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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 09, 2024

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Microsoft Layoffs and Closures Now Reported in Africa

↺ Microsoft Layoffs and Closures Now Reported in Africa

Microsoft Uninstalls Nigeria as it closes African Development Centre (ADC) in Lagos

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Links 08/05/2024: Android Malware and "AI" Hype

↺ Links 08/05/2024: Android Malware and "AI" Hype

Links for the day

[Meme] Technical Committee With People Who Are Not Technical

↺ [Meme] Technical Committee With People Who Are Not Technical

the computing/computer industry being occupied by people who lack suitable background

The Demise of Computer Science Education

↺ The Demise of Computer Science Education

Education is essential for the future; without it, whole nations will perish

[Video] Prisons for the Minds and for Tech Workers

↺ [Video] Prisons for the Minds and for Tech Workers

Today's video talks about what happens to workforces (across disciplines) in recent years

[Meme] Struggling to Leave Its Nazi Past Behind

↺ [Meme] Struggling to Leave Its Nazi Past Behind

digital arson

Microsoft Declines to Talk About How Many People It Has Just Laid Off

↺ Microsoft Declines to Talk About How Many People It Has Just Laid Off

Hours ago in IGN: "Microsoft did not say how many staff will lose their jobs, but significant layoffs are inevitable. IGN has asked Bethesda for comment. Microsoft declined to expand further when contacted by IGN."

Microsoft Windows in South America: From 99% to 87%

↺ Microsoft Windows in South America: From 99% to 87%

the latest from statCounter

It's Rather Obvious Why They Try to Silence Richard Stallman, Eben Moglen, and Daniel Pocock

↺ It's Rather Obvious Why They Try to Silence Richard Stallman, Eben Moglen, and Daniel Pocock

Some of them already sent physically menacing messages to Daniel Pocock

IRC Network of Techrights Turns 3 (or 16 if We Count the Freenode Days)

↺ IRC Network of Techrights Turns 3 (or 16 if We Count the Freenode Days)

In a few months IRC turns 36

Sedating Oneself (and Shareholders) With Fuzzy Buzzwords and Pointless Acquisitions

↺ Sedating Oneself (and Shareholders) With Fuzzy Buzzwords and Pointless Acquisitions

IBM trying to buy time

Clickfraud Spamnil Ran Out of Clickfraud Budget, Apparently

↺ Clickfraud Spamnil Ran Out of Clickfraud Budget, Apparently

sooner or later charlatans and frauds run out of steam

Techrights Gets Under the Skin of Bad, Corrupt, Immoral People (That's a Good Thing)

↺ Techrights Gets Under the Skin of Bad, Corrupt, Immoral People (That's a Good Thing)

Journalism is the lifeblood of democracy and free societies

Companies Do Not Shut Down Offices and Lay Off Staff en Masse (Morale and Reputation Issue) Unless They're in Deep Financial Trouble

↺ Companies Do Not Shut Down Offices and Lay Off Staff en Masse (Morale and Reputation Issue) Unless They're in Deep Financial Trouble

Microsoft has been faking its financial performance for years

IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 07, 2024

↺ IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 07, 2024

IRC logs for Tuesday, May 07, 2024

Over at Tux Machines...

↺ Over at Tux Machines...

GNU/Linux news for the past day

[Video] Leaving Microsoft Behind for the Sake of National Security

↺ [Video] Leaving Microsoft Behind for the Sake of National Security

Threats to "National Security" aren't some users with an Android phone but Microsoft at the root of things

GNU/Linux and ChromeOS Now at 6% in France, According to statCounter

↺ GNU/Linux and ChromeOS Now at 6% in France, According to statCounter

numbers from statCounterThe corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text. Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):Span from 2024-05-02 to 2024-05-081463 /n/2024/05/05/Debian_as_a_Hazardous_Workplace_Where_No_Accountability_Exists_.shtml 1172 /n/2024/05/06/Tesla_Has_Become_a_Ponzi_Scheme_or_a_Meme_Stock.shtml 1167 /n/2024/05/05/Running_This_Site_Mostly_a_Joyful_Activity.shtml 1051 /n/2024/05/04/Alexander_Wirt_Bucha_executions_Debian_political_prisoners.shtml 1035 /n/2024/05/03/In_May_2024_So_Far_statCounter_s_Measure_of_Linux_Market_Share_.shtml 953 /n/2024/05/03/Dashamir_Hoxha_Debian_harassment.shtml 943 /n/2024/05/05/Apple_Delivered_Very_Disappointing_Results_Said_It_Would_Buy_It.shtml 900 /n/2024/05/04/Free_Software_Community_Volunteers_Aren_t_Circus_Animals_of_GAF.shtml 899 /n/2024/05/05/Neil_McGovern_Debian_GNOME_and_Mollygate.shtml 886 /n/2024/05/07/Only_Weeks_After_Microsoft_Closed_Offices_and_Studios_It_is_Clo.shtml 886 /n/2024/04/30/Federal_News_Network_is_Corrupt_It_Runs_Propaganda_Pieces_for_M.shtml 860 /n/2024/05/06/Erinn_Clark_Debian_Justice_or_another_Open_Source_vendetta.shtml 853 /n/2024/05/04/Jaminy_Prabaharan_Debian_the_GSoC_admin_who_failed_GSoC.shtml 832 /n/2024/05/02/Embrace_Extend_Replace_the_Original_Or_Just_Hijack_the_Word_Sud.shtml 805 /n/2024/05/06/Linux_com_Became_Mostly_Dead_de_Facto_Marketing_Site_of_Linux_F.shtml 795 /n/2024/05/03/Maria_Glukhova_Dmitry_Bogatov_Debian_Russia_Google_debian_priva.shtml 794 /n/2024/05/04/IBM_s_Decision_to_Acquire_HashiCorp_is_Bad_News_for_Red_Hat.shtml 765 /n/2024/05/03/Evidence_Ireland_European_Parliament_2024_election_interference.shtml

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