Digital life

Digital life

You log into a virtual world. Your body is digital: it can't be touched, it doesn't have a scent. And yet, someone leans in too close. Their avatar stares, their avatar's hand reaches toward your face. You feel invaded. You haven't been physically touched, but something more elusive, and no less real, has happened. This is not the future; it's the present of immersive technology.

No, Google Search Console did not add an AI Overviews filter to the Search Performance report. There was a ton of buzz this morning that Google added the ability to filter out AI Overview data in Search Console, but it was a fake and not a real screenshot. As you know, Google lumps AI Mode and AI Overview data with web data in Search Console and has no plans to be transparent about how well or poorly AI search features perform for site owners.

The internet was built to connect machines, not people. Its basic architecture maps servers to domain names and uses cryptographic certificates to prove websites are authentic. Yet it lacks a built-in way to bridge the gap between our offline identities - citizen, taxpayer, patient, employee, student - and the digital systems on which we increasingly rely to conduct our economic, civic, and personal lives.

I just remember thinking, This can't be real.' Marble called his wife in a panic, feeling a sense of hopelessness and shame as he explained what had happened.

The general attitude was, 'Well, what are you going to do? The technology is here to stay. This is the way the kids connect. You can't fight the future,' Haidt tells TODAY.com after his broadcast appearance on Sept. 11. He has been advocating for a play-based childhood rather than a phone-based one.

If you're roaming the hallways or lunchrooms of American schools, you might think that kids are suddenly really into math. You'll hear everyone from elementary age kids to high schoolers yell "six seven!" or "41!!!" to their friends with glee. I'm here to report to my fellow adults that brainrot has gotten so rotted that Gen Alpha - kids under 14, or so - are just saying numbers as memes.

Digital contracts were supposed to be convenient, yet they also presented an opportunity to the intelligent fraudsters. The tip of the iceberg is only lost signatures, altered clauses, and phishing scams. Companies are under increased threat when the number of agreements being signed online is rising, and it is not always easy to identify a lie. This is where the private detectives come, with the combination of technology, investigative abilities, and legal expertise to be able to find the digital contractual fraud.

Those three small letters have become the topic of a generational debate that has been dividing the internet in recent months. The conversation started earlier this year across X, Threads, and Reddit when one user suggested: "Millennials use "lol" like STOP at the end of a telegram lol." In the comments millennials quickly defended their favorite acronym. "What of it?" one wrote. "Hold steady lads," another added. "In a culture that has taken everything from you, never let them strip you of your lols."

Every day, new videos beam onto your smartphone that you probably didn't want or expect to watch. Certain services, like TikTok, Instagram, and X are entirely based on autoplaying videos as soon as you open the app. However, there are ways to prevent autoplay, and allow you to opt in or out of content. For those who prefer intentional playback, especially on intense news days, here's an app-by-app guide to disabling video autoplay on some of the most highly trafficked social media platforms out there.

Technology offers significant benefits across virtually all aspects of modern life, including improved communication, exponential growth in information access, increased productivity and automation, and advances in healthcare, resulting in extended longevity. For example, the positive benefits of biotechnologies - from pharmaceuticals to joint replacements - are not disputed. Adverse effects are always risks, but still, the benefits for humans far outweigh the risks.

Your $45K starting salary looked decent on paper until reality hit. The reality is that's the same $15/hour everyone was making in 2008. And it sucked then. Rent swallows half your paycheck before you even think about groceries. Student loans demand their monthly tribute like a financial overlord. And that emergency fund your parents keep mentioning? Please. This isn't an avocado toast issue. This is a laptop is required to function at work... even apply to work... issue.

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We are well past the halfway mark of 2025, and crypto swaps are everywhere. But is that just hype, or does the data back it up? And what exactly is a crypto swap, and how does it differ from bridging or exchanging? In Q2 2025, decentralized exchanges (DEXs) saw a huge 25.3% jump in spot trading volume, hitting over $876 billion.

It's normal to "view the thing the newest generation is doing with fear and suspicion," she said, pointing to how past generations have had similar concerns about the detrimental effects of comic books, television and even novels at one time. Concerns about brain rot - that it is unproductive and pointless - actually reveal a great deal about their appeal, Owens said. Brain rot is an acute rejection of the intense pressures on young people to self-optimize.

"It's hard," Elyse said. "It's really, really, hard, ridiculously hard. You have to love it. For me, it's much easier than for some. I'm much happier doing those hard things, trying to find somewhere to live every month, figuring out travel arrangements and dealing with things like getting robbed at gunpoint. That's much easier and fulfilling than having a 9-to-5 job where I'm in one place all the time. Being in one place makes me feel like I am going to go insane."

The future of live streaming is not just about video-it's about immersion, creativity, and style. In 2025, audiences expect creators to look polished and professional during every broadcast, even without hours of preparation. That's why Fanspicy is transforming the creator experience with AR makeup live streaming, bringing branded beauty looks from Dior, Chanel, and other luxury names directly into live sessions. With cutting-edge augmented reality, the Fanspicy app gives creators the power to look runway-ready in seconds while keeping fans engaged with stunning visuals.

On the contrary, Bitcoin, being a scarce asset, which tends to appreciate over time by cyclically cutting its issuance until the maximum limit of 21 million, is proving to reduce the time preference. As it appreciates over time, small savings in the present can generate significant future benefits, thus increasing the propensity to save and plan for the future. This simple fact has profound implications at a social level, because it reflects in greater investment in education, deeper human relationships or greater care for the environment.

"When they become full-fledged teenagers, they don't want you to text them," Scott, who shares two kids with wife Naomi Scott, jokingly says. "They don't want you to text them, and if you do, it needs to be brief and you can't use punctuation, or it'll be embarrassing." "OK, so leave them alone," Brody notes, asking the "Severance" star if he could divulge his phone philosophy with his kids.

We invite submissions for new media works that critically respond, engage, explore, or even question the phenomenon of the digital itch-reflecting on this unidentifiable sensation that resides in our constant ambiguous digital entanglement. We encourage artistic explorations using various media, including single or multi-channel video, multimedia installation, kinetic sculpture, net art, interactive digital objects, sound art, VR experiences, performance, or experimental new media.