BetaNews is a good cautionary tale. Turn to LLM slop (with slop images) and you'll have nothing left. As we said moments ago: "We've already seen many slopfarms that died (as a failed experiment) ...

If Microsoft sabotages systems of judges at the Hague (in order to appease the insane man who wanted to invade Greenland), why won't its neighbour Iceland take note? This is the kind of contribution ...

Software Freedom relies on "activism" because it confronts companies that don't play by the rules. They lie, they cheat, they ban people, and eventually it's all about power. If you're going to ...

IBM has become such a "dumpster fire" that workers there suffer psychologically and several said lately ( in public) that they want to get the boot. But what IBM would do then is put them under a "PIP ...

On 4 June 2025 members of the Local Staff Committee Munich met online with the Boards of Appeal, as represented by the President of the EPO Boards of Appeal (BoA) Carl Josefsson; Director ...

In measurable terms such as userbase, not mere "opinion" or "popularity" (a subjective yardstick), GNU/Linux has risen and is ...

It's officially summertime in many places in the northern hemisphere and in some places ( not here) the kids will finish school. Then their parents may go on holiday. We too plan to go on holiday this ...

Microsoft lost dominance not only in Denmark but also in the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Leaving Microsoft behind is the ...

"A guard dog or watchdog is a dog used to watch for and guard people or property against unwanted human or animal intruders," ...

Yesterday we saw 2 'articles' in Linuxsecurity, a site where they use SPAM for SEO purposes and where they leverage LLMs.

There's way too much hype and it cons or fools nontechnical people (read: "managers") to whom every programmer is a fool and so-called "vibe coding" will "save time" rather than interject - without ...

Lawyering up is a tactic which works against particular types of people and organisations. Every pound spent on a lawyer can ...