Employer of the Previous Editor in Chief to Promote the "AI" Ponzi Scheme, Which Does Considerable Damage to the Web and to Online Journalists

    The Register MS can 'badmouth' slop all it wants; it gets paid to inflate this bubble. It's actively participating in it.

18. Soon It'll be Autumn, Time to Repair Things

    Where they don't charge an arm and a leg

19. Doing Our Best to Cover Software Patents When the Mainstream Media Does Not

    Even the FSF has its limits

20. Gemini Links 23/08/2025: August Questions and Network Solutions

    Links for the day

21. IRC Proceedings: Friday, August 22, 2025

    IRC logs for Friday, August 22, 2025

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