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Republished Today: Why the US Declared War on Wikileaks

=> ↺ Republished Today: Why the US Declared War on Wikileaks

The world’s most powerful government vs. the internet’s most influential whistleblower site. Is America’s war on Wikileaks an attack on journalism and free speech?

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[Video] Microsoft's Plan is Doomed: Expensive LLM 'Games', Clown Computing Losses, and Mass Layoffs Several Times Per Month

=> ↺ [Video] Microsoft's Plan is Doomed: Expensive LLM 'Games', Clown Computing Losses, and Mass Layoffs Several Times Per Month

Microsoft is trying to sweep the bad news under some rug or wardrobe

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ZDNet Kills the Linux RSS Feed (Syndication Redirected to Loads of Marketing Spam and Fake Articles)

=> ↺ ZDNet Kills the Linux RSS Feed (Syndication Redirected to Loads of Marketing Spam and Fake Articles)

Jack Wallen and SJVN have been screwed

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Links 09/07/2024: Update on DMCA Case Regarding GitHub Copilot, "There Will be More Like Julian Assange"

=> ↺ Links 09/07/2024: Update on DMCA Case Regarding GitHub Copilot, "There Will be More Like Julian Assange"

Links for the day

New

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[Video] Apple Still Unleashes Software Patent Menaces That Can Discourage Adoption of GNU/Linux

=> ↺ [Video] Apple Still Unleashes Software Patent Menaces That Can Discourage Adoption of GNU/Linux

Apple's role in spreading patented formats deserves more frequent scrutiny

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Links 09/07/2024: Against Slack, Adventures in Webmastery

=> ↺ Links 09/07/2024: Against Slack, Adventures in Webmastery

Links for the day

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[Meme] From Innocence to GNUisance in 41 Years

=> ↺ [Meme] From Innocence to GNUisance in 41 Years

Always keep an eye on the goal

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Faroe Islands: GNU/Linux Climbs to All-time High of 4%

=> ↺ Faroe Islands: GNU/Linux Climbs to All-time High of 4%

It used to be at around 0%

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"Empowering Diversity" at IBM/Red Hat Was Failed PR Stunt

=> ↺ "Empowering Diversity" at IBM/Red Hat Was Failed PR Stunt

They know it was a failure

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Videos Still Important to Us

=> ↺ Videos Still Important to Us

Will we be back to an average of a video per day? Knock on wood!

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[Video] What the Freedom of Julian Assange Means to the Rest of Us Who Obtain Incriminating Information From Insiders (Sometimes Without Authorisation)

=> ↺ [Video] What the Freedom of Julian Assange Means to the Rest of Us Who Obtain Incriminating Information From Insiders (Sometimes Without Authorisation)

It's difficult to say anything negative about what happened

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Microsoft's LLM Bubble Has Already Burst

=> ↺ Microsoft's LLM Bubble Has Already Burst

Microsoft's gambit or crazy gamble on "Hey Hi" (AI) hype is running out of steam

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Links 09/07/2024: Software Patents Challenged Again, Russia and North Korea Escalate

=> ↺ Links 09/07/2024: Software Patents Challenged Again, Russia and North Korea Escalate

Links for the day

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Gemini Links 09/07/2024: Asian Hornet, Boundaries, and Gopher

=> ↺ Gemini Links 09/07/2024: Asian Hornet, Boundaries, and Gopher

Links for the day

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Canonical is a Microsoft/Wintel Company

=> ↺ Canonical is a Microsoft/Wintel Company

Can Canonical ever recover from this relationship?

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Microsoft Media Operative, Citing Leaked Document From Google: "Google’s Numbers Also Show Azure Had a Roughly $3 Billion Operating Loss"

=> ↺ Microsoft Media Operative, Citing Leaked Document From Google: "Google’s Numbers Also Show Azure Had a Roughly $3 Billion Operating Loss"

Fiscal 2023 ended days ago

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Why There Are Mass Layoffs in Azure, Thousands Have Been Fired Several Times So Far This Year (and Every Year Since 2020)

=> ↺ Why There Are Mass Layoffs in Azure, Thousands Have Been Fired Several Times So Far This Year (and Every Year Since 2020)

This is why they hop onto "HEY HI" (AI) hype

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"No Institution or Project is Too Small to Evade Their Interference and Scrutiny"

=> ↺ "No Institution or Project is Too Small to Evade Their Interference and Scrutiny"

"See what has become of the OSI and Ubuntu / Canonical etc."

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Template for Ambitious 'Security' 'Journalists'

=> ↺ Template for Ambitious 'Security' 'Journalists'

explain why the user downloading and installing a malicious program is the fault of Linux

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A Leap for GNU/Linux in Barbados

=> ↺ A Leap for GNU/Linux in Barbados

2019 - July 2024

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Over at Tux Machines...

=> ↺ Over at Tux Machines...

GNU/Linux news for the past day

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IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 08, 2024

=> ↺ IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 08, 2024

IRC logs for Monday, July 08, 2024

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Thinking of the Next Phase of Wikileaks (and Beyond Wikileaks)

=> ↺ Thinking of the Next Phase of Wikileaks (and Beyond Wikileaks)

Wikileaks must become about Wikileaks again, i.e. new leaks, not about the Assange case

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The Paper Tiger

=> ↺ The Paper Tiger

Paper tigers don't last long

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GNU/Linux Surge in Qatar

=> ↺ GNU/Linux Surge in Qatar

It's well over 4% is one counts Chromebooks too

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Even Notepad Has Become a Microsoft Keylogger (Spying on Keystrokes)

=> ↺ Even Notepad Has Become a Microsoft Keylogger (Spying on Keystrokes)

To you those are "suggestions"

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Windows Falls to an All-time Low Again (26%)

=> ↺ Windows Falls to an All-time Low Again (26%)

It'll soon fall to just a quarter of Web requests worldwideThe corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text. Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):Span from 2024-07-03 to 2024-07-092564 /n/2024/07/03/News_Calm_Now_July_4th_Time_for_Microsoft_to_Unearth_First_Batc.shtml 1724 /n/2024/07/08/What_s_Growing_in_the_United_States_This_Year_is_GNU_Linux_Not_.shtml 1584 /n/2024/07/06/Larissa_Brown_Shapiro_Mozilla_concerned_other_organizations_tak.shtml 1526 /n/2024/07/04/Whistleblowers_from_Open_Labs_Hackerspace_Albania_in_GNOME_Wiki.shtml 1323 /n/2024/07/08/Debian_Needs_a_Significant_Change_of_Direction_and_Recognition_.shtml 1313 /n/2024/07/02/GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_Rising_in_Zambia_Android_Rises_Above_72_.shtml 1063 /n/2024/07/03/Things_to_be_Pleased_About.shtml 1040 /n/2024/07/03/It_s_Time_to_Say_Goodbye_to_Microsoft_and_Bill_Gates.shtml

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