Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 17, 2026,
updated Oct 17, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Says Microsoft is Still Abusive

   Today, ahead of the latest fake 'results' [...] Microsoft cheats the system everywhere it can

2. Fridges Do Not Need an Internet Connection

   Keep it simple, stupid (KISS)

   New

3. Intercontinental Brigading - Part V - Keeping Linux Under Users' Control, Not Microsoft's (NSA) Control, Leads to Weaponisation of Cops (Killing the Messengers)

   Transatlantic lawfare

4. TeamBlind Accused of Censorship, Maybe Surveillance in the Future

   It's expensive to protect whistleblowers and to resist censorship of what whistleblowers try to expose

5. Another Friday 'Litter' of IBM Workers, Discarded and Sometimes Replaced to Cut Costs

   The little that IBM earns is spent buying companies to pretend there's "growth" and headcount stability

6. Gemini Links 16/10/2026: Carrie, Games, and Slop

   Links for the day

7. Links 16/10/2026: Election Interference by Slop; White House Backs Russia, Not Ukraine

   Links for the day

8. The Register MS Has New 'Article' That Has "AI" 20 Times. "SPONSORED POST" As Usual.

   At the end, both the media and the pyramid scheme will collapse

9. Links 16/10/2026: "Data Centers Are Driving Conservative Rural Voters to The Democratic Party En Masse" and Slop Bros Bribe Candidates "for Congress"

   Links for the day

10. Deplatforming People You Disagree With Is a Losing Strategy

    Trying to deplatform people you don't agree with is oppressive and petty

11. Microsoft Cannot Pay Salaries

    Microsoft is deep in debt

12. IBM "support that is USA based will migrate over 4 years to Indian based just because it lowers costs substantially."

    IBM is not capable of growing, so it tries to find ways to shave off costs

13. Gemini Links 16/10/2026: Publishing and Licensing, Going to Movies, and Nature/Seasons Change

    Links for the day

14. Microsoft's OSI Calling Slop "Open Source AI" (Microsoft Paid OSI to Do This) Has Helped Associate "Open Source" With Pedophilia

    Microsoft deflecting?

15. Wikileaks Still Matters

    The world needs more sites like these

16. 'Cocaine King' Campinos Should 'Get the Message', Pack Up His Things and Go Already

    His staff is constantly on strike and engaged in various industrial actions

17. We Don't Do Slop

    People tend to appreciate genuine work, not fakes

18. On Lying With Confidence

    LLMs are hype

19. Market Share of Windows in the United Kingdom is Shockingly Low

    Microsoft's losses are very profound

20. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

21. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 15, 2026

    IRC logs for Thursday, October 15, 2026

22. Microsoft Can Barely Afford to Colonise Africa Any Longer (Too Much Debt)

    "Before the announcement, former Microsoft employees publicly described staff being placed on performance improvement plans or offered “voluntary” exits."

23. Intercontinental Brigading - Part IV - Harassment Registered With the Police Before Projection Attempts Made From America

    The thing one gets subjected to for opposing back doors in Linux

24. Gemini Links 16/10/2026: Dogs, Slop, and Blogging

    Links for the day

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