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<title>Techrights</title>
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<description>bonum certa men certa</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 05:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>What I Learned in London (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/What_I_Learned_in_London.shtml</link>
<description>some ministers still help us in our fight for press freedom in the UK</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>At IBM, Workers 'Expire' Early ("Next Step" is 'Voluntary' Layoffs Decades Before Retirement Age) (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/At_IBM_Workers_Expire_Early_Next_Step_is_Voluntary_Layoffs_Deca.shtml</link>
<description>It seems like the "new normal" is layoffs not existing or barely existing because companies hide them</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on Gym Equipment Can Endanger Several Parties (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Bluetooth_and_Wi_Fi_on_Gym_Equipment_Can_Endanger_Several_Parti.shtml</link>
<description>Joy oh joy! Give us more "smart" things</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft Silent Layoffs This Month (PIPs and More "Buyouts", Driving Out the Workforce), According to Insiders (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Microsoft_Silent_Layoffs_This_Month_PIPs_and_More_Buyouts_Drivi.shtml</link>
<description>They know it's happening because they see it and fellow workers talk about it, even if the media keeps mum</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Omarchy is Already Dying (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Omarchy_is_Already_Dying.shtml</link>
<description>Same as the life cycle of slopfarms</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>A Vortex of Beacons (or "Bluetooth Everywhere" Vision) (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/A_Vortex_of_Beacons_or_Bluetooth_Everywhere_Vision.shtml</link>
<description>If someone (or someones) calls you paranoid for taking about "beacon"-like functionality, there will be no lack of authoritative citations (e.g. Web links) they can be provided to prove them wrong</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>GNU/Linux is a Platform for Work (Usage Surges in Daytime)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/16/GNU_Linux_is_a_Platform_for_Work_Usage_Surges_in_Daytime.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux 15% in daytime</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 05:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>We Need Rain, Not Chatbots</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/16/We_Need_Rain_Not_Chatbots.shtml</link>
<description>There's no "anti-AI" (it's not even AI), there's opposition to fraud, to plagiarism, and to companies that profit more when there's global warning (caused in part by their business activities)</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>SLAPP Censorship - Part 151 Out of 200: Dealing With Sleazy People and Companies That Steal (While Employing These Sleazy People)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/16/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_151_Out_of_200_Dealing_With_Sleazy_People.shtml</link>
<description>we offer a quick summary and we're reflecting</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/16/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 15, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/16/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_August_15_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Saturday, August 15, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 16/08/2026: Sterrenkijker Releases, Solar Gemini Server</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/16/Gemini_Links_16_08_2026_Sterrenkijker_Releases_Solar_Gemini_Ser.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part XVI - The German State Does Not Enforce the Law Against European Patent Office Officials</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/EPO_Cocaine_Communication_Manager_Part_XVI_The_German_State_Doe.shtml</link>
<description>It's not acceptable that Europe's second-largest institution can get away with crime time and time again</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Germany's National Broadcaster (DW English) to Air Julian Assange Film This Coming Week</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Germany_s_National_Broadcaster_DW_English_to_Air_Julian_Assange.shtml</link>
<description>It seems rather sad that we live in a world where rich thugs can get away with so many horrible things</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>WordPress is Bloatware and Bloated Software Guarantees Security Incidents</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/WordPress_is_Bloatware_and_Bloated_Software_Guarantees_Security.shtml</link>
<description>This site turns 20 in about 11 or 12 weeks from now and it was never cracked, not even when it ran WordPress</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Too Many Chiefs (or Chefs) at IBM, They Don't Know How to Run a Company (With a 100+ Year or Century-Old Brand Recognition Advantage)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Too_Many_Chiefs_or_Chefs_at_IBM_They_Don_t_Know_How_to_Run_a_Co.shtml</link>
<description>It seems like a consensus opinion; some line managers or middle managers are too selfish or self-deceiving</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Clacton's Election Was a 'Show Election'</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Clacton_s_Election_Was_a_Show_Election.shtml</link>
<description>At least some people squeezed out some "free press" out of this charade [...] That the media kept boosting parodies as the alternative/s to the bigot is a topic we wrote about a great deal over the past 3 weeks</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Windows is Burning</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Windows_is_Burning.shtml</link>
<description>Windows is the "burning platform" of the year</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 15/08/2026: Stress, Jetlag, and GPU Hype (Waste of Energy for Amusement, Fake 'Currencies', and Now for Mass Plagiarism)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Gemini_Links_15_08_2026_Stress_Jetlag_and_GPU_Hype_Waste_of_Ene.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 15/08/2026: XBox Rotting Further, "France’s Top Court Strikes Down Ban on Social Media for Children"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Links_15_08_2026_XBox_Rotting_Further_France_s_Top_Court_Strike.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>SLAPP Censorship - Part 150 Out of 200: Always Independently Verify What People Claim to Be (or Find Yourself in a Jason Arday-Type Moment/Dilemma)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_150_Out_of_200_Always_Independently_Verif.shtml</link>
<description>I'm not a cardiologist and Garrett was never a security expert</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 15/08/2026: "There Is No A.I." (Slop Plagiarism Isn't Intelligence) and Its "Impact on the Environment Is Absolutely Horrifying"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Links_15_08_2026_There_Is_No_A_I_Slop_Plagiarism_Isn_t_Intellig.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 15/08/2026: Gratitudes, "Microflier" Drones, and Literate Programming</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Gemini_Links_15_08_2026_Gratitudes_Microflier_Drones_and_Litera.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IBM's PIPs and RAs (Layoffs) Going on, Interns as 'Scabs'</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/IBM_s_PIPs_and_RAs_Layoffs_Going_on_Interns_as_Scabs.shtml</link>
<description>It seems like a consensus (also in Reddit, we took a quick look)</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Friday, August 14, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_August_14_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Friday, August 14, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 14/08/2026: Slower Internet, Logging Off Made Easy, and Human Code</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/Gemini_Links_14_08_2026_Slower_Internet_Logging_Off_Made_Easy_a.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 14/08/2026: "Mystery of Dark Oxygen", People Despise Slop, and Backlash Grows Against Fake Currencies (Energy-Wasting Scam Like Slop)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/Links_14_08_2026_Mystery_of_Dark_Oxygen_People_Despise_Slop_and.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Free Publicity</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/Free_Publicity.shtml</link>
<description>They say there's no such thing as "bad press" or that every publicity is good publicity, sometimes free publicity</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Farage's fears, media hijacked by-election, what really happened in Clacton</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/Farage_s_fears_media_hijacked_by_election_what_really_happened_.shtml</link>
<description>Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>It's Friday. A Ton of People Departing From IBM and Red Hat.</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/It_s_Friday_A_Ton_of_People_Departing_From_IBM_and_Red_Hat.shtml</link>
<description>A mere subset of people who announce this in public at Microsoft's LinkedIn</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>GNU/Linux and ChromeOS Beyond 11%</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_Beyond_11.shtml</link>
<description>Combined with ChromeOS, it's already past and beyond 11%</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Chatbots/LLMs Are the Next "Clown Computing", Pure Hype, a Serious Mistake</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/Chatbots_LLMs_Are_the_Next_Clown_Computing_Pure_Hype_a_Serious_.shtml</link>
<description>Programs that scan text and emit something similar (but full of errors)</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 14/08/2026: Slop 'Music' Causing Problems, Slop Data Centre Contractor Unpaid (Massive Debt), and The Cyber Show Says We're "Colonised By Wankers"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/Links_14_08_2026_Slop_Music_Causing_Problems_Slop_Data_Centre_C.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Fake Growth of Social Control Media is Misleading</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/Fake_Growth_of_Social_Control_Media_is_Misleading.shtml</link>
<description>nowadays people look for alternatives - ones not controlled by MElon, CPC, and Kapo-Berg</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>statCounter: Windows Down to All-Time Low of 25%, Android Leads the Pack, GNU/Linux About to Leapfrog Apple, Overtaking MacOS</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/statCounter_Windows_Down_to_All_Time_Low_of_25_Android_Leads_th.shtml</link>
<description>The situation was very different in past years</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft's Mass Layoffs (Including 'Voluntary' Secret Layoffs) Take Their Toll on Seattle</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/Microsoft_s_Mass_Layoffs_Including_Voluntary_Secret_Layoffs_Tak.shtml</link>
<description>How much longer can they hide their crises?</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Planet Fedora ("Fedora People") is Just IBM Staff, Former IBM Staff, and LLM Slop</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/Planet_Fedora_Fedora_People_is_Just_IBM_Staff_Former_IBM_Staff_.shtml</link>
<description>this is what Fedora boils down to now</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Explanation of What Will Happen to Red Hat (and Other Acquired Companies) After August</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/Explanation_of_What_Will_Happen_to_Red_Hat_and_Other_Acquired_C.shtml</link>
<description>In short, a lot will be scuttled; history shows it happens over and over again</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>SLAPP Censorship - Part 149 Out of 200: It Took a Long Time to Show What Jason Arday (at Cambridge) and Harvey Weinstein (in Hollywood) Really Were</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_149_Out_of_200_It_Took_a_Long_Time_to_Sho.shtml</link>
<description>Really bad when society endures abuse because the abusers silence their exposers</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 14/08/2026: 32-bit RISC-V and BlackBerry</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/Gemini_Links_14_08_2026_32_bit_RISC_V_and_BlackBerry.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 03:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Thursday, August 13, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_August_13_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Thursday, August 13, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 03:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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