Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 02, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. IBM Misleads and Gaslights Investors With Slop Sold as "AI" (the Business is Waning, Mass Layoffs Continue)

   People who do this are dishonest. They should not be put in charge.

2. Why Microsoft Accenture Has So Many Layoffs in Recent Years

   The debt of Accenture doubled a year ago

   New

3. Gemini Links 01/02/2026: Fossil Heating Installations and Some FOSDEM Coverage

   Links for the day

4. The State of Memory Leaks in GNU/Linux

   The issue won't be solved by adding more memory

5. Links 01/02/2026: Nvidia's Jensen Talks Down Microsoft 'Open' 'Hey Hi' and Britain's Starmer Makes Friends With China, Japan

   Links for the day

6. Links 01/02/2026: Public TV Gutted by Cheeto, Billionaires Fund a Cheeto Propaganda Movie in 'Documentary' Clothing

   Links for the day

7. The New Site ("New Techrights", SSG Since 2023) Exceeds the Old Site in Requests

   The "New Techrights" gets about twice as many requests as the "old" (WordPress) "Techrights", the site of 2006-2023

8. 20 Years Ago

   Some time soon all this slop frenzy will become like yesterday's "blockchain" or "metaverse"

9. Gemini Links 01/02/2026: Zdzisław Beksiński and Disconnected Git Workflow

   Links for the day

10. Talks About Nadella's Microsoft Exit After Chatter About Tim Crook Leaving Apple (Years Ahead of Retirement Age)

    Mass layoffs and record debt do not represent a company's health.

11. We Still Cover the Same Problems We Spoke of 20 Years Ago

    We're not easily seduced by "novelty" (new things), we try to judge them critically

12. Patents Standing in the Way

    They also cause environmental harm

13. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

14. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, January 31, 2026

    IRC logs for Saturday, January 31, 2026

15. IBM, a Microsoft Company

    Microsoft and IBM as a pair go a long way back

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