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Photo by Tracey Truly / Digital Trends Smart glasses have had a bad reputation ever since the Google Glass days. Despite iterations on the technology, public perception hasn’t changed much, and that’s made it hard for smart glasses to take off in any meaningful way. That might be finally changing. The new Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses have enjoyed a viral boom on TikTok, resulting in hundreds of millions of views on some videos. Jules Terpak recently tweeted about the phenomenon, highlighting four examples. That’s just…

What do tropical fish, bubbles, green fields and dewdrops have in common? They are all visual markers of a mid-2000s aesthetic that is taking the TikTok generation by storm, amid a wave of nostalgia for a time when technology was seen as a path to a brighter future.Dubbed Frutiger Aero by design gurus, the trend is named after the Swiss typesetter Adrian Frutiger whose lettering featured widely in early colour computers, and Windows Aero, a visual style embraced by Microsoft’s 2006 Vista software, with its screensavers…

Screenshot by Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNETFor a quarter of a century, people have been turning to Google Search to learn more about the topics that interest them, and, as a result, each year's top search trends provide an insight into what was happening in the world at the time. Now, you can dive into the trends and even learn more about what year your interests best belong to with Google's Trends Time Capsule. On Monday, Google unveiled its Google Trends Time Capsule, which allows users to explore the top five "most…

The Hunger Games is making a comeback on social media with the release of the film Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and fans are reflecting on the original films and their obsession with the 2010s franchise. Josh Hutcherson, who starred as Peeta in the original movies, is also having a bit of a resurgence due to the release of his new Netflix movie Five Nights at Freddy’s. This double-edged sword has caused all kinds of video clips, tweets, photos, and edits from 2014 to go viral on social media. Some of those viral…

From Taylor Swift and Beyoncé’s historic tours to the launch of the Sphere, 2023 has been the long-awaited comeback year for live events. The resurgence of in-person gatherings has brought with it a sense of euphoria over the simplicity of collectively sharing an experience. At the same time, poor live event etiquette has sparked fraught social media debate over what behavior is acceptable in public. Attendees have gone so far as to throw items onto stages, including a cellphone that hit singer Bebe Rexha in the face…

ChatGPT isn’t OpenAI’s only generative AI product. Dall-E is another brilliant creation from the same company. It’s an art generator that lets you create images by simply describing what you want the AI to “paint.” You can try Dall-E outside ChatGPT or with your ChatGPT Plus subscription.That’s what you’ll need to try the newest ChatGPT viral sensation called “Make It More.” The chances are you’ve seen the results of the Make It More approach on social media. It’s usually a series of images that start with a…

Credit: The Conversation During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Detroit residents got a break from water shut-offs. In March 2020, just after the coronavirus made hand-washing a matter of public health, the City of Detroit announced a plan that kept water services on for residents for US$25 a month, with the first payment…

Over the years, Adam Sandler has found his signature style by wearing bright oversized shirts, shorts and fitness shoes, and in the past couple of summers the kids have been catching on to the comedy actor’s fashion sense. That’s right, Sandler has become somewhat of a trendsetter as “Adam Sandler Summer” took off on TikTok the past two warm seasons. Now he has been made aware of how viral his outfits have really become, and his reaction is delightful.When Adam Sandler guested on The Jennifer Hudson Show as his Netflix…

In a recent Saturday Night Live episode, Michael Che humorously predicted a dating trend for 2024, suggesting that young people might seek older partners to cope with the burden of student loan repayments. Quipping on Bumble's insights, Che remarked, "Because those student loans ain't gonna pay for themselves." SNL's Michael Che predicts dating trend: Young people seeking older partners for student loan relief. Bumble, known for its women-first approach, shared findings suggesting a shift in dating…

Sixty years ago, Bob Dylan and his girlfriend Suze Rotolo stepped outside their West Village apartment, holding each other against the biting February cold. Standing in the snowy street beside a blue Volkswagen bus, they posed for a series of photographs. “Bob stuck his hands in the pockets of his jeans and leaned into me,” Rotolo recalled in her excellent 2008 memoir, A Freewheelin’ Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties. “In some of the outtakes it is obvious that by then we were freezing; certainly Bob…