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<title>Trillions of Dollars in Debt Are Not "Investment", More People Realise This Now (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/17/Trillions_of_Dollars_in_Debt_Are_Not_Investment_More_People_Rea.shtml</link>
<description>"Investors started offloading shares on Wednesday in response to an X post about the debt load of CoreWeave Inc..."</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Intercontinental Brigading - Part V - Keeping Linux Under Users' Control, Not Microsoft's (NSA) Control, Leads to Weaponisation of Cops (Killing the Messengers) (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_V_Keeping_Linux_Under_Users_Con.shtml</link>
<description>Transatlantic lawfare</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Says Microsoft is Still Abusive (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/UK_s_Competition_and_Markets_Authority_CMA_Says_Microsoft_is_St.shtml</link>
<description>Today, ahead of the latest fake 'results' [...] Microsoft cheats the system everywhere it can</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>GPL Was Right (About Hoarding, Now Automated With Plagiarism Blenders)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/17/GPL_Was_Right_About_Hoarding_Now_Automated_With_Plagiarism_Blen.shtml</link>
<description>Some time next year the UK's High Court might listen to arguments related to this</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft Allegedly Asks Many Workers to Leave at the End of This Year (or Get the Boot), It's Called Voluntary Exit Program a.k.a. Voluntary Early Retirement Program (or VEP) Even for People Far Too Young to Retire</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/17/Microsoft_Allegedly_Asks_Many_Workers_to_Leave_at_the_End_of_Th.shtml</link>
<description>"Everyone at Microsoft knows what those acronyms mean."</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Torvalds-led Slopfest as a Reminder to Pursue Software Freedom, Not Plagiarism Endorsed (for Money) by 'Linux' Foundation</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/17/The_Torvalds_led_Slopfest_as_a_Reminder_to_Pursue_Software_Free.shtml</link>
<description>What's happening this month moreover proves that he is not in control of important decisions in his project</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Why We Never Got Back to IPFS</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/17/Why_We_Never_Got_Back_to_IPFS.shtml</link>
<description>Practically speaking, we could get back to IPFS any time</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Red Hat Silent Layoffs: October 1 Bluewashing, Then Leaving IBM Altogether</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/17/Red_Hat_Silent_Layoffs_October_1_Bluewashing_Then_Leaving_IBM_A.shtml</link>
<description>It's said that weeks from now there will be another "round" (of "RAs")</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 16/10/2026: Metrovision, Smartwatches, and Rekindled Love for Geminispace</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/17/Gemini_Links_16_10_2026_Metrovision_Smartwatches_and_Rekindled_.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Friday, October 16, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/17/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_October_16_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Friday, October 16, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>TeamBlind Accused of Censorship, Maybe Surveillance in the Future</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/TeamBlind_Accused_of_Censorship_Maybe_Surveillance_in_the_Futur.shtml</link>
<description>It's expensive to protect whistleblowers and to resist censorship of what whistleblowers try to expose</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Another Friday 'Litter' of IBM Workers, Discarded and Sometimes Replaced to Cut Costs</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Another_Friday_Litter_of_IBM_Workers_Discarded_and_Sometimes_Re.shtml</link>
<description>The little that IBM earns is spent buying companies to pretend there's "growth" and headcount stability</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 16/10/2026: Carrie, Games, and Slop</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Gemini_Links_16_10_2026_Carrie_Games_and_Slop.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 16/10/2026: Election Interference by Slop; White House Backs Russia, Not Ukraine</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Links_16_10_2026_Election_Interference_by_Slop_White_House_Back.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Register MS Has New 'Article' That Has "AI" 20 Times. "SPONSORED POST" As Usual.</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/The_Register_MS_Has_New_Article_That_Has_AI_20_Times_SPONSORED_.shtml</link>
<description>At the end, both the media and the pyramid scheme will collapse</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 16/10/2026: "Data Centers Are Driving Conservative Rural Voters to The Democratic Party En Masse" and Slop Bros Bribe Candidates "for Congress"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Links_16_10_2026_Data_Centers_Are_Driving_Conservative_Rural_Vo.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Deplatforming People You Disagree With Is a Losing Strategy</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Deplatforming_People_You_Disagree_With_Is_a_Losing_Strategy.shtml</link>
<description>Trying to deplatform people you don't agree with is oppressive and petty</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft Cannot Pay Salaries</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Microsoft_Cannot_Pay_Salaries.shtml</link>
<description>Microsoft is deep in debt</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IBM "support that is USA based will migrate over 4 years to Indian based just because it lowers costs substantially."</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/IBM_support_that_is_USA_based_will_migrate_over_4_years_to_Indi.shtml</link>
<description>IBM is not capable of growing, so it tries to find ways to shave off costs</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 16/10/2026: Publishing and Licensing, Going to Movies, and Nature/Seasons Change</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Gemini_Links_16_10_2026_Publishing_and_Licensing_Going_to_Movie.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft's OSI Calling Slop "Open Source AI" (Microsoft Paid OSI to Do This) Has Helped Associate "Open Source" With Pedophilia</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Microsoft_s_OSI_Calling_Slop_Open_Source_AI_Microsoft_Paid_OSI_.shtml</link>
<description>Microsoft deflecting?</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Fridges Do Not Need an Internet Connection</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Fridges_Do_Not_Need_an_Internet_Connection.shtml</link>
<description>Keep it simple, stupid (KISS)</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Wikileaks Still Matters</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Wikileaks_Still_Matters.shtml</link>
<description>The world needs more sites like these</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>'Cocaine King' Campinos Should 'Get the Message', Pack Up His Things and Go Already</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Cocaine_King_Campinos_Should_Get_the_Message_Pack_Up_His_Things.shtml</link>
<description>His staff is constantly on strike and engaged in various industrial actions</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>We Don't Do Slop</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/We_Don_t_Do_Slop.shtml</link>
<description>People tend to appreciate genuine work, not fakes</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>On Lying With Confidence</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/On_Lying_With_Confidence.shtml</link>
<description>LLMs are hype</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Market Share of Windows in the United Kingdom is Shockingly Low</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Market_Share_of_Windows_in_the_United_Kingdom_is_Shockingly_Low.shtml</link>
<description>Microsoft's losses are very profound</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 15, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_October_15_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Thursday, October 15, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft Can Barely Afford to Colonise Africa Any Longer (Too Much Debt)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Microsoft_Can_Barely_Afford_to_Colonise_Africa_Any_Longer_Too_M.shtml</link>
<description>"Before the announcement, former Microsoft employees publicly described staff being placed on performance improvement plans or offered “voluntary” exits."</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Intercontinental Brigading - Part IV - Harassment Registered With the Police Before Projection Attempts Made From America</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_IV_Harassment_Registered_With_t.shtml</link>
<description>The thing one gets subjected to for opposing back doors in Linux</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 16/10/2026: Dogs, Slop, and Blogging</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Gemini_Links_16_10_2026_Dogs_Slop_and_Blogging.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Fate of "Alicante Mafia" at the EPO Yet to Be Determined</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/The_Fate_of_Alicante_Mafia_at_the_EPO_Yet_to_Be_Determined.shtml</link>
<description>It'll be interesting to hear what they say about the secret meeting regarding the future of Campinos</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 15/10/2026: Medical Difficulty, Science Fiction, and Playstation 3 Dies</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/Gemini_Links_15_10_2026_Medical_Difficulty_Science_Fiction_and_.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 15/10/2026: Cuts to Public Health and Misuse of License Plate Data for Social Control</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/Links_15_10_2026_Cuts_to_Public_Health_and_Misuse_of_License_Pl.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 15/10/2026: ALPRs Are Mass Surveillance, GAFAM Front Group ('New' EFF) Asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court to End Warrantless ALPR Searches</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/Links_15_10_2026_ALPRs_Are_Mass_Surveillance_GAFAM_Front_Group_.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IBM RAs: "It's on Me"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/IBM_RAs_It_s_on_Me.shtml</link>
<description>IBM has no respect for the workers and it tries to hide the layoffs</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 15/10/2026: Literature, Funerals, and Devices</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/Gemini_Links_15_10_2026_Literature_Funerals_and_Devices.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Efforts to Criminalise Opposition to a Ponzi Scheme Sold as "Super Intelligence" (Plagiarism Engines, Disinformation Generators)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/The_Efforts_to_Criminalise_Opposition_to_a_Ponzi_Scheme_Sold_as.shtml</link>
<description>Cops are becoming combatants for slop bros, i.e. they use power to promote a Ponzi scheme</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Clownflare Sees Most Requests in Africa Coming From Android (Linux)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/Clownflare_Sees_Most_Requests_in_Africa_Coming_From_Android_Lin.shtml</link>
<description>Android is the dominant platform</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IBM's "RA Season" is Nearly Upon Us, But Tens of Thousands Are Already Marked for Removal With PIPs (as "Low Performers")</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/IBM_s_RA_Season_is_Nearly_Upon_Us_But_Tens_of_Thousands_Are_Alr.shtml</link>
<description>IBM is a dying company</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft Has Confirmed It Had a Plan to Cut Azure (or Azure Costs) by 20%</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/Microsoft_Has_Confirmed_It_Had_a_Plan_to_Cut_Azure_or_Azure_Cos.shtml</link>
<description>So basically... yes! Microsoft did have a plan to slash Azure.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>No Noticeable Libera Chat Exodus After Code of Censorship (CoC) Scandal Earlier This Month</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/No_Noticeable_Libera_Chat_Exodus_After_Code_of_Censorship_CoC_S.shtml</link>
<description>Libera Chat pissed off some people by unmasking the CoC's real purpose</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Red Hat Silent Layoffs Seem to Carry on Throughout This Month</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/Red_Hat_Silent_Layoffs_Seem_to_Carry_on_Throughout_This_Month.shtml</link>
<description>How much longer will these silent layoffs (e.g. PIPs) carry on for?</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 14, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/15/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_October_14_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Wednesday, October 14, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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