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 the other year, Techrights upgraded from a heavy content ...
Techrights — Keeping Control Out of Dictators' Hands
WEB19 hours ago · Dictators in science and technology need to be identified and denied access to powerful roles. Otherwise, things that people use - or get forced to use - gravitate towards sociopathic tendencies. The world isn't made easier to navigate owing to technology (it's a lie); it gets different, not easier.
Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part IV - Techrights
WEBAug 26, 2024 · YESTERDAY we published Part III - Terms-of-service Labeling, Design, and Readability Act. There will be a lot more about that later (real-world examples). Because first we move on to "Consumer Review Fairness Act", which was recently explained in a presentation (very recently!), as follows ...
Techrights — Focus on the Concepts, Not the Brands
WEBOct 31, 2023 · Society needs to move towards transparency, sharing, collaboration and cooperation, not monopolisation, consolidation of power, and price-fixing cartels (mostly "validated" by patents). Remember not to focus too much on the brands. If we keep focusing on brands, then people will just "hop" from one …
Techrights — Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part II
WEB4 days ago · Outline. This thesis on technology and responsibility proceeds, albeit incoherently, through several stages. First from the very idea of "rights" and the fundamental duty of the State to protect citizens from arbitrary private power. Next to situate this in terms of "civic cybersecurity" and the growing realisation of security organisations ...
Techrights — Plans for the Site's 19th Year
WEB4 days 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.
Asking Ourselves What Topics to Strategically Focus on
WEBSep 6, 2024 · Media Needs to Stop Asking If "AI" is Just Hype (It Is, It's Not a Question) Considering Microsoft's Totally Fake Finances It Too is at Risk of Being Delisted From the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Other Indexes (NASDAQ, S and P) in the Near Future
Techrights in the Coming Decade: The Patent Angle
WEBJun 24, 2024 · Techrights in the Coming Decade: The Patent Angle. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 24, 2024. AS noted 'in passing' some moments ago, I had decided to outline priorities and, having discussed the matter over Mumble, it seems there's some consensus on the strategy - what needs to change, what can be improved, which aspects need further emphasis etc.. The outline for this mini-series includes ...
Techrights — Techrights Analysis: The Latest Microsoft Layoffs Are ...
WEBJan 26, 2024 · Techrights Analysis: The Latest Microsoft Layoffs Are Broader and Worse Than They Seem. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 26, 2024. It is not about Activision Blizzard, which has its own issues and fears, it is about Microsoft's XBox sales reportedly collapsing like its 'sales' of Windows. THIS past day we've analysed dozens of headlines, summaries and articles (about 50 in total) concerning ...
Techrights — Microsoft's Collapse is Continuing
WEB5 days ago · Microsoft's Collapse is Continuing. Microsoft has ended production of its HoloLens 2 headsets, with no sign of a replacement ahead. UploadVR reports that HoloLens 2 will still get “updates to address critical security issues and software regressions” until the end of 2027, but production of the headsets has now ended.