cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/45138397

Online retail platforms Shein, Temu, AliExpress and Wish are being investigated in France for alleged rule breaches that include minors being able to access pornographic content via their marketplaces, the Paris prosecutor said on Tuesday.

China's Shein will open its first-ever permanent shop in the BHV department store in central Paris on Wednesday, but French Finance Minister Roland Lescure threatened a countrywide ban of the brand after a consumer watchdog spotted child-like sex dolls sold on its marketplace.

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Online retail platforms Shein, Temu, AliExpress and Wish are being investigated in France for alleged rule breaches that include minors being able to access pornographic content via their marketplaces, the Paris prosecutor said on Tuesday.

China's Shein will open its first-ever permanent shop in the BHV department store in central Paris on Wednesday, but French Finance Minister Roland Lescure threatened a countrywide ban of the brand after a consumer watchdog spotted child-like sex dolls sold on its marketplace.

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I have set an Arr stack with qBittorrent utilizing SOCKS5 server set in another country. Am I still under surveillance if I use my local IP address to download .torrent files or use magnet links?

The investor who bet against the US housing market in the run-up to the 2007 financial crisis has now placed a significant wager on the collapse of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5467408

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation director-general Mike Burgess used the 2025 Lowy Lecture to reveal how the nation was facing an unprecedented number of threats to social cohesion, including Russian trolls, neo-Nazis, Islamists, extreme anti-Israel activists and hostile state actors.

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While Mr Burgess would not identify which countries were capable of carrying out a domestic assassination plot, he said they were effectively "on notice".

Asked why he did not mention Beijing specifically in his speech as he did in previous appearances, Mr Burgess quipped: "How do you know I wasn't talking about things China did in my remarks today?"

"[My] second response is, we all spy on each other, but we don't conduct wholesale intellectual property theft. We don't actually interfere in political systems and we don't undertake high-harm activity."

Mr Burgess went on to say he found it strange that when he had previously publicly identified China, Beijing's representatives had often complained to numerous members of government but never to him directly.

"[I] will continue to call them out when I need to," he said.

"This evening I didn't, primarily because I was talking about things that tear at our social fabric. And at the extreme end of that, that isn't China, although we do have some concerns there too."

...

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5467471

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EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos in Brussels on Tuesday presented the European Commission’s annual Enlargement Package, its report on the progress of EU candidate countries, which contained strong criticism for Serbia but praise for its Balkan neighbour Montenegro.

“In Serbia, the authorities continue to declare EU membership as their strategic goal but the actual pace of implementation of reforms has slowed down significantly. While some recent positive developments are noted, Serbia needs to deliver on credible reforms, most importantly in the area of fundamentals,” Kos said.

She said that in order to progress towards membership, Serbia needs “urgently reverse the backsliding on freedom of expression, on freedom of academia, as well as ensure progress on the electoral framework”.

She added that Serbian politicains needs to curb hostile rhetoric against the EU and the European Parliament, saying that disinformation about the EU being behind the current anti-government protests in the country could cost Serbia dear.

“I can’t hear any more politicians from Serbia accusing the EU of standing behind what’s happening in Serbia. I will fight so that this disinformation stops. Otherwise, there will be consequences,” she said during the debate that followed the presentation of the Enlargement Package.

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In contrast to her tough words for Serbia, Kos said Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and Ukraine had made “significant advances on the EU path”, adding that Montenegro “could be the first [of them] in the EU.

“Montenegro is the most advanced and has made significant progress towards EU accession, and it is at the same time, the most prepared country,” Kos said.

Albania has also made clear progress in harmonising its laws with the EU’s body of legislation over the past year, she added.

“This outstanding result is a clear recognition of the firm political commitment of Albania and the clear EU aspirations of its society – 91 per cent of citizens are supporting EU membership,” she said.

Regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kos noted that it faced political tensions and a stalemate in the reform process. However, on September 25, Bosnia submitted its reform agenda to the Commission, following recent changes in the Serb-led Republika Srpska entity.

“The country now has an opportunity to progress on its EU path with, in the first place, the adoption of judicial reform laws and a department of chief negotiator,” Kos said.

She noted that North Macedonia had kept its full alignment with EU foreign policy but “has not taken decisive steps to advance in the accession negotiations process over the last year”. Required constitutional amendments have not been adopted yet.

Kosovo, meanwhile, remained committed to its European future, Kos said. “But progress was stalled by domestic politics, notably by elections [in February] and a protracted political deadlock afterwards.” Kosovo still does not have a government, nearly nine months on.

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Archived version

EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos in Brussels on Tuesday presented the European Commission’s annual Enlargement Package, its report on the progress of EU candidate countries, which contained strong criticism for Serbia but praise for its Balkan neighbour Montenegro.

“In Serbia, the authorities continue to declare EU membership as their strategic goal but the actual pace of implementation of reforms has slowed down significantly. While some recent positive developments are noted, Serbia needs to deliver on credible reforms, most importantly in the area of fundamentals,” Kos said.

She said that in order to progress towards membership, Serbia needs “urgently reverse the backsliding on freedom of expression, on freedom of academia, as well as ensure progress on the electoral framework”.

She added that Serbian politicains needs to curb hostile rhetoric against the EU and the European Parliament, saying that disinformation about the EU being behind the current anti-government protests in the country could cost Serbia dear.

“I can’t hear any more politicians from Serbia accusing the EU of standing behind what’s happening in Serbia. I will fight so that this disinformation stops. Otherwise, there will be consequences,” she said during the debate that followed the presentation of the Enlargement Package.

...

In contrast to her tough words for Serbia, Kos said Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and Ukraine had made “significant advances on the EU path”, adding that Montenegro “could be the first [of them] in the EU.

“Montenegro is the most advanced and has made significant progress towards EU accession, and it is at the same time, the most prepared country,” Kos said.

Albania has also made clear progress in harmonising its laws with the EU’s body of legislation over the past year, she added.

“This outstanding result is a clear recognition of the firm political commitment of Albania and the clear EU aspirations of its society – 91 per cent of citizens are supporting EU membership,” she said.

Regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kos noted that it faced political tensions and a stalemate in the reform process. However, on September 25, Bosnia submitted its reform agenda to the Commission, following recent changes in the Serb-led Republika Srpska entity.

“The country now has an opportunity to progress on its EU path with, in the first place, the adoption of judicial reform laws and a department of chief negotiator,” Kos said.

She noted that North Macedonia had kept its full alignment with EU foreign policy but “has not taken decisive steps to advance in the accession negotiations process over the last year”. Required constitutional amendments have not been adopted yet.

Kosovo, meanwhile, remained committed to its European future, Kos said. “But progress was stalled by domestic politics, notably by elections [in February] and a protracted political deadlock afterwards.” Kosovo still does not have a government, nearly nine months on.

...

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation director-general Mike Burgess used the 2025 Lowy Lecture to reveal how the nation was facing an unprecedented number of threats to social cohesion, including Russian trolls, neo-Nazis, Islamists, extreme anti-Israel activists and hostile state actors.

...

While Mr Burgess would not identify which countries were capable of carrying out a domestic assassination plot, he said they were effectively "on notice".

Asked why he did not mention Beijing specifically in his speech as he did in previous appearances, Mr Burgess quipped: "How do you know I wasn't talking about things China did in my remarks today?"

"[My] second response is, we all spy on each other, but we don't conduct wholesale intellectual property theft. We don't actually interfere in political systems and we don't undertake high-harm activity."

Mr Burgess went on to say he found it strange that when he had previously publicly identified China, Beijing's representatives had often complained to numerous members of government but never to him directly.

"[I] will continue to call them out when I need to," he said.

"This evening I didn't, primarily because I was talking about things that tear at our social fabric. And at the extreme end of that, that isn't China, although we do have some concerns there too."

...

By authorizing this assessment, Walters signed off on a conservative and far-right political organization having a say in which prospective teachers from out of state receive their Oklahoma teaching licenses.

A Chinese court has sentenced five top members of an infamous Myanmar mafia to death as Beijing continues its crackdown on scam operations in South East Asia.

In all 21 Bai family members and associates were convicted of fraud, homicide, injury and other crimes, said a state media report published on the court website.

The family is among a handful of mafias that rose to power in the 2000s and transformed the impoverished backwater town of Laukkaing into a lucrative hub of casinos and red-light districts.

In recent years they pivoted to scams in which thousands of trafficked workers, many of them Chinese, are trapped, abused and forced to defraud others in criminal operations worth billions.

Real unemployment is probably even worse.

In many cases, young people are going into jobs without knowing their rights and without knowing what's unsafe. Companies still don't care even after $300,000 fines.

Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old state lawmaker, who was set to become the city’s most liberal mayor in generations.

In a victory for the Democratic party’s progressive wing, Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani must now navigate the unending demands of America’s biggest city and deliver on ambitious — skeptics say unrealistic — campaign promises.

With the victory, the democratic socialist will etch his place in history as the city’s first Muslim mayor, the first of South Asian heritage and the first born in Africa. He will also become the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century when he takes office on Jan. 1.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52429990

https://archive.is/4Q56Z

The Commission has been working on creating an intermediate category between quadricycles that weigh a few hundred kilograms and all other cars, so that small electric vehicles no longer have to include as much safety equipment and technology as a large saloon car.

Renault Group CEO François Provost recommended on Tuesday that automotive regulations in Europe be frozen for 10 to 15 years to encourage the emergence of this category, which would include cars up to 4.2 metres long.

For context the BYD Dolphin surf at less than 4 metres long scored 5 stars on Euro NCAP

https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/byd/dolphin+surf/56154

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From the video, it appears that the drone is a very large one.

https://www.nu.nl/321294/video/grote-drone-verstoort-vliegverkeer-bij-luchthaven-zaventem.html

Normally, when I have a day off I stay in bed until the afternoon. I don't leave the house and nothing gets done. Have hard time figuring out what to eat when I eventually get hungry.

Woke up today at 9:30 am because the neighbors are having noisy work done. I've slept through it before but today I had energy... damn it, energy is gone.

TL;DR
Started a load of wash
Took dog for short walk and car ride
Went to pharmacy
Went to grocery store
Came home with dog
Started another load of laundry
Cleaned my apartment
Did some more laundry
Folded all laundry
Attempted to start a crock pot dinner for tonigh
Made lunch for tomorrow

Over a year since I done all this in a day

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