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Barry uses a CPAP. I’ve slept next to that thing for years. Every night sounds like Darth Vader moved in. “(heavy breathing) Luke, I am your father.” I say it every time. Barry rolls his eyes. I crack myself up anyway.

Thirty million Americans sleep with one of these breath catching machines. It’s a lifesaver. It’s also ratting you out.

Most insurers demand compliance. The common rule: at least four hours a night, on 70% of nights in a 30-day stretch. Fall short, even because the mask hurt or you’re still adjusting, and they can stop paying. Some people get a return notice and a bill for the full cost, often around $2,500. Yikes.

Now the machine tells on you by itself. Newer models like ResMed’s AirSense have a cellular modem built in. No Wi-Fi needed. It beams your hours, mask leaks and breathing events to the cloud after every session.

How’d they get the right? You gave it to them. When insurance pays, you almost always sign a data release buried in the fine print. Tracking isn’t a bug. It’s the deal.

Here’s what stings. A study presented in May at the American Thoracic Society found over a third of patients who missed the compliance cutoff kept using their machines anyway and got healthier. The rules yank coverage from people still benefiting.

CPAPs are the loud ones. Blood glucose monitors collect your sugar levels, and insurers often want a month of data before they reimburse. Pacemakers and implanted defibrillators log your heart rhythm 24/7 and transmit automatically. Your cardiologist sees it. Your insurer may, too. Even hearing aids track how many hours you wear them.

FYI, turning the data off usually means losing coverage. That’s not an accident.

Go ahead and sleep. Just know the machine’s still awake. It doesn’t snore. It narrates.

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Spy jobs posting: China’s trying to hit us where it hurts: job platforms. China’s military intelligence is posing as fake consultants (paywall link), think tanks and HR firms on LinkedIn, Indeed and Upwork. Why? They target clearance holders, troops, academics, journalists and policy folks, ask for trial reports, then move to encrypted apps for privileged details. Yup, spies. Pay runs a few hundred to several thousand dollars via Zelle, Wise, Western Union or crypto. Not bad, if your goal is prison.

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Imagine if your Uber driver was raised on energy drinks, Initial D and an unhealthy flirtation with physics.

Japan’s new Uber Drift experience gives riders access to a real circuit in Chiba, complete with Formula Drift drivers, safety gear and 90 minutes of tire-smoking tandem sideway slides in iconic Nissan S15 and 180SX machines. 

To be fair, you could probably get the drifting experience with any random Nissan Altima Uber driver in the U.S. The whole package includes round-trip transportation from Tokyo and runs through July 1. The only downside? Every normal Uber ride after this is going to feel like public transportation.

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🪴 The answer: A) Keep paying your full salary on the condition that you do absolutely nothing and join no one. Yep, they call it “garden leave.” 

You quit, and instead of letting you start at a competitor, the company keeps you on payroll, full salary, full benefits, while you legally cannot work anywhere. Go garden. Go fishing. But don’t go to a rival. 

Reports surfaced that Google’s DeepMind has done this for up to a year with some researchers. Payouts for top talent are rumored in the six figures. A year is forever in AI. By the time you’re free, the secrets in your head are old news. That’s the point. 

Getting paid to do nothing sounds dreamy. Being benched during the biggest tech race of your life? Not so much. You know, a buddy started a hedge-trimming business but kept losing clients. Turns out he couldn’t cut it. Ouch.

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