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The article describes how excessive screen use has become a form of addiction among young people, surpassing cannabis consumption, through testimonies from young people struggling to regain control of their lives in the face of this digital dependency. #Adicciones #DependenciaDigital #SaludMental (translated)

The actual spending of Italian households has decreased by 9% from 2019 to 2025, despite a nominal increase in average monthly spending, due to the high price and tariff hikes that have forced Italians to change their consumption habits. #SpesaItaliana #Inflazione #CambiamentiAbitudini (translated)

Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a system called SWANS that enables wireless communication between tiny medical implants through electrical signals transmitted by the tissues of the human body, offering new possibilities for coordinated and energy-efficient medical treatments. #ImplantesInteligentes #ComunicaciónInalámbrica #TecnologíaMédica (translated)

The author noted that Pedro Passos Coelho would give an interview to Maria João Avillez on SIC Notícias, between 9 PM and 10 PM, and argued that his governance should be reassessed in light of the financial conditions he encountered. According to the author, Portugal had already requested external assistance when Passos Coelho arrived at the Government in 2011, and the adjustment program of 78 billion euros had been negotiated before he took office. He maintained that during the legislature, exports rose from about one-third of GDP to nearly 40% in 2015, including tourism, and that the tourism sector gained strategic momentum. Regarding privatizations, he acknowledged that some operations were questionable and warranted scrutiny but argued that they allowed the collection of billions of euros, the amortization of public debt, and reduce financing needs and interest burdens. He also considered that cuts in the public sector were painful but questioned what the alternatives would have been when the State could no longer finance itself normally. The author further highlighted that Portugal completed the financial assistance program in 2014 and returned to market financing without a precautionary program, recovering, in his view, decision-making leeway. He stated that Passos Coelho was the most relevant politician of the century in Portugal for having made unpopular decisions and contributed to an economic change whose effects surpassed his Government. #Portugal #Política #Economia (translated)

Residents of Entrevías and San Diego in Vallecas are warning about increasing insecurity due to thefts, drug use and sales, and the proliferation of informal settlements that have transformed the area into a feared place, compared to the Bronx of Madrid. #InseguridadMadrid #Vallecas #Asentamientos (translated)

Majakovsk stated that a tanker, set out for propaganda purposes long before the agreement, did not change the situation, because according to him Russia could not increase production, reduce domestic consumption, or sell more oil. He added that Moscow could redirect some of the sales destined for China and India to the United States, but he called the move propagandistic. He predicted that in April the quantities sold would remain the same as the current ones or would likely decrease. He also judged the political aspect of the matter to be very serious and used derogatory terms referring to the beneficiaries of Russian propaganda. #Petrolio #Russia #Economia (translated)

Majakovsk has argued that the amount of diesel that the United States would buy or unlock from Russia would be insufficient to cover American needs and would mostly arrive just before or after the midterm elections. In his view, the initiative would primarily serve a propaganda function. He added that many estimates would consider Russian production capacity without accounting for the growth of domestic consumption. Before the war, he wrote, Russia produced 80-90 million tons of diesel per year, exported about half (40-45 Mt), and consumed 35-38 million internally. According to 2026 data cited by Majakovsk, production would have dropped to about 70-75 million tons, while domestic consumption would have risen to 48-55 million, also due to the needs of the war machine and logistics. Majakovsk stated that, during certain periods, including planting and harvesting or offensives, Moscow would be forced to temporarily suspend exports to meet domestic demand, relying on strategic reserves for the rest of the year. He then argued that a significant increase in Russian exports would not be sustainable and that overseas sales would be capped. Referring to Donald Trump's move, Majakovsk called it a worrying political signal, especially for the diplomatic and symbolic rupture it would represent; he added that the influx of new capital into the Russian war machine would remain marginal. #Ucraina #diesel #politica (translated)

The CNMC has asked the government to relax the regulations on data centers, warning that the current requirements for renewable energy consumption may prove ineffective and lead to energy waste, in addition to proposing a review of the sanctioning regime and the criteria for water and electrical efficiency. #CNMC #centrosdedatos #sostenibilidad (translated)

The Ministry of Consumption has fined EBR Management SLU 750,000 euros for conducting an unauthorized raffle of the luxury car belonging to the YouTuber TheGrefg, accumulating a revenue of 380,000 euros without the necessary authorization according to gaming legislation. #LaLeyEsIgualParaTodos #MultaConsumo #RifaSinAutorización (translated)

The CNMC has requested the Government to relax the requirement for data centers to cover 80% of their energy consumption with renewable energy, arguing that the current demands are inefficient and could negatively affect the sector. #CNMC #energíasrenovables #datacenters (translated)