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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 02, 2026

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  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

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  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
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  13. Over at Tux Machines...
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  14. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, January 31, 2026
    IRC logs for Saturday, January 31, 2026
  15. IBM, a Microsoft Company
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