Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 22, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Techrights Was Right About a Fake Security Model Built Around Lies or Built Upon Trust in "Certificates" and "Authorities" (like Microsoft)

   We have begun to amass some media reports and blog posts from technical sites

   New

2. Windows Monopoly is No Longer Sustainable (the Case of Oceania)

   This is why Microsoft layoffs are happening all the time

3. Some Downtime Possible Shortly (Router Work)

   We don't use PHP in the site anymore

4. Mass Layoffs at Microsoft This Week and/or Next Week

   Cannot pull a bunny out of some hat

5. With Its Future on the Line, EPO Management (Dictatorship) Resorts to Further Escalations to Fake 'Production' and Curtail Industrial Actions

   It's clear that with a yearlong campaign of industrial actions - including strikes - Campinos cannot save face anymore

6. Gemini Links 21/10/2026: Summer Day in Tokyo (30c in Late October) and Whole Food for the Whole World

   Links for the day

7. Links 21/10/2026: "Zelensky Took the Gloves Off This Time With Convicted Felon" and "Cellebrite iPhone Radio Zero-Day"

   Links for the day

8. Reuters is Becoming Slop, Not a News Agency (Treat Reports From Reuters Sceptically)

   In their own words

9. Disclosure/s Crisis at The Register MS (Promoting a Ponzi Scheme for Money)

   So now they sell several schemes/scams at the same time, not limited to the slop

10. Links 21/10/2026: "The Tragic Death of the Republican Party" and "No War But Data Center War"

    Links for the day

11. Internet Relay Chat Still Growing

    The numbers go up, not down [...] Don't believe the doomers

12. Intercontinental Brigading - Part X - American Back Doors Inside Our Computers, With Transatlantic Swatting Against Critics Thrown 'Into the Mix'

    "If your Windows PC's Secure Boot certificates are out of date, your system is vulnerable to malware like rootkits."

13. Gemini Links 21/10/2026: A Walk Through Amsterdam and Pythagorean Theorem

    Links for the day

14. More Mass Layoffs at Microsoft Weeks From Now, Then Again Months From Now

    Microsoft's crisis is not limited to XBox

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, October 20, 2026

    IRC logs for Tuesday, October 20, 2026

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