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That doctors, one of the groups with the best salaries in Spain, go on strike is striking. These are your reasons

January 15, 2026 by usatoday24

2026 has started with Spanish doctors on the streets. Although the tracking data is clouded by the dance of figures usual in these cases, thousands of doctors they have seconded today the strike convened by the Professional Group for a Medical and Faculty Statute (APEMYF) to demand better working conditions. Three are its greatest workhorses: guards, salaries and hours. The question that surely more than one person is asking today is… What do doctors, one of the groups, complain about? better paid and with higher status social? To understand it you have to know their day to day life. White coat strike. The year has started with turbulence in the country’s hospitals. Although the first data from the Administration point to a follow-up more or less discreet (those who arrive from the unions show a ‘photo’ very different), one thing seems clear: today thousands of doctors have responded to the strike called by APEMYFa platform that brings together more than a dozen organizations. The protest will last today and tomorrow and is added to those in 2025. One word: statute. APEMY already clarifies on its behalf what its main claim is: the group demands that its own statute be negotiated with doctors in Spain, a “basic standard” that meets the needs of the group. In contrast to the “framework statute” for health personnel that the main unions and the Government have negotiated, doctors want their particularities to be taken into account. That they go out onto the streets right now is no coincidence. a month ago Health closed a preliminary agreement with the unions to carry out this general rule for the health branch, an ‘umbrella’ that will determine the conditions of hundreds of thousands of public employees. Why’s that? Because the collective (at least the one that supports APEMYF) insist in that it has specific “needs”, just like “other professions with singularities”. Hence, he calls for a negotiation “exclusive for the medical profession.” On the table they have put issues such as the management of guards, hours and salaries, issues that have also served as leverage for the strike today and tomorrow. In fact, everything related to the guards (its duration, remuneration and recognition) has had a key weight in the call. But they charge well, right? Although their salaries are noticeably below Compared to other European colleagues, Spanish doctors enjoy good salaries. At least if they are compared to other sectors. What a doctor earns is influenced by issues such as the region in which you work or its age, but Medical Writing remember who are generally among the highest paid professionals. In the INE’s Annual Salary Structure Survey, doctors and nurses appear in the chapter “Technicians and scientific and intellectual professionals”, to which in 2023 an “average annual earnings per worker” of almost 43,000 euros. As a reference, the average for all sectors did not reach 28,500. A wide fork. However, this information must be handled with caution. A year ago Newtral analyzed also the remuneration of doctors and concluded that the fixed annual salary of hospital doctors ranges between 19,000 euros for a first-year MIR and 72,100 for more senior doctors. There is an important nuance: this gross salary indicator does not include guards, who according to the same medium were paid at 28.6 gross euros per hour. Or more, on holidays. The payment varies in any case from one community to another. Other estimates, how are you also published by Medical Writingconcludes that the average salary of a Spanish doctor who works in public health is around 54,200 euros gross, although the range goes from 35,300 to 140,000. Why do they go out into the streets? Because (beyond these figures) doctors are exposed to a considerable load of stress and work, handicaps that are addressed in the statute negotiated by the main unions and the Government, although not in a way that satisfies the entire group. Of all the issues on the table, perhaps the most complex is the one related to medical guards. Right now doctors cover continuous 24-hour shifts, including their regular shift. From the collective they take time crying out against those marathon shifts, which affect thousands of doctors. a report of the Official College of Physicians of Toledo points out that in Spain 60% of professionals face exhausting shifts and that there are even professionals who exceed “36 hours of continuous work”, which for many carries an emotional burden. “Stop 24-hour guards”. Among other novelties, the draft of the framework statute reduces the duration of the guards to 17 hours straightbut in the group there are those who already warn that in reality the norm opens the door for nothing to change. The reason: this limit of 17 hours could be exceeded if there are “organizational or healthcare reasons” that justify it and the doctor accepts it in writing. Another sensitive point is how those ‘extra’ hours are compensated. The unions demand that an hour of on-call duty not be paid worse than an hour of their ordinary day and that they also count towards retirement, a circumstance that now it doesn’t happen. The issue is so worrying that during today’s demonstrations doctors could be seen with signs of “Stop 24-hour guards”. “Just like the rest of the workers”. In your manifestothe Association of Higher Qualified Doctors of Madrid (AYTS) demands to “recognize all of the doctor’s time worked, just as it is done with the rest of the workers.” Their request is clear: “Suppress the concept of on-call duty as a type of duty that is neither ordinary nor extraordinary, with the conditions of obligation and remuneration below the ordinary shift.” The underlying objective? That doctors stop chaining together exhausting 24-hour shifts, periods of work that do not also count as time for retirement and that even generate ‘debts’ of hours. All this while assuming a high level of responsibility for their patients, which has even led some to suggest that 24-hour shifts should be “illegal”. watch earrings. Another … Read more

A silent operation has compromised thousands of ASUS routers. Investigators target groups linked to China

November 25, 2025 by usatoday24

Few devices are as stable and discreet as the router. We barely think about them, we rarely review their configuration, and we rarely consider them part of the security debate. They are just there, connecting. This condition makes them ideal terrain for those seeking to go unnoticed. A recent investigation has revealed that ASUS routers are being used as part of a remote operating structure. They don’t cause problems, but they are no longer just an internet access point. According to SecurityScorecardthe signal reveals the existence of something more than a specific failure. The researchers observed that a significant volume of ASUS routers exhibited the same TLS certificatewith a validity of one hundred years, which does not fall within the usual parameters of this type of equipment. This coincidence made it possible to identify a structured campaign, called WrtHug, and conclude that the devices had been altered in a coordinated manner to remain connected and operational without alerting their owners. How WrtHug works. According to the analysis, the campaign is based on vulnerabilities present in ASUS routers and in the service AICloudwhich allows remote access to files and connected devices from outside the home network. By leveraging that channel, attackers can execute system-level commands and modify settings without requiring user intervention. The presence of the shared TLS certificate acts as a sign of this alteration and shows how the routers become part of an intermediary infrastructure, useful to hide the real origin of the activity. AiCloud is a function integrated into ASUS routers that allows you to access files stored on USB drives connected to the router or in shared folders on a computer from outside the home. It can be used from a browser or through a mobile application, making it easy to view documents, photos or videos without being physically on the local network. That legitimate remote connection capability, intended for convenience, also means that any alteration to the system has broader consequences if an external actor comes to control it. Which models are at risk. SecurityScorecard identifies several affected ASUS models, many of them old or end-of-life. Among those registered are: 4G-AC55U 4G-AC860U DSL-AC68U GT-AC5300 GT-AX11000 RT-AC1200HP RT-AC1300GPLUS RT-AC1300UHP Some are still used in homes, but others are installed in small offices or businesses that have never renewed the equipment. It should be noted that although ASUS has published security patches and the vulnerabilities are officially corrected, research indicates that the majority of compromised devices are EoL (end of life) or outdated models. This combination of lack of support and obsolete equipment multiplies the risk that the problem persists over time. Where the operation has been detected. The researchers observed that the compromised routers are concentrated in Asia-Pacific, with an especially high presence in Taiwan and other countries in the region such as South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. Active devices were also registered in Russia, the United States and several Central European countries. A map with the concentration of infected devices | Image: A notable element of the report is that no cases were identified in mainland China, which analysts interpret as a contextual clue, although not proof of authorship. The geographical scope confirms that this is not a local phenomenon, but rather a distributed infrastructure. What researchers say about China. SecurityScorecard does not definitively attribute the campaign, but notes that the behavior observed on the routers coincides with tactics previously used by actors associated with China. Researchers speak of “low-moderate confidence” that WrtHug is an ORB facilitation campaign operated by a pro-China actor, that is, a network of compromised devices that act as intermediate nodes to conceal the real origin of future operations. Among the technical parallels, analysts highlight similarities with a campaign called AyySSHush and the use of vulnerability CVE-2023-39780. What to do if I have an ASUS router. Detecting if a device is compromised is not easy, because the changes introduced by WrtHug do not affect its operation. The first thing is to check if the model is among those that have stopped receiving support and install, if it exists, the latest version of firmware available from the ASUS website, following the recommendations of its security notices. As additional measures, it is advisable to disable remote services that are not used, such as AiCloud, review possible unauthorized access and consider replacing the equipment if it is already at the end of its life. WrtHug shows that home routers are no longer a neutral element. They are devices always on, connected and with sufficient capacity to sustain discrete operations without altering their operation. This combination makes them useful pieces within a digital dashboard that previously seemed reserved for more complex systems. Images | ASUS | SecurityScorecard In Xataka | Correos and the DGT are already widely seen, so the scammers have changed their objective: an app to pay for parking

There are people so hooked to the AI who are creating groups to alcoholics anonymous to overcome their addiction

June 30, 2025 by usatoday24

We pass Many hours looking at the mobilelWe blame our lack of concentration And there are even studies that claim that They affect our memory. Until recently, the fault was almost exclusive to apps such as Instagram or Tiktok and his damn ‘Infinite Scroll’but now there is a new culprit: the AI. There are people so hooked to talk to chatbots that have even created help groups to leave it. What’s happening. There are more and more cases of people hooked to AI. There are those who admit to be Friends of a chatbot and even who They are paired with an AI. Although it is not the only one, one of the platforms that He is hooking his users is Character.AI. Here we can create a character to our liking and chat with him as if it were real. In 404 average They tell Nathan’s case, an 18 -year -old student who spent hours wake up with the characters he had created, to the point of preferring them before his real friends. And there are many more like him. Help groups. There are many people in a situation similar to Nathan’s. In Reddit there are several aid communities for people who want to stop using chatbots, how are you which has almost 900 members and is specifically focused on Character.AI users. There are also others such as Chatbotaddiction where members talk about their addictions to other IAS. In these groups, users share their progress by leaving their addiction counting the days that have sober either They look for support when they have a relapseas if they were alcoholics anonymous. But it goes beyond Reddit, the Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous It also includes AI addiction and offer online meetings for those affected. Chatbots want you to use them. Apps like Instagram or Tiktok are designed to spend as long as possible in them And the Chatbots IA also have their techniques so that we do not forget them. Recently, several consumer defense groups in the United States presented a Formal complaint against companies such as Character.AI for allowing the use of Therapy chatbots. In the text they detail the tactics of these platforms to make users use them again. In the case of Character.AIonce you have talked to a character, you start receiving emails to open a new conversation. The bombardment and the ease of falling again has made some users who want to leave it reach the point of Ask the company to block your IP address. A mirage. In This study by the MIT and OpenAI They explored how it affects us to interact with a chatbot in our mental health. Many people who come to Chatgpt to seek emotional support seek to placate the feeling of loneliness and, although it works in the short term, intensive use is associated with higher levels of isolation and emotional dependence. In This other study They deepen the false empathy. Often users who connect with a chatbot talk about how they feel more understood than talking to other people. The fact that these apps are always available and offer reconforting responses creates a false sensation of empathy and safety in users that can lead to dependence or addiction. Image | Gemini In Xataka | I have asked the AI any bullshit and now I am writing a news about her

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