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Welcome to the current iteration of Techrights, online since 2006 with a major infrastructural upgrade in late 2022. Here you will find our latest posts. In addition to HTTP/HTTPS here, Techrights is also available via Gemini and IPFS editions, though the IPFS service is on hiatus for the foreseeable future. Just recently, Techrights has upgraded from a heavy content management system to a much lighter and lower maintenance static site generator which produces both HTML for the WWW and GemText for the Gemini space. The site is mostly prose, but there are also quite a few topical videos in the Techrights archive. A complete, chronological index of current and past articles is also available, from the latest to the oldest.

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Recent Techrights' Posts

Cheaters and Spammers Like These Do Real Damage to Real Sites (Like AnandTech)
So-called 'Linux' sites
The Only Article in Linux.com This Month Was Not an Article But a Link (and It's SPAM)
just a link to another site
We Turn Out to Have Been Right About Rust
Rust won't vanish completely; the hype will, just like with Haskell
The Creator of GNU/Linux is in His 70s and His Manifesto Turns 40 in Half a Year
if we care about science, history, truth, honesty etc. we must go back to GNU, GPL, GCC etc.
 
Links 31/08/2024: Kremlin Targets Galina Timchenko, AnandTech Saying Goodbye
Links for the day
Links 31/08/2024: IndieWeb Rebounding, Arlington National Cemetery Incident Reveals Fascism is on the Ballots
Links for the day
Gemini Links 31/08/2024: Receipts and Tab Cleaning
Links for the day
Red Hat is Reselling Microsoft Azure (Proprietary, Surveillance, Complete With Back Doors)
promoting Microsoft's control over your computing
[Meme] The Devil's Kitchen
"In des Teufels Kuche sein"
It's FOSS or It's Microsoft?
How to distract...
Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part VIII - Medical Surveillance Growing in the Amazon
A recent presentation by a reader of ours
[Meme] Microsoft Wants You to Forget...
The gaslighting abusive spouse
Links 31/08/2024: Climate, Censorship, and Conflict (CCC)
Links for the day
Gemini Links 31/08/2024: Personal Posts and Social Control Media Cross-posting
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, August 30, 2024
IRC logs for Friday, August 30, 2024
GNU/Linux Has Reached 4% in Ghana (All-Time High)
Chromebooks seem to be doing well there
[Meme] Microsoft the Security Expert of the World
Microsoft, the top security authority of the world...
The Proportion of Mobile Devices Online (as Per Web Requests) Rises to All-time High and It's a Big Problem for Microsoft
Microsoft's Windows revenues are falling and it seems like those revenues will never recover
Links 30/08/2024: Serious Abuses Against Uyghurs and Dyson Abandons Frivolous Libel Claim Amid Mass Layoffs
Links for the day
So Far This Year Microsoft Had Mass Layoffs Every Month
Yes, even this month
Gemini Links 30/08/2024: Moral Panic Against Privacy, Liminal Times, and Gopher
Links for the day
Links 30/08/2024: Antidepressants Spoil the Water, War on Encryption Carries On
Links for the day
Microsoft Windows Plunged to Levels So Low in Montenegro That Even iOS Users Apparently Outnumber Windows Users Now. We Must Still Tackle Microsoft's Crimes in Europe, Holding the Corrupt and Their Collaborators Fully Accountable.
Or European Federation will become no better than the Russian Federation (it'll repeat unless crimes are prosecuted rather than rewarded)
Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt Plunges to 1.5% of Capsules in Geminispace (90% Rightly Sign Their Own Certificates)
fake "security" ploy isn't charming the adopters of Gemini (the protocol)
Gemini Links 30/08/2024: EDM Nonsense and Growthist Priorities
Links for the day
Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part VII - Pharmacies in the Age of "Online" and "App" and "Gimme Dat!"
Today we talk about pharmacies
Microsoft is Still Hurting Badly From CrowdStrike-gate (Now It Plays Dirty to Bypass Technical People)
Well, clownstrike (CrowdStrike) isn't the sole culprit
California State Assembly Has Approved S.B. 1047, Which Can be Used Against Proprietary Software
Plus, sage old advice from Capt. Grace Hopper
Moving in Positive Directions
Some news updates and causes for restrained celebration
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, August 29, 2024
IRC logs for Thursday, August 29, 2024
Links 29/08/2024: Books Banned in China, Topics Banned Online
Links for the day
Gemini Links 29/08/2024: OpenBSD as a 'Desktop' and Entering Umlauts With a US Keyboard Layout
Links for the day
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) Versus Microsoft: Exposing Union-Hostile Practices, Contrary to Misleading Media Narrative Peddled for Months Amid Mass Layoffs and FTC Antitrust Scrutiny
Months ago the Microsoft-friendly media painted Microsoft as championing the right to unionise
A Vision for Sustainable Community Consciousness
Reprinted with permission from Thomas Grzybowski
Links 29/08/2024: Chinese Cyberattacks and TikTok Lawsuits
Links for the day
Gemini Links 29/08/2024: Nostalgia, Gemlog's Split, and Changelog
Links for the day
Links 29/08/2024: TV Surveillance and GAFAM Layoffs
Links for the day
Tough Times for Microsoft in Croatia
Windows is in a freefall there
[Meme] Because Newer is Not Always Better
Unless you're a data broker
Planning Ahead
The roadmap or publication schedule spans years, not days
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 28, 2024
IRC logs for Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part VI - TVs That Transmit Personal Data Everywhere, Sometimes by 'Accident'
"the world of television surveillance."
Rumour: More Layoffs on the Way at IBM (Maybe Next Week)
came through minutes ago
Gemini Links 29/08/2024: New Software/Games for PalmOS in 2024, Therioxenia, Linkrot
Links for the day