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Here are the latest digital marketing trends, content ideas, tech news, and AI developments on January 1, 2026:
New Social Media Trends and Content Ideas
- When I’m Trying To… is a popular social media trend. Post a video with a text overlay like “When I’m trying to tell our clients to spend more money on ads”, sharing funny and relatable content.
- 2025 Accomplishment Cake is going viral on TikTok, generating millions of views. Post a video of your accomplishment cake, complete with sticks and candles, and share what you achieved with your audience.
- I’m Going To is a buzzing content idea. Post a video with a text overlay like “I’m going to start my online business in 2026”, sharing motivational, relatable, or satirical commentary.
- Project Pan 2026 is a viral beauty TikTok trend where creators post videos explaining which skincare products or perfumes they will reuse for 2026, emphasizing the goal of cutting costs and saving money.
- Moments Of 2025 is a hot trend on social media. Post a b-roll video with the text overlay “Moments of 2025”, sharing multiple clips and pictures of your favorite moments with your viewers.
What’s Trending On Google + Amazon Bestsellers
- Stranger Things is going viral on Google, with over 500,000 searches in just 2 hours as fans rush to see the Season 5 finale.
- FUBO is trending on Google, rising 200% in less than a day, following Pacer Advisors Inc.’s trimming of its stock holdings in the company.
- Ohio State Football is buzzing on Google, reaching over 1 million searches in just 16 hours as people and fans rushed to see Ohio State play Miami in the college football playoffs.
- Bestsellers: Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio examines historical periods marked by significant economic and political shifts, and explores why some countries gain power while others lose it.
- Bestseller: The Science of Scaling by Benjamin Hardy and Blake Erickson explains why many businesses stall at modest year-over-year gains and what separates firms that grow exponentially from those that plateau.
Breaking Tech News and AI Developments
- Google highlighted 13 Nano Banana image-generation trends from 2025, showcasing how users applied the model to tasks such as editing, restoration, comic creation, and design.
- Microsoft leaders predicted seven major AI trends for 2026, including AI agents at work, new safeguards, health uses, research advancements, and quantum progress.
- Octopus Energy’s Kraken unit will become an independent company after raising $1 billion at an $8.65 billion valuation, Origin Energy said.
- Elon Musk said xAI bought another building near Memphis to expand its Colossus data center footprint, targeting nearly 2 gigawatts of computing capacity.
- Polymarket and Kalshi raised a combined $3.3 billion in 2025, topping the global fintech funding charts, as prediction markets drew significant venture capital.
- Raycast arrived on Windows, bringing a keyboard-driven launcher that lets users search, automate tasks, and control their PCs from a single command box.
Trending AI Tools For Business and Marketing
- Chai AI – a platform that enables users to interact with AI-powered chatbots without requiring specialized software.
- Gauth AI – a leading educational tool that uses artificial intelligence to help students solve complex homework problems in seconds.
- Question AI – a powerful homework assistant designed to help students and professionals find accurate answers quickly.
- Celestial AI – a technology company focused on solving the “Memory Wall” problem in modern AI data centers.
- Originality AI – a premier content quality assurance tool, specifically designed for web publishers, agencies, and writers.
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