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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Mainstream Media is Paid to Link "AI" Criticism/Boosting to Jeffrey Epstein Enablers, in Effect Showing How Corrupt This Media Became (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/Mainstream_Media_is_Paid_to_Link_AI_Criticism_Boosting_to_Jeffr.shtml</link>
<description>Many readers will have noticed what was a paid-for PR campaign of a global scale</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>If Linux Was Written in Rust, 80% or More of Linux Developers Would Not Understand It (Same If It's Composed by LLM Slop)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/28/If_Linux_Was_Written_in_Rust_80_or_More_of_Linux_Developers_Wou.shtml</link>
<description>The licence (GPL) is not enough when there are ways to bypass it</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 28/08/2026: Absurd Tomodachi Summer, Screen Piggery, and Jugulans 1.0.3 Released</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/28/Gemini_Links_28_08_2026_Absurd_Tomodachi_Summer_Screen_Piggery_.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 28/08/2026: "UK Power Grid Has a Phantom Data Center Problem"  and "Growth at All Costs is Cancer"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/28/Links_28_08_2026_UK_Power_Grid_Has_a_Phantom_Data_Center_Proble.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>SLAPP Censorship - Part 164 Out of 200: Patent Troll SLAPPs, Defamation Trolls, and Stranglers From America</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/28/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_164_Out_of_200_Patent_Troll_SLAPPs_Defama.shtml</link>
<description>You start to wonder if the core issue is insecurity</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rumours of More PIPs and Layoffs at Confluent Just Months After IBM Bought It</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/28/Rumours_of_More_PIPs_and_Layoffs_at_Confluent_Just_Months_After.shtml</link>
<description>It is meanwhile apparent IBM will have mass layoffs next week (September)</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Thursday, August 27, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/28/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_August_27_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Thursday, August 27, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>After Many Waves of PIPs (Silent Layoffs) IBM Makes Non-Silent Layoffs, Effective Next Week (September)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/28/After_Many_Waves_of_PIPs_Silent_Layoffs_IBM_Makes_Non_Silent_La.shtml</link>
<description>What we heard is turning out to be true</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 27/08/2026: Oklahoma, Tennessee, Haiku OS, Digital Resistance, and Staying Offline</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/Gemini_Links_27_08_2026_Oklahoma_Tennessee_Haiku_OS_Digital_Res.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 27/08/2026: Facebook to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion to Cover Up Known Harms, Nepal Landslide Kills Many</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/Links_27_08_2026_Facebook_to_Pay_Up_to_17_1_Billion_to_Cover_Up.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Register MS Has Just Published Paid Spam That Says "AI" 19 Times</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/The_Register_MS_Has_Just_Published_Paid_Spam_That_Says_AI_19_Ti.shtml</link>
<description>1.5 hours ago</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>RSS is King: Why Having Subscribers or Followers in Sites You Neither Own Nor Control is Loss of Autonomy and Search is Mostly Slop (Plagiarising Sites, Not Linking to Them)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/RSS_is_King_Why_Having_Subscribers_or_Followers_in_Sites_You_Ne.shtml</link>
<description>Because digital connections in third parties aren't assets; they endow another party with tremendous power over people (e.g. MElon getting to decide who can and cannot reach people or what messages to "dim down")</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Claims of Tens of Thousands of 'Silent Layoffs' at IBM (and Red Hat)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/Claims_of_Tens_of_Thousands_of_Silent_Layoffs_at_IBM_and_Red_Ha.shtml</link>
<description>Looking at recent activity in thelayoff.com, about 80% of the comments and posts are about PIPs</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 27/08/2026: "Flock’s CEO Is Lying to Cops" and Microsoft's GitHub Actions Breaks Down Again (Too Many Layoffs, Loss of Knowledge)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/Links_27_08_2026_Flock_s_CEO_Is_Lying_to_Cops_and_Microsoft_s_G.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Clownflare Sees GNU/Linux and ChromeOS at Over 13% in Bahamas</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/Clownflare_Sees_GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_at_Over_13_in_Bahamas.shtml</link>
<description>Narrowing down to desktops and laptops, and judging by Web requests that go through Clownflare, many people there use GNU/Linux or Google's 'bastardised' version of it (with spyware preloaded)</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Richard Stallman Complains That Linux Gives a Bad Name to GNU and  Asks for Feedback on What's Wrong with Systemd (and Wayland)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/Richard_Stallman_Complains_That_Linux_Gives_a_Bad_Name_to_GNU_a.shtml</link>
<description>Maybe some people want to send him a detailed, polite explanation</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>GNU/Linux Does Not Need Social Control Media to Succeed</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/GNU_Linux_Does_Not_Need_Social_Control_Media_to_Succeed.shtml</link>
<description>When it comes to Social Control Media, Richard Stallman was right</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Increasing Focus on Patent Injustices</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/Increasing_Focus_on_Patent_Injustices.shtml</link>
<description>We'll soon cover the EPO a lot more</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>SLAPP Censorship - Part 163 Out of 200: Attack on Computer Science and on Computer Security (or Associating Back Doors and Kill Switches With "Security")</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_163_Out_of_200_Attack_on_Computer_Science.shtml</link>
<description>Nowadays there are many who pretend to be security professionals</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>There's No "Next XBox"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/There_s_No_Next_XBox.shtml</link>
<description>Nothing comes ahead except layoffs and price hikes</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 26, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_August_26_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Wednesday, August 26, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 27/08/2026: Conditioning, Lagrange 1.21, and Computer Games</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/27/Gemini_Links_27_08_2026_Conditioning_Lagrange_1_21_and_Computer.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 26/08/2026: Patent Troll InterDigital Utilises Software Patents in Unconstitutional Court, "WikiHow Launches Copyright Infringement Suit Against" LLM Plagiarism</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Links_26_08_2026_Patent_Troll_InterDigital_Utilises_Software_Pa.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Register MS Has New Fake Article ("SPONSORED FEATURE") With "AI" 21 Times In It</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/The_Register_MS_Has_New_Fake_Article_SPONSORED_FEATURE_With_AI_.shtml</link>
<description>The Register MS is one among many culprits</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 26/08/2026: “Doomsday Clock”, Rwanda Genocide, and Boasting About Using LLMs Instead of Writing Code (Due to Employer's Pressure)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Gemini_Links_26_08_2026_Doomsday_Clock_Rwanda_Genocide_and_Boas.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>No Allure in Omarchy, the Political Hyenas Only Give it More Free Publicity</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/No_Allure_in_Omarchy_the_Political_Hyenas_Only_Give_it_More_Fre.shtml</link>
<description>To me, Omarchy seems like a weak project because of the slop (an HR problem)</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Twitter is Not an API or a Communication Site, It's a Really Bad Site That Forces You to be Enslaved by Its Algorithm (Amplifying Its Owner's Worldviews)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Twitter_is_Not_an_API_or_a_Communication_Site_It_s_a_Really_Bad.shtml</link>
<description>the crackdown on Nitter means we should all avoid accessing or linking to x.com (Twitter)</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Don't Let Bastards and Haters Grind You Down</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Let_Bastards_and_Haters_Grind_You_Down.shtml</link>
<description>They say "jealousy is the sincerest form of flattery"</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>GNU/Linux Rose in Caribbean Islands</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Rose_in_Caribbean_Islands.shtml</link>
<description>combined population is measured at 44,182,048</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IBM's Quantum Computing Lies Explained Again by Sabine Hossenfelder</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/IBM_s_Quantum_Computing_Lies_Explained_Again_by_Sabine_Hossenfe.shtml</link>
<description>To become a CEO at IBM one must lie</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Controlling Culture and Social Behaviour by Digital Locks</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Controlling_Culture_and_Social_Behaviour_by_Digital_Locks.shtml</link>
<description>if you don't fully control the technology in your possession, then you're not using that technology, this technology covertly uses you</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Goodbye, Dolly</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Goodbye_Dolly.shtml</link>
<description>This week we say "goodbye, Dolly."</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 26/08/2026: Election Bribery (aka Vote-Buying) Deemed "OK" in the US, "Nitter is Shutting Down After a Cease and Desist Letter" by MElon</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Links_26_08_2026_Election_Bribery_aka_Vote_Buying_Deemed_OK_in_.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Analogue So Much Better and Faster</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Analogue_So_Much_Better_and_Faster.shtml</link>
<description>From what we can gather, the tram ticketing system does not use Windows; we never saw it crashing or rebooting (or showing some Windows logo) in decades, so we assume it runs some kind of Linux</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Linux Today Dumped All Social Control Media Last December</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Linux_Today_Dumped_All_Social_Control_Media_Last_December.shtml</link>
<description>Linux Today seems to have concluded that all Social Control Media is just a waste of time</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Don't Say X.com is OK Because People Can Access It by Alternative Means</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Say_X_com_is_OK_Because_People_Can_Access_It_by_Alternati.shtml</link>
<description>Can Mozilla please clarify who inside Mozilla greenlit a return to X.com?</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Reach of techrights.org Is Increasing</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/The_Reach_of_techrights_org_Is_Increasing.shtml</link>
<description>We are on the side of women victims</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>SLAPP Censorship - Part 162 Out of 200: An Outline of Events</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_162_Out_of_200_An_Outline_of_Events.shtml</link>
<description>An outline of events</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 05:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Pushed to Live</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Pushed_to_Live.shtml</link>
<description>We still have some other work - stuff related to the editing of pages - which is work in progress and has been subjected to testing for many months</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>GNU/Linux Measured at 10% in Germany, Based on Cloudflare</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_10_in_Germany_Based_on_Cloudflare.shtml</link>
<description>It's peaking late at night</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Richard Stallman's GNU Project Began 42 Years Ago With GNU Emacs and More</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Richard_Stallman_s_GNU_Project_Began_42_Years_Ago_With_GNU_Emac.shtml</link>
<description>GNU Project announced almost 43 years ago (next month it's the anniversary)</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Fake Articles "Sponsored by HPE" Published in The Register MS</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Fake_Articles_Sponsored_by_HPE_Published_in_The_Register_MS.shtml</link>
<description>Selling proprietary products as 'alternatives' to other proprietary products</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 25, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_August_25_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Tuesday, August 25, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 26/08/2026: Journal Plans and Extending Finger Protocol</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Gemini_Links_26_08_2026_Journal_Plans_and_Extending_Finger_Prot.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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