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Microsoft Fell 1% (From 4.68% to 3.79%) in the UK Since the LLM Hype, Now There Are Mass Layoffs Again (During National Holiday!)

[Meme] EPO Needs More Patent Profits For...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 05, 2024

Granting loads and loads of fake, invalid, and illegal patents, then using the money for...

Portugal: we'll have to spend more money on PR

Also hire several law firms in the UK to hunt down some blogger who 'dares' write about the "f**king president" doing illegal stuff.

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