Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 28, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Microsoft Windows Fell to All-Time Lows in Egypt This Summer, Vista 11 Adoption Decreases While GNU/Linux Increases

   Vista 11 is going down rather than up

2. 12 Hours Ago The Register MS Published a Fake (Paid-for) Article, But This One for a Change Did Not Promote a Ponzi Scheme

   There are also Free software alternatives, but they don't pay The Register MS for "synthetic" so-called 'journalism'

   New

3. Gemini Links 27/08/2025: Katrina Memories and Google Versus Software Freedom

   Links for the day

4. Links 27/08/2025: Police Against Media Freedom in the UK, Energy-Hungry Countries Targeted by China

   Links for the day

5. Links 27/08/2025: Microsoft Demoralises Staff With Slop Demands, Leaving Mastodon Explained

   Links for the day

6. More People Need to Call Out and Put a Stop to Serial Sloppers

   Unless slopfarms are stopped, people will read and share Microsoft propaganda made by chatbots

7. Gemini Links 27/08/2025: Headphones and Tartarus

   Links for the day

8. Morale at Microsoft is Terrible (Proprietary Plagiarism Machines Have No Future, LLM Slop is a Bubble)

   The slop sceptics/critics are going to have lots of "told you so" moments

9. GNOME "governance issues, staff reduction, etc." amidst Albanian whistleblowing and women trafficking

   Notice the connection to Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) and GNOME

10. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

11. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 26, 2025

    IRC logs for Tuesday, August 26, 2025

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