Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 02, 2026

pdated This Past Day

1. Oracle's Debt Grew by Over 50 Billion Dollars in 6 Months

   Larry Ellison spent a lot of money buying a lot of the corporate media

2. What Linus (Torvalds, the Linux Dude) Meant by "Show Me the Code"

   "Show Me the Code" is a common cultural reference

3. XBox Will Not Last Much Longer, XBox Chief Admits Problems

   Microsoft's latest "results"

4. What May 1 Means to Us (and to Many Others)

   To me, May 1 means something

5. Microsoft Lunduke is 'Pulling a Garrett' by Turning Technical and Legal Debate Over Rust Into a 'Trans Debate'

   Don't fall for the demagogue

6. Microsoft "Buyout" Offer is Less Than One Year's Salary

   So our assumption about this was correct

   New

7. Links 01/05/2026: Microsoft 'Headcount' Decreasing, Apple Quietly Killing Vision Pro

   Links for the day

8. In Praise of Debian

   30 hours ago we began an upgrade

9. Yes, GNU/Linux Can Run on Playstation 5, But Don't Buy It, Learn From Sony's Past of Rootkit and PS3 Betrayal

   Millions of Playstation 3 owners will never forget what Sony did to them

10. Dealing With Demagogue in Free Software

    Don't spread their ideology and never participate in any of their projects

11. Links 01/05/2026: Regulatory Trouble for Apple, Now Even Mozilla Pushes Back Against Google

    Links for the day

12. The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part X - European Patent Office Managers Have Crossed Red Lines, According to Themselves

    The girlfriend of the President of the European Patent Office (EPO) is trying to muzzle EPO critics

13. Techrights is Still Growing, Attacking Techrights Does Not Weaken the Community

    Bullying us for 2+ years does not result in fear, it results in us feeling more emboldened and motivated

14. SLAPP Censorship - Part 63 Out of 200: Graveley as a Stripped-Down Version of Garrett in the Particulars of Claim (5RB Barrister Could Do This in One Minute)

    Lazily and sloppily, it looks like the barrister took Garrett's claims and tweaked them a little (shortened) for Graveley

15. Lots of People Leave IBM, Today IBM Has About 1,000 Workers Fewer Than Yesterday

    Confluent "last day" for 800+ people

16. Been a Very Busy Week

    Next week, as we have no upgrades to prepare for, we should be able to publish at the usual pace of 20+ pages per day

17. In New Letter Sent to Chair and Heads of Delegation of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation the Staff Union Explains How to End European Patent Office Strikes

    If Campinos continues to behave as he does right now, the Council can show him the door

18. Links 01/05/2026: Poems and Continuous Privacy Policy

    Links for the day

19. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

20. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 30, 2026

    IRC logs for Thursday, April 30, 2026

21. Microsoft Debt Rose Almost $50 Billion Since We Moved to Debian

    GAFAM has a new name for debt

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