Linux interest and tech freedom articles!
Microsoft’s Forced Upgrade — New Warning For 450 Million Windows PC Owners - Forbes, January 18, 2025.
Again! Kamil
Microsoft 365 gets massive 45% price hike — and it's all to do with AI tools - tom's guide, January 17, 2025.
LibreOffice a super free office software suite of apps including Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base and Math comes preinstalled with most Linux distros. No subscription costs year after year, that can increase as well! Kamil
Microsoft facing its biggest US FTC antitrust investigation yet - Techradar, November 28, 2024.
Again! These guys never seem to learn. Is it embedded in the way they do business? Kamil
Microsoft Windows Deadline—10 Days To Update Or Stop Using Your PC. Forbes, October 20, 2024.
Linux Scores A Surprising Gaming Victory Against Windows 11. Forbes, August 21, 2024.
Even in some games now, an area which has been typically locked into Windows. Kamil
Differences Between AI Servers and AI Workstations, NVIDIA Developer Technical Blog. From the article "The majority of AI workstations used for machine learning, deep learning, and AI development are Linux-based. The same is true for AI servers".
Microsoft’s AI chatbot will ‘recall’ everything you do on its new PCs. The Guardian, Associated Press, May 20, 2024.
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for allegedly ditching non-profit mission. A lawsuit claims that OpenAI has become a 'closed-source de facto subsidiary' of Microsoft. Engadget, Mar 1, 2024.
Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using ‘incognito mode’, The Associated Press, December 29, 2023
Epic Games wins antitrust lawsuit against Google over barriers to its Android app store, The Associated Press, December 11, 2023
Exclusive: Google pushes for antitrust action against Microsoft in UK cloud market, Reuters, November 30, 2023
Antitrust: Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive practices by Microsoft regarding Teams, European Commission, July 27, 2023
Read the letter: Twitter accuses Microsoft of using its data in unauthorized ways - CNBC, May 18, 2023
Exclusive: Google says Microsoft cloud practices are anti-competitive - Reuters, March 31, 2023
Microsoft's implementation of Bing Chat AI on Windows 11 is complete trash - Windows Central, Mar. 1, 2023
I wanted to try the new Bing with ChatGPT. Then, Microsoft went all Microsoft - ZDNET, Feb. 12, 2023
Microsoft to cut thousands of jobs across divisions - reports - Reuters, January 17, 2023
Elon Musk says he'd consider 'alternative phone' if Twitter is booted from Apple and Google app stores - Fox Business, November 25, 2022
CurrentBuild Computer and other Linux PC manufacturers have already done that with computers, provided an alternative to Windows and Apple computers. Kamil
Microsoft lays off hundreds of employees - Engadget, October 18, 2022
Microsoft: 'Software is ultimately the biggest deflationary force' for businesses - Yahoo Finance, October 17, 2022:
Open source free software like Linux yes is deflationary, others not really. Kamil
Microsoft’s greed is killing Windows 11 for me - TechRadar, April 21st, 2022:
March 21st, 2022: Windows 11 will add a watermark if you use unsupported hardware - Engadget
Dec 2, 2021: Microsoft’s new Windows prompts try to stop people downloading Chrome - The Verge
Oct 8, 2021: Amazon Delivery Partners Rage Against the Machines: ‘We Were Treated Like Robots’ - Yahoo Finance
Sep 10, 2021: Epic v. Apple ruling: Judge finds Apple's App Store restrictions violate antitrust law - Yahoo Finance
Aug 28, 2021: Why You Suddenly Need To Delete Google Chrome - Forbes
FTC says Facebook has been a monopoly ‘since at least 2011’ in amended antitrust complaint - The Verge
Windows 11 Is Making It Absurdly Difficult to Change Browsers - GIZMODO
What the Linux Mint developers have pulled off is nothing short of astounding - TechRepublic
Fired by Bot at Amazon: ‘It’s You Against the Machine’ - Bloomberg News
PC users are furious about the new Windows 11 design - Creative Bloq
Epic v. Apple fight: Billions at stake as judge determines fate of App Store - Yahoo!
Google reportedly made it difficult for smartphone users to find privacy settings - The Verge
I looked at all the ways Microsoft Teams tracks users and my head is spinning - ZDNet
Microsoft just force restarted my Windows PC again to install more unwanted apps - The Verge
Disastrous Windows 10 update is reportedly breaking some PCs - TechRadar
With Edge, Microsoft’s forced Windows updates just sank to a new low - The Verge
A million students and counting have learned Linux - ZDNet
Linux Mint 20: Still the best Linux desktop despite one quirk - ZDNet
What Operating System Is the Best Choice for Software Engineers? - Interesting Engineering
From the article "GNU/Linux is, hands down, the most highly acclaimed operating system for software engineering."
Microsoft: we were wrong about open source - The Verge