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In a hurry? Here's our pick of the top news items of the week.

  • Google will begin to show ads in AI Overviews, add links to relevant web pages for some of those summaries, and began rolling out AI-organized search results pages in the US. (Tech Crunch)

  • Microsoft is freshening its ad experience on its Copilot AI platform as part of a larger effort to attract more brands to the chatbot’s advertising ecosystem. (AdAge)

  • The number of US live sports viewers tuning in through traditional pay TV services will continue its decline, averaging a rate of 4.4% YoY over the next five years. (eMarketer)

Audiences

  • Social media is increasingly impacting travel, with 39% of global Millennials and Gen Z consumers saying they would only book a vacation they discovered on social media. (Globetrender)

  • According to TikTok, 23% of users search for something within 30 seconds of opening the app. (Social Media Today)

  • US Hispanics are much more likely to use smartphones to stream video, with 30.4% saying they preferred to stream on a mobile device versus only 11.3% of non-Hispanics preferring mobile. (TV Technology)

Platforms

  • Spotify now automatically creates an offline playlist when you lose internet thanks to its new Offline Backup feature. (The Verge)

  • YouTube introduced new features, one of which allows creators to upload videos up to three minutes in length. (Tech Crunch)

  • As ByteDance works to develop its own AI, it is scraping the web 25 times faster than OpenAI. (QZ)

  • Instagram is more explicitly telling content creators and businesses how they should be posting to the platform via a new feature called “best practices.” (The Verge)

Content

  • “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” debuted with 2.7B minutes watched in its first full week of availability on Netflix, landing on top of Luminate’s weekly ranking of streaming original viewership. (Variety)

  • The recent Cowboys vs Giants matchup is now the most-streamed NFL regular season game ever with 16.2M viewers. (Sports Pro Media)

  • Latinos make up 20% of the US population, but Latino actors held lead roles in just 11 of 198 scripted TV shows analyzed in this year’s LDC report. (QZ)

Tech & AI

  • Google Lens, its visual search product, can now answer questions about videos rather than just images. (Tech Crunch)

  • OpenAI launched a new Canvas ChatGPT interface tailored to writing and coding projects. (Tech Crunch)

  • Gemini Live will support more languages for its AI voice chat that was previously only available in English. (The Verge)

  • Microsoft Paint is getting Photoshop-like generative AI fill and erase features, allowing users to precisely add or remove objects in their images. (The Verge)

  • Google’s Gemini AI now gives some iOS users a way to easily summarize emails and find information within messages and files. (The Verge)

Location-based entertainment

  • Warner Bros. Discovery has created a new division for all of its location-based experiences, including theme parks, touring exhibitions, retail destinations and studio tours. (Blooloop)

  • “Water for Elephants,” a circus romance adapted from Sara Gruen’s best-selling novel, will close on Broadway on Dec. 8th. (NYT)

  • Todd Phillips’ sequel "Joker: Folie à Deux" is expected to open with $140M at the box office worldwide. (Deadline)

Travel & hospitality

  • Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, often referred to as “China’s Instagram,” is reshaping Chinese tourists’ experiences in Southeast Asia, elevating nondescript locales to must-see attractions. (Rest of World)

  • By upping its sailings by almost 100%, Carnival Cruise Line is set to become Australia’s largest cruise line. (Karryon)

  • Japan Airlines has rolled out complimentary domestic flights in an effort to keep travelers in the country. (Globetrender)

  • TikTok is influencing a new trend in the restaurant industry. "Flights" have always been a thing for drinks, but now they are taking over the food side as well. (RBO)

Gaming

  • Players from Pakistan have been dominating the professional Tekken scene, a game traditionally ruled by players from the Far East. (BBC)

  • “Fortnite” creator Epic Games kicked off its Unreal Fest with the debut of Unreal Engine 5.5 and previews for new features of the massively popular video-game-building tool. (Variety)

  • This year, two of the world's biggest football titles - EA FC and Football Manager - are allowing players to take charge of female teams too. (BBC)

  • Nintendo showed off core franchises Mario and Zelda, celebrating 135 years of history in a new Kyoto museum. (NPR)
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