#Techrights is reporting another round of #Microsoft layoffs coming within a few weeks.
Microsoft is calling it the "second round", but it will actually be the eighth round. Supposedly will be bigger than the 20,000 fired in the previous "round". Techrights also provides details on Microsoft's debt, which is much larger than reported. It's also interesting to see how fast Microsoft has been losing desktop OS share lately.

'The OSI (Open Source Initiative) has gone "full" Microsoft'
https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/27/What_Happened_to_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Elections_The_P.shtml

#Techrights

Gnome Foundation and weaponized codes of conduct.
https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2025/04/23/the-elephant-in-the-room/
Found this on #Techrights, but I'm not comfortable with their editorializing around the Gnome project, so I just posted this link.

I do agree that none of this should be done completely in secret. I prefer a fully open discussion of members rather than a behind the scenes board discussion.

Serial Sloppers Are Killing the Web (They Probably Don't Care, Either)
https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Serial_Sloppers_Are_Killing_the_Web_They_Probably_Don_t_Care_Ei.shtml
#Techrights

Fedora Already Lost Its Soul Under IBM
https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Fedora_Already_Lost_Its_Soul_Under_IBM.shtml
#Techrights

All Your "Github Projects" Will be Gone One Day (Just Like Skype)
https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/All_Your_Github_Projects_Will_be_Gone_One_Day_Just_Like_Skype.shtml
#Techrights

Trump Authority (CA) With a Trump NSA is All About Security, But Whose?
https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/Trump_Authority_CA_With_a_Trump_NSA_is_All_About_Security_But_W.shtml
#Techrights

LLMs are being used to write anti-Linux articles. Is #Microsoft behind this?
#TechRights
https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/Slopwatch_Anti_Linux_Articles_Not_Even_Written_by_Humans.shtml

Crossing a border? Your phone is now a surveillance device—just not yours.

Customs agents don’t need probable cause to search your data.
WIRED’s guide shows how to protect your digital privacy.
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/guide-getting-past-customs-digital-privacy-intact/

#DigitalPrivacy #SurveillanceState #BorderSearches #TechRights #DemocracyUnderThreat

#TechRights is reporting that Xbox is likely going away ala. Skype. I've refused to allow #Microsoft in my house, so I won't miss it.

Seen on #TechRights, 'If you don't have an account on gab, then you probably should not have one in "X" either'

Today the company I work for announced it was blocking Deep Seek and people should use ChatGPT.

Today I also saw this: https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Microsoft_Bing_Lies.shtml

#TechRights

Microsoft bankruptcy coming soon?
https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Microsoft_Staff_Explains_How_Microsoft_Swindled_Employees_and_A.shtml

#TechRights

Not paying severance is going to get them sued.

$235 billion in debt and only $17 billion in cash assets. Those not getting fired should be running away, but Amazon and Google are shedding employees as well.

Is Trump going to bail out GAFAM?

#Capitalism

Microsoft-Funded IDG Seems to be 'Googlebombing' the Term Free Software to Promote Proprietary Spyware Too
https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/27/Microsoft_Funded_IDG_Seems_to_be_Googlebombing_the_Term_Free_So.shtml
#TechRights

#Microsoft is attacking the Free Software Foundation mainly by trying to smear Stallman.
https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/22/Microsofters_Try_to_Defund_the_Free_Software_Foundation_by_Atta.shtml
#TechRights
While the article lists the Free Software Foundation Europe (#FSFE) as a Microsoft front group, people should be aware of other groups are also fronts for #BigTech, like the #LinuxFoundation and the #OpenSourceInitiative (#OSI).

More Microsoft paid astroturfing on Reddit to push the #Microsoft spyware #VSCode.
https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/18/Business_Software_Alliance_BSA_Microsoft_and_AstroTurfing_Onlin.shtml
#TechRights
#MicrosoftSucks

#TechRights has new articles showing #Microsoft has been losing a lot of money on Azure and lying about it to shareholders.
https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/17/Microsoft_is_hiding_losses_again_Azure_Collapsing.shtml

If you're still hosting on #MicrosoftGitHub, you'd better keep a backup of your repository. #TechRights outlines how the platform has never made money and looks likely to be abandoned by Microsoft.
https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/14/Microsoft_s_GitHub_is_Losing_Traffic_Based_on_an_Extensive_Web_.shtml

GitHub was always proprietarily hosted, so it's likely to be completely shutdown if Microsoft abandons it.

"Windows Kills More Than Most Wars (But the Media Casually Ignores the Death Toll of Microsoft)"
https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/03/Windows_Kills_More_Than_Most_Wars_But_the_Media_Casually_Ignore.shtml
#TechRights

I'm all for for getting more policy through Parliament to protect human rights/ liberties in the ways technology is deployed. Strategies for this can be divided into two broad categories;

1) working with existing parties on tech policy

2) growing a tech freedom party

Having been involved in trying both strategies, multiple times, I've had much more success with the first one, for far less effort.

(2/2)

#TechActivism #TechRights #TechLiberties #DigitalRights #DigitalLiberties #CivilLiberties