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Submission + - China executes 11 members of Myanmar scam mafia (bbc.com)

sinij writes:

China has executed 11 members of a notorious mafia family that ran scam centres in Myanmar along its north-eastern border, state media report.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked to run online scams in Myanmar and elsewhere in South East Asia, according to estimates by the UN. Among them are thousands of Chinese people, and their victims who they swindle billions of dollars from are mainly Chinese too.


Submission + - Pentagon to offer 'more limited' support to US allies in defence strategy shift (bbc.com)

sinij writes:

The US will offer "more limited" support to allies, according to the Pentagon's new National Defense Strategy. The new 34-page report follows last year's publication of the US National Security Strategy, which said Europe faced civilisational collapse and did not cast Russia as a threat to the US.


Submission + - Canada allows sale of Chinese EVs (www.cbc.ca)

sinij writes:

Prime Minister Mark Carney's [Canadian] Liberal government has reached a "landmark" trade deal with China. The deal allows up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the Canadian market. In return, Ottawa expects Beijing to drop canola seed duties to 15 per cent by March.

Canada pivoting and deversifying away from US was inevitable response to Trump Administration trade policy that imposed tariffs on Canada.

Submission + - Utah allows AI to renew medical prescriptions (utah.gov) 1

sinij writes:

This agreement marks the first state-approved program in the country that allows an AI system to legally participate in medical decision-making for prescription renewals, an emerging model that could reshape access to care and ultimately improve care outcomes.

Hopefully opioids are excluded.

Submission + - VW Bring Back Physical Buttons (caranddriver.com)

sinij writes:

Volkswagen is making a drastic change to its interiors, or at least the interiors of its electric vehicles. The automaker recently unveiled a new cockpit generation with the refreshed ID. Polo that now comes with physical buttons.

Unfortunately, glued-on-dash tablet look is still there.

Submission + - Ubisoft Hacked by Four Different Groups (pcquest.com)

sinij writes:

Hackers breached Ubisoft's backend around 11 a.m. UTC on December 27, flooding countless accounts with billions of in-game Rainbow Six Siege credits, rare skins, and packs, while sending random fake ban messages. Ubisoft shut down all servers and the marketplace that afternoon to control the damage and also promised no punishments for players who spent the gifted credits and launching full transaction rollbacks with quality checks.


Submission + - BYD overtakes Tesla (marketwatch.com)

sinij writes:

BYD sold a total of 4.6 million new energy vehicles in the year, a 7.7% gain on 2024. On Friday, Tesla said it sold 1.63 million vehicles in 2025, below the 1.78 million it delivered in 2024


Submission + - Medicare to require prior authorization from AI for some procedures (marketwatch.com) 1

sinij writes:

Starting in January, about 6.4 million Americans enrolled in traditional Medicare in New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona and Washington state will be part of a pilot program using artificial intelligence for prior authorizations.

Denying coverage is one use case where AI hallucinations is a feature and not a bug.

Submission + - Investigation looks into Tesla's electronic door releases which may trap people (caranddriver.com)

sinij writes:

Report: Tesla Doors That Won't Open Have Led to 15 Crash-Related Deaths

When I was recently researching a new car, I was surprised to find that NHITSA does not regulate this and IIHS does not include ability to operate door handles into safety category. It is criminal idiocy to have car door mechanisms that require something other than mechanical pull/release.

Submission + - The UK's Ministry of Truth 4th attempt to go after 4chan (prestonbyrne.com) 2

sinij writes:

The United Kingdom's Ofcom has sent yet another threatening letter to 4chan (a US company). After 4chan refused to pay fines to a foreign government, the United Kingdom says they are "expanding the scope of the investigation into 4chan".

Australia, UK, Germany are all working in different ways to undermine one of the core principles of Western Civilization — the right of free speech.

Submission + - "Rage bait" named Oxford word of the year 2025 (bbc.com)

sinij writes:

Rage bait beat two other shortlisted terms — aura farming and biohack — to win the title.

Fundamental problem with the social media as a system is that it exploits people's emotional thinking. Cute cat videos on one end and rage bait on another end of the same spectrum. I suspect future societies will be teaching disassociation techniques in junior school.

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