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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 05, 2026,
updated Jul 05, 2026

Jamaican Art

Updated This Past Day

  1. Brett Wilson LLP is Downsizing, Apparently Closing Down the Oversized and Overpriced Office
    Address changed 13 hours ago
  2. The United States Lost Freedom of Speech
    independence refers to a condition, not an activity
  3. SLAPP Censorship - Part 127 Out of 200: Lawsuits by Americans Filed in the UK a Burden on British Taxpayers, No Way to Recover the Funds When Americans Lose Their Cases
    Are Garrett and Graveley 'pulling a 4Chan'?

    New

  4. BRICS and Windows: All-Time Lows
    Expect many more Microsoft layoffs in years to come
  5. Do No Evil, Do Not DDoS
    Sites that attract DDoS attacks because of their message are sites that are difficult to debunk or debate
  6. France is Winning the Race Against Windows
    France instructs, then orders, government agencies to adopt GNU/Linux
  7. Not 2.5% and Not 2.5 Billion Dollars for "Hey Hi"; 2 Waves of Microsoft Layoffs Rumoured This Month, July 8th, Then July 22nd (Just Before 'Results')
    People there join unions, knowing they will be terminated silently or otherwise
  8. Microsoft Double Trouble With Slop
    What does Microsoft even sell at this point?
  9. Based on US Government Sites, GNU/Linux Has Reached About 8% "Market Share" in Desktops/Laptops
    Culled to exclude mobile platforms, GNU/Linux would likely be above 8%
  10. TheLayoff.com is Deleting Comments About IBM Offshoring
    Meanwhile, rage-baiting Internet trolls and sometimes trolls who paste in LLM slop are immune from censorship
  11. American Independence Needs Independent Media
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  12. Techrights Was Always a Community Platform
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  13. Phenomenal Growth for GNU/Linux in Afghanistan
    This is impressive because for many years it was registered at near 0%
  14. Daniel Pocock Pursuing Complaint in the United States Against Software in the Public Interest (SPI) et al
    It seems like the only people who don't support him are those whom he criticises
  15. Gemini Links 04/07/2026: Busy Squirrel, Independence Day Celebrations, PalmOS Programming
    Links for the day
  16. Canonical/Ubuntu is Breaking CP (cp) to Help Microsoft Turn Coreutils Into Proprietary Software for Windows
    What we could do reliably in the 1970s (before GNU) we cannot do in 2026?
  17. Free Software Has No Kings or CEOs
    The kingdom is a cross-border phenomenon, so national flags and other such symbolism overlook the core problem [...] Free Software can help lead us out of the current imbalances
  18. IBM Replacing the People Who Built IBM With Cheaper and Younger Staff, According to IBM Insiders
    This is a very common sentiment in IBM
  19. For USA 250 Microsoft is Messing With Our Minds (2.50%) to Distract From Mass Layoffs
    The slopfarms contribute to this noise
  20. "Defective by Design" Turns 20
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  21. A Bicycle for the Feeble Mind, or How Computers Got Worse for Productivity (Intentionally)
    Many of us still adopt and champion the "workstation" mentality
  22. Links 04/07/2026: Microsoft Tax Haven (Evasion) Tactics, Tobacco Bans, and More
    Links for the day
  23. Links 04/07/2026: 2026 Old Computer Challenge and Trying Gopher
    Links for the day
  24. Links 04/07/2026: USMCA (Covering Software Patents) Might Not be Renewed, Slop Bros Try to Pay Weird Al to Endorse Their Scheme
    Links for the day
  25. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  26. IRC Proceedings: Friday, July 03, 2026
    IRC logs for Friday, July 03, 2026
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