TikTok ban delayed again—White House pushed enforcement to Dec 16 while ByteDance negotiates a US consortium lease of its algorithm.

AI art is culture now: Ghibli-style portraits, Gemini’s Nano Banana figurines, retro Saree edits and viral “Hug My Younger Self” pics turning nostalgia into shareable art.

TikTok feature blitz: Footnotes, 5-hashtag cap, Bulletin Boards, Symphony AI suite with text-to-video, AI Alive photo-to-video, live DMs, location reviews + YouTube Music tie-ins .

X/Twitter rolling: AI-assisted notes, Imagine text-to-video, test of thumbs-up over heart, 1M note contributors, trend-sorted feeds, parody labels, video reactions + new video tab .

Firefighter Method challenge: creators prep like firefighters—overlay text then reveal a quick outfit change or essentials.

“I’m doing better, I made it to September”: reflective TikTok overlay trend celebrating resilience.

Micro-virality: smaller creators thriving by tailoring posts to niche communities, sparking deeper engagement.

FRESAS by OceanVibe dominates Instagram with 30k+ reels syncing edits to its beat.

TikTok soundboard: trending tracks—“If We Never Met,” “On Cam,” “Shiny,” “1901,” “Drug Dealing,” “Your Attention” .

Snapchat drops Memories Storage Plans: free 5GB, upgrades to 100GB, 250GB (Snap+) or 5TB; 12-month grace before overages purge.