Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 02, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Search for "linux" in Google News, Get Slopfarms

   Why does Google help them?

2. "IBM Research" in Albany, New York "on the Chopping Block"

   "Albany site too is on chopping block."

   New

3. Gemini Links 01/12/2025: A Work Thing, High Blood Pressure, and KeePassRX 0.12.0

   Links for the day

4. Links 01/12/2025: National News About Politics, Economics, and Civil Rights

   Links for the day

5. Gemini Links 01/12/2025: Romania's National Day, Labels in Geminispace, and Advent of Code

   Links for the day

6. Nokia's Linux Journey (Nokia 770 Internet Tablet) Turns 20, a Time to Remember How Much Microsoft Hates Linux

   Years later Microsoft attacked and fatally injured Nokia

7. We Keep Seeing Evidence That IBM RAs Impact India as Well

   this past week we see evidence of quite a few people based in India leaving IBM

8. Short Survey of Past Media Coverage About Campinos, EUIPO, and a Call for Action on EPO Press Coverage

   Of course Campinos got a sniff or a taste of lawlessness and impunity in Spain. Then he exported that to Germany.

9. German and Austrian Media Publishers Need to Cover European Patent Office (EPO) Scandals Because the EPO Has 3 'Branches' There (75% of Everything in Europe)

   If it helps, EPO staff members who are based in Germany or EPO stakeholders that are based in Germany can create "burner accounts" for E-mail and make one-time contact

10. "Investigate Europe" Should Investigate Europe's Second-Largest Institution, the EPO

    this morning we mentioned how EPO staff in Berlin plans industrial action, so this isn't just relevant to them but also timely

11. Call for Media Awareness and Action Bears Fruit, European Patent Office (EPO) Has a History of Contempt for the Media (Also: the EPO's Communication Chief Does Cocaine)

    Many thanks to our Spanish-speaking readers who took on our call for action

12. Links 01/12/2025: US Regime Cracks Down on Scholars, Floods a Growing Problem, "Fame Can Cut Years From a Singer's Life"

    Links for the day

13. Preparing for Potential Pre-Christmas Staff Strike at the European Patent Office (EPO)

    Coming soon, if approved by staff

14. Gemini Links 01/12/2025: Loon Pond Meditation, Too Many Tabs, and Disclosing (Mis)Use of Slop

    Links for the day

15. Links 01/12/2025: Dumping Microsoft GitHub, "Files Expose Britain’s Secret D-Notice Censorship Regime"

    Links for the day

16. An Almost-Depressing Lack of Reliable News Sites

    It's hard to envision anything of real substance left in half a decade or a decade

17. Infatuation With GUIs is a Misguided Fool's Errand

    I didn't fall out of love with GUIs

18. Let's Hope Slopwatch Has Become Obsolete

    It'll not only be good for the Web but also for people who regularly cover GNU/Linux

19. Silent Layoffs at IBM: Still Using PIPs to Hide Full Scope and Extent of Layoffs

    they'll get fired under the guise of poor performance

20. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

21. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, November 30, 2025

    IRC logs for Sunday, November 30, 2025

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