Techrights — Plans for the Site's 19th Year
WEB18 hours ago · Plans for the Site's 19th Year. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 02, 2024. A single month from now begins our 19 th year as a site and next summer will be the start of our 18 th year as an IRC community, which continues to expand.Back in 2014 we focused a lot of our efforts, resources etc. on covering EPO scandals.
Techrights — Welcome to the New Techrights
WEBWelcome to Techrights. 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 ...
Techrights — Anniversaries and New Beginnings
WEB18 hours ago · Anniversaries and New Beginnings. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 02, 2024. "I see more impunity, more secrecy, more retaliation for telling the truth and more self-censorship. It is hard not to draw a line from the US government crossing the Rubicon by internationally criminalizing journalism to the chilled climate for freedom of expression ...
Techrights — Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part II
WEB18 hours ago · Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part II. posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 02, 2024. By Dr. Andy Farnell. Back to Part I. Outline. This thesis on technology and responsibility proceeds, albeit incoherently, through several stages.
Julian Assange's First Publicly Delivered Talk Since 2019
WEB1 day ago · posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 01, 2024. WebM: Julian Assange's talk in France. Julian Assange's much-anticipated talk was promoted when it was live-streamed earlier today. It was his first public talk since prior to his 'kidnapping' at the Ecuadorian embassy in London more than 5 years ago. Having …
GNU/Linux and Android Rose to New Highs in September
WEB1 day ago · IRC logs for Sunday, September 29, 2024. Torvalds (the Son) Isn't a Freedom Fighter, But He Deals With Politics. Depending on how Torvalds (the son) defines "politics", he actually deals with politics all the time. [Meme] GNU at 41. Happy birthday, GNU. The GNU/Linux Operating System Started 41 Years Ago.
New Approach to Tackling Misinformation and Disinformation
WEB4 days ago · The Web has become a cesspool of shameless propaganda and disinformation when it comes to patent “news” (noise, marketing, highly misleading self-promotion) and EPO affairs; we’re therefore trying not to link to the falsehoods and video rebuttals generally takes too much disk space/time, so we’re adopting the approach shown above; For accessibility’s sake (and Gemini/GemText) we ...
Techrights — Today in Techrights
WEBDec 11, 2023 · Today in Techrights. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2023. Updated This Past Day. A Code of Conduct Can Lead to Deterioration of Quality Control in Linux (Nobody Reprimanded for Technical Issues, Instead Critics at Times of …
Techrights
WEBSep 18, 2024 · About Techrights. The site was founded in 2006 and it focuses on Free/libre (sometimes known as Open Source) software, especially GNU/Linux. Why it counts: This site offers an independent and direct analysis of world affairs, especially in the digital realm, not seeking to appease any commercial interests in doing so.. 2023 Rebirth: The site tackled 17 years of technical debt by going static.
When Microsoft Blocks Your Access to Free Software
WEBNov 28, 2023 · When Microsoft Blocks Your Access to Free Software. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 28, 2023 "Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches."
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