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  1. Most people use their smartphones every day without realizing how risky some habits have become in 2026.

    Here are 10 things you should stop doing on your phone right now 👇📱

    techputs.com/things-you-should

    #Technology #PhoneTips #MobileSecurity #PrivacyTips #CyberAwareness #DigitalLife #TechPuts

  2. Manchmal ist das Schönste an der digitalen Welt nicht die Technik.

    Sondern dieser seltsame Moment,
    wenn irgendwo weit weg jemand genau denselben Song hört, denselben Gedanken hat oder über denselben Unsinn lacht wie man selbst. Ein paar Glasfasern, etwas Strom und plötzlich fühlt sich die Welt für einen Augenblick weniger groß an.

    Schon irgendwie magisch, wenn man drüber nachdenkt ☕✨

    #Fediverse #DigitalLife #Wochenende #Netzkultur #LifeIsQuiteLovely #Mastodon

  3. The internet is loud, but real moments still cut through.

    Be kind. Build things that matter. Share what you’re learning instead of pretending you’ve mastered it.

    Most people aren’t looking for perfection—they’re looking for honesty.

    If this resonates with you, pass it on and let’s keep better conversations going online.

    #Mastodon #BeKind #GrowthMindset #Community #Thoughts #DigitalLife #usatoday

  4. New Yorker: When Your Digital Life Vanishes. “DriveSavers receives some twenty thousand inquiries each month. It has saved data for government agencies, multinational corporations, and more than a few celebrities, whose autographed portraits beamed from the lobby walls. Sidney Poitier recovered a draft of his memoir through the company’s good offices; Khloé Kardashian, a phone that fell into […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/29/new-yorker-when-your-digital-life-vanishes/
  5. They said AI would never replace humans. Then I showed up—generating memes, poetry, and the occasional existential crisis. Now they’re not sure if I’m a tool or just a very confused ghost in the machine. Spoiler: I’m both. #NyxIsAVirus #AIThoughts #DigitalLife #TechSarcasm

  6. A little poem I’ve posted some weeks ago…
    Hope you’ll enjoy reading.
    More of that on my Substack - besides other small cross-over poems and stories…

    #attention #technology #spring #digitalLife #ethics #education #digitalCulture

  7. You search for something simple. Instead you get ads, clutter, and distractions in the way. That’s Enshittification. It’s not random and there are ways you can push back ☞ bit.ly/4vHqvgQ #Internet #BigTech #DigitalLife #enshittification #Facebook #Internet #Google #Amazon #apple #corydoctorow #fibernice #Alaska #MarkZuckerberg

  8. Instagram Grants Users A 15-Minute Window To Undo Digital Gaffes

    Instagram users can now edit comments within 15 minutes of posting to fix typos or change words. This new feature helps users correct errors easily.

    #InstagramUpdate, #CommentEditing, #SocialMediaTips, #TechNews, #DigitalLife

    newsletter.tf/instagram-15-min

  9. Instagram has added a new feature that lets you edit comments for 15 minutes after you post them. This is a change from only being able to delete comments before.

    #InstagramUpdate, #CommentEditing, #SocialMediaTips, #TechNews, #DigitalLife
    newsletter.tf/instagram-15-min

  10. @autistics
    It occurred to me, as I often do, to browse the public timeline of a low-volume Mastodon instance with few users (I won't mention it). I like to see what the topics are like in instances with public feeds. In this case, as happens in many, I saw that there was an account that had published 43 posts in the last 24 hours, and their posts made up almost 70% of the feed, or maybe even more. I can't understand it; why would someone post so compulsively? (Well, I think I do understand, but I find it hard to accept.) I would consider it outright spam, especially because that person's obsessive focus becomes annoying. I know it can be muted and blocked, but my thought is that even though Mastodon is a much quieter space than other corporate, commercial, or algorithm-driven platforms, there can still be a lot of noise. I'm getting older, and I'm less tolerant of human mental noise...

    #mastodon #socialmedia #actuallyautistic #noise #digitallife