Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 04, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Loads of People Exit IBM Tomorrow

   Way to slam the door on on those who march or walk on

2. At IBM, "Last Day" Can be Same as Layoffs ("RAs"), Might be Euphemism Advanced by PR/HR Under NDA-Tied Conditions

   They try to act all happy cheerful (in public) about becoming unemployed

3. Fake Security and 'Free' Certificates as a Trap of Planned Obsolescence and Top-Down Centralisation

   The boiling frogs

4. The Next Stages of EPO Coverage (and Why That Matters)

   What's at stake here?

   New

5. Slopwatch: It's Blowing, Jim (Gym), the Bubble is Blowing Up

   Let's race to "zero GPT"

6. Links 03/12/2025: "Disastrous Hey Hi (AI)", Breaches of Confidentiality, and "Global Democratic Recession"

   Links for the day

7. Links 03/12/2025: UK Budget Leak and Criticism of Peace Posturing Over Ukraine

   Links for the day

8. So Far Rust in Ubuntu Has Turned Out to be an Expensive Mistake

   it is certainly seeming or feeling like the wrong people are in charge and they make bad decisions based on false reasoning

9. Gemini Links 03/12/2025: Obsession, Ubuntu, and Programming With Scheme

   Links for the day

10. Wayland Rejection Is Not Racist

    We need to collectively reject that

11. Reflections on a Month of Techrights Search

    it looks like we've survived nearly a month without the search functionality being leveraged to stage DDoS attacks

12. New Year's Resolutions 4 Weeks Ahead of 2026

    the main New Year's Resolution was... sleep

13. IBM Layoffs: It's Like They Read From a Script, Like They've Signed a Non-Disparagement Agreement/Clause

    Some new departures

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 02, 2025

    IRC logs for Tuesday, December 02, 2025

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