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ParrotOS 7.3 Released with Linux 7.0, Optimized Builds, and Official Vagrant Boxes

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 02, 2026

Calming measures still water

Updated This Past Day

  1. Brett Wilson LLP Has Just Lost a Case of Its Biggest Client "IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)"
    Is Brett Wilson LLP proud of such clientele?
  2. Gary Smith Says Brett Wilson LLP Engages in SLAPP Against Him Over LinkedIn Post, "This is the Streisand Effect in Real Time"
    "Lawyers who front SLAPP‑style threats on behalf of powerful institutions are not “defending reputation”; they are abusing legal process to intimidate and silence legitimate public‑interest scrutiny."

    New

  3. Links 01/07/2026: Apple and Microsoft Price Hikes, Political Catchup
    Links for the day
  4. Parroting the Script of RAs and PIPs, "Buyouts" and Layoffs by Any Other Name
    Over time people will find out just how many people "leave" IBM
  5. Slop Gives No Real Edge, It's Just Falsely Marketed That Way (FOMO)
    Plagiarism in some measurable form is always bad, irrespective of what we call it
  6. The Microsoft-Owned Media Shows What Spin Microsoft Will Use Amid Mass Layoffs
    Microsoft says goodbye to over 10,000 workers this month
  7. The Media is Shooting Its Own Foot by Peddling Slop and Spam
    Nobody wishes to read slop; as soon as people realise "the news" (or "news site") is LLM trash, they will walk away
  8. Gemini Links 01/07/2026: Wild Flowers, Slop, and Waystone Tools
    Links for the day
  9. Links 01/07/2026: Bending Spoons Makes an 'Exit' ("Going Public"), US Supreme Court Rules on Many Issues
    Links for the day
  10. Misattributing Blame, the Core Issue is Slop
    that issue has nothing to do with Bash
  11. Microsoft: Layoffs Are an Investment
    Sales of the console will take another plunge and debt will skyrocket
  12. Links 01/07/2026: MElon (Elon Musk) "Confronted With List of People He Has Killed", Microsoft Ignores Union, Chooses "Bloodbath"
    Links for the day
  13. The Register MS: Paid-For SPAM Advocating Chinese Colonialism in Africa, Not Even a Disclosure (as Before)
    Does The Register MS recognise what this piece is promoting and who for?
  14. Techrights Never Defended Rapists
    In the past, I and others got falsely accused of "defend[ing] a rapist"
  15. "Regular Silent Layoffs and PIPs" at Microsoft, According to Microsoft Insider
    Many people leave without a fuss, only a signed NDA
  16. Gaming Companies Help Promote Rootkits ('Anticheat') and Help Microsoft Take Control of People's PCs
    The industry in its current form acts a bit more like a cabal of power-hungry companies that actively try to back-door everything and smear people who oppose that
  17. IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Turns 38 Next Month
    IRC did well because over 300k users are on significant networks (simultaneous, also counting bots and cross-network overlaps)
  18. opensourceforu.com is a Slopfarm, It's Not "Open Source" and It's Not "For U"
    Slop "For U"
  19. DRM and Ownership
    We now even have PCs that "expire"
  20. GNU/Linux Reaches 6% in North America
    Tomorrow around 10AM we'll see what preliminary data they get for July
  21. IBM Layoffs Still Happening in 2026, They're Just Not Being Reported
    The demise of IBM accompanies the demise of the media
  22. SLAPP Censorship - Part 124 Out of 200: The Court Deems My Wife Connected to the Case of the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Invites Her to the Hearing Last Week
    Brett Wilson LLP does not play by the rules
  23. Paying Severance to Staff Laid Off by Microsoft Too Expensive for Microsoft Now?
    When companies earn such a bad reputation (not paying severance to people they discard) it lowers morale even further
  24. Microsoft Mass Layoffs Due to Money Problems (Debt, Lack of Money to Complete Payroll), Not "Hey Hi"
    If Microsoft later comes up with some "Hey Hi" narrative, then immediately reject it
  25. Stop Conflating Free Software With Slop Plagiarism and Time-wasting
    Even decades ago people could use "compute" for lots of fuzzing, then file away false or unaudited reports using bots
  26. What Security Means
    Security does not mean asking Microsoft for permission
  27. Microsoft May be Losing 10,000+ Workers This Month
    Here's the quick math
  28. BSN Senior School Leidschenveen is Shutting Down and What That Means to the European Patent Office (EPO)
    Follow-up meeting with Site Manager VP1 on school matters
  29. Gemini Links 01/07/2026: Keeping (Relatively) Cool plus Adventures in Solar, Camp Snap Cameras and XTEINK X4 Ereader Reviews
    Links for the day
  30. European Patent Office (EPO) Series: Different Strokes For Different Folks
    Organisation operating in two parallel universes
  31. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  32. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, June 30, 2026
    IRC logs for Tuesday, June 30, 2026
  33. GNU/Linux Measured at 4.4% by statCounter, Even More by analytics.usa.gov
    GNU/Linux has fared well

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

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    617 /n/2026/06/21/IBM_Pays_the_Media_and_Cons_Some_Journalists_Into_Participating.shtml
    616 /n/2026/06/26/Firehose_of_Spam_Fake_News_From_The_Register_MS_Today.shtml
    614 /n/2026/06/29/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
    614 /n/2026/06/25/The_Register_MS_is_Promoting_a_Pyramid_Scheme_for_Money_But_It_.shtml
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    591 /n/2025/05/17/Slopwatch_Microsoft_s_Anti_Linux_Propaganda_and_Cover_up_Slopfa.shtml
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    569 /n/2026/06/29/In_Signal_of_Weakness_or_Phasing_Out_XBox_Not_Sustainable_Accor.shtml
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    563 /n/2026/01/07/Projection_Tactics_Part_II_Causing_Serious_Harm_to_Many_People_.shtml
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    525 /n/2026/06/27/Saying_No_is_Not_a_Bad_Thing.shtml
    524 /n/2026/06/28/Outsourcing_is_Not_Security.shtml
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