The new year has barely begun, but the first days of 2026 have brought big news for health. On Monday, the US’s federal ...

This means that the narrative from Microsoft's "PR bunny" (Shaw) is showing mold already. This might also mean that Microsoft's communication lacks consistency and coordination. Impulsive denials will ...

When the media says that Microsoft denies layoffs it is basically lying, citing a liar. Maybe they disperse or delay the ...

Benoît Battistelli was sort of 'ousted' (a "soft" expulsion) after many staff protests and negative media, which resulted in ...

The above new comments from IBMer serve to suggest that appraisals can be precursors; they can hint or signal RAs to come. IBM has "forever layoffs" now ( to overcome/dodge/bypass transparency ...

We used to write a lot more about Montenegro in relation to EPO membership, but seeing the above (latest) numbers we're likely to revisit the country because of GNU/Linux "share" there - not a new ...

Roy Schestowitz on Jan 09, 2026, ...

So this year in Saudi Arabia Windows is seen as down and Vista 11 is also down. Some years ago Windows fell to a "market share" of just 11% there, as we noted at the time.

Zambia - like most of Africa - is poor in money but rich in resources. This means it attracts plunder. But there are some GAFAM divestments, based on 2026 data. Notice how GNU/Linux grew in recent ...

To be very clear, there is no denial, no statement, nothing. There's a lot of fake (or very misleading) news about it today and yesterday. Still silence from Microsoft. Correct, they either postpone ...

The elephant in the room is India because, at least in the US, the lion's share of tech-related work visas get granted to Indians. That's not an exaggeration. Those are hard facts. Sometimes, instead, ...

Ukraine’s largest grain producer and exporter, agricultural holding Kernel, has agreed to acquire Agro Region, a farming group partly owned by former Ukrainian economy minister and Lithuanian national ...