https://techrights.org/ bonum certa men certa en Wed, 06 May 2026 12:12:56 +0000 300 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Why_Chatbots_Based_on_LLMs_Cannot_Be_Improved_Even_If_More_Ener.shtml nobody can do it well Tue, 05 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/The_Generations_of_CS_Are_Coming_to_End_of_Life.shtml Nowadays everything that is a computer is somehow called "hey hi" Tue, 05 May 2026 16:47:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/06/Microsoft_s_XBox_Exodus_Carries_on_Corporate_VP_of_Gaming_Ecosy.shtml Don't expect what's left of the media to properly report the true scale of the XBox cuts and executive-level departures Wed, 06 May 2026 12:12:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/06/Codecs_and_Software_Patents_Part_II_AV1_and_HEVC_Not_Really_Saf.shtml We are, in effect, looking at a sort of cartel (like the one which came out of Germany with MP3) Wed, 06 May 2026 07:07:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/06/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XIV_Antisemitism_Insid.shtml A sensitive topic for the European Patent Office (EPO) Wed, 06 May 2026 06:52:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/06/Gemini_Links_06_05_2026_Childhood_Memories_Intense_People_and_N.shtml Links for the day Wed, 06 May 2026 04:50:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/06/Links_06_05_2026_Narges_Mohammadi_in_Critical_Condition_and_Cop.shtml Links for the day Wed, 06 May 2026 04:36:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/06/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml GNU/Linux news for the past day Wed, 06 May 2026 03:27:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/06/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_May_05_2026.shtml IRC logs for Tuesday, May 05, 2026 Wed, 06 May 2026 03:26:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Ubuntu_is_Run_by_N00bs_and_It_Shows.shtml GNU/Linux users are not a small niche anymore Tue, 05 May 2026 20:01:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Gemini_Links_05_05_2026_Bad_Health_Pomera_DM250_On_Linux_and_Ch.shtml Links for the day Tue, 05 May 2026 19:02:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Reading_Closely_What_Microsoft_Put_in_the_Report_Expect_Many_Mo.shtml The only thing that they grow rapidly is their debt Tue, 05 May 2026 17:56:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/IBM_is_Collapsing_the_People_Responsible_for_the_Collapse_Aren_.shtml IBM management has plenty of things to distract from right now Tue, 05 May 2026 17:33:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Media_Let_s_Repeat_the_Lie_About_Mass_Layoffs_Being_a_Win_for_a.shtml This says so much about the state of today's media Tue, 05 May 2026 17:01:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Links_05_05_2026_Live_Nation_Problems_Growing_Tensions_in_the_G.shtml Links for the day Tue, 05 May 2026 13:30:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Gartner_Pays_The_Register_MS_and_the_Effect_is_Visible_IBM_Prom.shtml Follow the money Tue, 05 May 2026 13:11:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/The_Register_MS_Published_Fake_Article_That_Mentioned_AI_Almost.shtml If you keep seeing the term "AI" quite a lot in the media, be sure to check who pays for it Tue, 05 May 2026 11:54:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Links_05_05_2026_Germany_Depression_and_Control_of_Online_Disco.shtml Links for the day Tue, 05 May 2026 08:36:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Links_05_05_2026_Republicans_Made_Children_More_Expensive_and_I.shtml Links for the day Tue, 05 May 2026 08:07:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Microsoft_Lunduke_Has_a_Serious_Problem_He_s_Fronting_for_Sites.shtml He's even contradicting himself a lot Tue, 05 May 2026 07:32:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/What_Age_Verification_Laws_Are_About.shtml We know based on experience (even predating the Web) that kids will find workarounds, so such restrictions are difficult to enforce Tue, 05 May 2026 05:47:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Unsustainable_Tech_Debt_Giants_Rely_on_US_Taxpayers_for_Bailout.shtml In the past 6 months Oracle and Amazon alone borrowed over 100 billion dollars Tue, 05 May 2026 04:58:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Future_Proofing_Techrights.shtml 2 days from now this site turns exactly 19.5 (years) Tue, 05 May 2026 04:30:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Microsoft_is_Waning_Like_IBM.shtml There will be lots of "ex Softies" or "former Microsofters" out there Tue, 05 May 2026 04:13:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Chatbots_Are_Not_Replacing_Web_Search_But_They_Contaminate_Resu.shtml People still value pages written and curated by humans; they use search engines to find these Tue, 05 May 2026 03:47:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_67_Out_of_200_Graveley_and_Garrett_Claims.shtml Can barristers charge 10,000-15,000 US dollars (about $1,000-1,500 per page!) to do such shoddy, sloppy work? Tue, 05 May 2026 02:57:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml GNU/Linux news for the past day Tue, 05 May 2026 02:25:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_May_04_2026.shtml IRC logs for Monday, May 04, 2026 Tue, 05 May 2026 02:23:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Links_05_05_2026_Energy_Crises_Data_Breaches_and_Journalists_Mu.shtml Links for the day Tue, 05 May 2026 02:20:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XIII_Health_and_Safety.shtml That they are trying to approach us (the President's own family) is a sign of weakness Tue, 05 May 2026 02:15:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Codecs_and_Software_Patents_Part_I_The_2026_Status_Quo.shtml It's frustrating to see how little (almost none) media coverage exists for these sorts of matters Tue, 05 May 2026 02:00:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Gemini_Links_05_05_2026_ASCII_Chessboard_Without_HTML_and_Ongoi.shtml Links for the day Tue, 05 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/Links_04_05_2026_Economics_of_Slop_Discredited_Democrat_and_Rep.shtml Links for the day Mon, 04 May 2026 17:22:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/IBM_s_FutureNow_is_the_Rebranding_of_the_Client_Innovation_Cent.shtml So says a new comment Mon, 04 May 2026 14:31:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/Libera_Chat_Openly_and_Publicly_Admits_It_Has_an_LLM_Slop_Probl.shtml If there's a policy that bans chatbots (not humans), there's even a moral imperative for it Mon, 04 May 2026 14:13:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/Microsoft_Yes_We_Are_Losing_Windows_Users_and_Yes_We_Have_Probl.shtml From what we can gather, "hey hi" is now the name of everything at Microsoft Mon, 04 May 2026 13:48:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/Ubuntu_com_While_Ubuntu_com_is_Under_DDoS_Attack_and_Intermitte.shtml Unbelievable, as this is their advice when Windows zombies hammer away at their Web site and general infrastructure Mon, 04 May 2026 13:29:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/Links_04_05_2026_DNC_Covering_Up_Its_2024_Autopsy_and_Rudy_Giul.shtml Links for the day Mon, 04 May 2026 07:50:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Linux_Kernel_Tainted_by_Software_Patents_That_Make_Linux_Worse_.shtml Why you need to reboot when a serious bug is found in Linux? "Licencing"... Mon, 04 May 2026 07:37:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/ChromeOS_and_GNU_Linux_Exceed_5_in_New_Zealand.shtml Can we expect New Zealand and Australia to divest from GAFAM? Mon, 04 May 2026 06:48:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/iLnks_04_05_2026_Energy_Shortages_Become_More_Visible_Germans_R.shtml Links for the day Mon, 04 May 2026 06:24:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/KDE_s_Cornelius_Schumacher_Explains_Why_You_Should_be_Slop_Free.shtml Output is not measured by quantity of words Mon, 04 May 2026 05:47:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/The_Real_News_is_Botnets_e_g_Windows_With_Back_Doors_Not_Iran.shtml Let's focus on the botnets [...] Microsoft's aim is the opposite of security Mon, 04 May 2026 03:33:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_66_Out_of_200_Alex_Graveley_Did_Illegal_T.shtml Alex Graveley "has suffered damage and distress" when the public found out he told women to kill themselves Mon, 04 May 2026 03:03:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XII_Outsourcing_Everyt.shtml Today's EPO isn't about technology or law Mon, 04 May 2026 02:33:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/Melissa_Chan_on_Why_Press_Freedom_Matters_to_Everyone_Not_Just_.shtml dispelling a myth Mon, 04 May 2026 02:17:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml GNU/Linux news for the past day Mon, 04 May 2026 02:04:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_May_03_2026.shtml IRC logs for Sunday, May 03, 2026 Mon, 04 May 2026 02:02:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/04/Gemini_Links_04_05_2026_Another_Old_Web_Pillar_Gone_and_Simple_.shtml Links for the day Mon, 04 May 2026 02:00:00 +0000