Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 21, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. The Real Problem With Rust is Not "Wokeness" (It Never Was)

   Don't feed the trolls who attack "Rust People" on political grounds

   New

2. The Register MS Has Lowered Its Standards Considerably

   Incidentally, we've only just noticed that "US editor for The Register since July 2025" has not been active for 4 weeks already

3. Scamfarms, Spamfarms, and Slopfarms in "Linux" Clothing

   Today, Linux searches in Google News produced no slop at all. That's an improvement.

4. Did Bill Gates Lobby to Blur the Face of the Young Woman He Openly Braces (and Who Isn't His Wife)?

   "This photo of of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates with a woman whose face is blurred out is just one of 68 more photos and documents released today."

5. Links 20/12/2025: Microsoft Ruins Televisions, 'Epstein Files' Deeply Sanitised (to Protect Particular Culprits)

   Links for the day

6. Gemini Links 20/12/2025: Merry Christmas 2025 and Running a Factorio Headless Server on FreeBSD with the Linuxulato

   Links for the day

7. With 10 Days Left, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has Already Raised Close to $300,000 This Winter

   they're besieged by despicable corporations and very despicable people

8. 2025 in Numbers

   What was very good about this year is that we truly got "into the rhythm" of publishing

9. More Microsoft Layoffs Coming Soon

   When I spoke about Microsoft layoffs (routinely) I got very viciously attacked by Microsoft boosters

10. My Humble Assessment of the Future of Red Hat, A Company That IBM is Flushing Down the Loo

    GNU/Linux will be OK without Red Hat, but shaping the future of it matters because we don't want companies like Valve (DRM) to set the agenda

11. Probably the Least Useful Gadgets, Ever

    as if a "smart" thing worn on the wrist is the "new Rolex"

12. Former Manager at IBM Research (Yorktown) Says Why IBM is Doomed and the Anonymous Tipline (Speak Up) is a Trap

    IBM isn't willing to change or to address internal issues

13. Links 20/12/2025: Fentanylware Becomes CheeTok and "Why Roomba Died"

    Links for the day

14. Linux Foundation: Richard Stallman Developed Only a Software Licence

    We already criticised this report several times last night

15. Impulsive Writing, Quotas, and Keeping Things as Concise as Feasible

    A 10-word sentence being read by a million people can have the same impact or magnitude (exposure-wise) as a million-word book being read by just 10 people

16. Gemini Links 20/12/2025: Christmas Songs, Storms, and Old Web

    Links for the day

17. Coming to Grips With a Lack of Future at IBM

    Red Hat's future doesn't look bright under the auspices as they seem right now

18. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

19. IRC Proceedings: Friday, December 19, 2025

    IRC logs for Friday, December 19, 2025

20. Links 20/12/2025: Media Layoffs, a Third of Online Traffic is Bots

    Links for the day

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