Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 28, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. SLAPP Censorship - Part 120 Out of 200: Garrett Undermines His Own Application Because His Friend Graveley Failed to Accomplish What They Had Both Aimed For

   Hold off the "popcorn"

2. Don't Settle for Slop

   Slop is a bit of a symptom of where society is told to go

3. Summer Plans in Tux Machines

   July is nearly upon us

4. Saying "No" is Not a Bad Thing

   Society benefits from people who say "No!" even when it seems impolite (and possibly inconvenient) to say so

5. Next Week's "Bloodbath" at Microsoft Includes "Silent Layoffs" (Which Microsoft Won't Count)

   The notion of "silent layoffs" is fast becoming the "new normal"

   New

6. Gemini Links 27/06/2026: Photography From Interlaken to Shynige Platte, Slop 'Code', and Distro Hopping

   Links for the day

7. TIGER COMPUTING LTD Sent Us Threats Half a Decade Ago (Because of Criticism of Their In-House Debian Developer), Now the Company's Debt is Deepening

   So what is they're connected to the military?

8. GNU/Linux in Mexico Near All-Time High

   With all the tourists packing the place (or hotels) we can imagine big changes to be seen next month (many portable devices)

9. Gopher (Protocol) Turns 35, Gemini is 28 Years Younger

   Bad technology comes and goes very fast

10. Be Like Stallman and Assange, Not Like MElon or Bill Epsteingate

    these people treat women like worse than dirt

11. Exposure Leads to More Whistleblowing

    In areas like IBM or European patent affairs we've always earned a lot of trust

12. European Patent Office (EPO) Series Will Run Well Into July

    We still have a very significant chunk of EPO "trench" stories

13. Links 27/06/2026: Journalists Kicked Out of China, Torture in Iran and Turkey

    Links for the day

14. How Microsoft is Preventing or Slowing Down Adoption of GNU/Linux (Fake 'GNU' Controlled by GitHub in Windows, WSL, Sabotage at Boot Level, Not Limited to Dual-Booting)

    Microsoft is still at it

15. Rising Computer Prices Good News for GNU/Linux and Free Software

    This can greatly assist the adoption of BSDs and GNU/Linux

16. Links 27/06/2026: More Restrictions on Social Control Media and Russia is Leveraging Cellebrite/Back Doors

    Links for the day

17. Akira Urushibata on the Likely False (Unverifiable) Claims Anthropic Makes About Defects for Marketing/Hype

    Some pro-LLM person has managed to derail the discussion on this topic

18. European Patent Office (EPO) Series: "Team Campinos" in Split

    The EPO team was of course headed by Campinos himself who delivered a "forward-looking" keynote speech to the assembled audience consisting mainly of Administrative Council delegates from the national IP offices

19. Supporting Women in the Free Software Community

    The common theme here is abuse of women

20. Left IBM After Many Years, Came to Microsoft/XBox, Now Silent Layoffs at XBox

    many inside XBox will have their last day next week

21. Gemini Links 27/06/2026: Homeworlds and Tarot Cards

    Links for the day

22. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

23. IRC Proceedings: Friday, June 26, 2026

    IRC logs for Friday, June 26, 2026

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