Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 29, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Doxing is Illegal in the UK (Even If You're Based in the US)

   Somebody has just added my identity (name, mugshot etc.) to a "hitlist" site of a political nature, pandering to violent people

2. Misunderstood Weapons of Censorship

   It's cruel world out there. One needs to be aware of these shady activities, including "censorship-as-a-service".

3. Google Confidently Wrong, Nowadays Defaming People Too

   I can relate as people did this to me and to my wife

4. What Happens When Americans Are Out of Office (Away From Work) for a Week? Vista 11 "Share" Falls to Just 10%.

   How's that for slow adoption?

5. 2026 Will Have EPO Focus, People Will See What the EPO is Trying to Hide

   We certainly hope people will be held accountable

6. EPO People Power - Part XVII - Drugged, Stoned, and Drunk at the Office During Working Hours (Campinos Friend and Propaganda Chief Has Long Done This)

   It's a total disgrace that press all over Europe is still trying to cover this up!

7. Gemini Links 28/12/2025: Health Ordeals and Discontinued Pedals

   Links for the day

8. Slop About "Linux" Came Only From One Slopfarm This Weekend

   Another day has passed with no LLM slop found in our RSS feeds

9. Links 28/12/2025: 'Digital Detox' and Slop "Backlash Grew Massively in 2025"

   Links for the day

10. Links 28/12/2025: "Mass Quitting Apple" and "Generative AI Industry is Fraudulent, Immoral and Dangerous"

    Links for the day

11. Links 28/12/2025: Fascination, Holidays, and Mormonism

    Links for the day

12. Microsoft's Weapon Against the Reality of XBox (the Console) Dying Seems to be LLM Slop

    XBox is dead/dying

13. Raffles for the Immaterial: Unauthorised Bingo for Red Hat "Vouchers"

    This is IBM and some slop images

14. Andy Farnell on Standing Up Against Technological Oppression

    some portions from it

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, December 27, 2025

    IRC logs for Saturday, December 27, 2025

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