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In France, cost-of-living protests are back on the streets, with more than half a million people turning out last weekend and demonstrations continuing today. Extra police have been deployed nationwide, but as historian Andrew Smith puts it, you simply cannot police your way into social cohesion — the deeper grievances driving this movement still have no clear political answer.
On a quieter but genuinely intriguing note from the world of medical technology, researchers are exploring whether a small ear-worn device that gently stimulates nerves could help lower stubborn high blood pressure. A clinical trial of sixty-three patients found the device safe and easy to use at home, and while overall results were modest, patients with more severe hypertension showed the most promising improvements.
And for the hundreds of millions of people carrying an iPhone, Apple has quietly built a surprisingly robust set of battery-management tools into its software — tools most users never touch. The key takeaway is that closing your apps constantly is not actually helping, and leaning into the system's own background management features tends to serve your battery far better in the long run.
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