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Google Search traffic is the single biggest source of revenue for YouTube parent Alphabet–and, for the first time in over a decade, it looks like Google’s share of the search market is about to drop below 50%, driven down by things like ChatGPT and TikTok becoming Gen Z’s search engine.

Alphabet made $49.4 billion in revenue from Google Search this past quarter alone, so obviously keeping traffic high is a priority. And one way it’s attempting to do that is with a new YouTube feature: hyperlinked comments.

Originally rolled out as a limited experiment in July 2023, hyperlinked comments are appearing more widely now, and they turn videos’ comment sections into buffets of links to Google Search results.

In the header image above, you can see a hyperlinked comment that was left in reply to a Linus Tech Tips video about Fallout 76. The commenter replies, “Fallout 76 sponsoring a video...

Years after becoming a big business in countries like China and Japan, social shopping finally has a serious foothold in the West. It’s forecast to become a $100 billion industry in the U.S. alone next year, and a lot of those billions are driven by Gen Z shoppers on apps like TikTok. Fiverr just released data showing that over half of Gen Z’ers say they only plan to find holiday gifts on TikTok Shop this year.

But they aren’t the only ones shopping there.

A new report from media services agency Horizon Media shows that, of course, Gen Z does indulge in social shopping, where they buy products through creator recommendations on things like TikTok Shop videos, shoppable Instagram posts, YouTube merch shelves, and livestreams across all the above plus on giants like Amazon, which has been tapping creators to sell on stream for several years now,...

Cat Glover, the singer, dancer and choreographer who worked with Prince during his late 1980s pomp, has died. She was 60.

Glover’s death was announced on her official Facebook page. “It’s with great sadness that we formally announce the passing of Catherine Vernice Glover- Aka ‘Cat.’ Please allow her children, family and friends privacy at this difficult time,” the short statement said. No cause of death was given.

Glover is indelibly linked to Prince and worked with the late artist on a number of projects, including on the albums Sign o’ the Times and Lovesexy and their related music videos, concert films and tours. She also famously provided the rap on Prince’s single “Alphabet St.”

Catherine Vernice Glover was born in Chicago on July 23, 1964. One of six children, she attended Esmond Elementary and Morgan Park High Schools. She began dancing at 5, and it would quickly become a lifelong passion.

7 Little Johnstons‘ star Amber Johnston took to her social media this weekend and revealed that her nephew probably survived a fatal accident because of his dwarfism. In July, he suffered a terrible accident but made it through. Did you know that? Read on to find out more.

A Terrible Accident Could Have Killed The Nephew Of Amber Johnston

If you have not heard about a relative of TLC stars Amber and Trent Johnston nearly dying, then don’t fret. Hardly anyone else heard about it either judging by Google Search results. However, it seems fascinating because it seems that if he had not been a little person, he could be a lot worse off, or probably dead.

7 Little Johnstons’ fans have met some of the extended family, but certainly, not all of them. Some TLC family members prefer to stay off reality TV. And, others are so far removed from...

Two of reggaetón’s greatest are joining forces for the first time in nearly five years. Maluma released his single “Gafas Negras” with J Balvin on Friday, along with its music video.

“Thank you J Balvin for being part of this Don Juan era and for believing in this chimba roject,” Maluma wrote on Instagram with a clip of the visual. He also shared a throwback photo of the pair early in their careers on his Instagram story.

The Tes Pimienta-directed video opens with Balvin performing the song as he...

Miami – Last week, at his Washington D.C. tour stop, Colombia born singer-songwriter, and global Latin music superstar Maluma, premiered a heartfelt and extremely personal video for his song “Procura” off his newly released album, Don Juan. The video features a huge surprise and is a very special moment for Maluma.

Visualizer for “Procura”

In September, Maluma and Mexican singer-songwriter Carin León, reached #1 on TikTok for their song “Según Quién.” The track has accumulated over 2.4 billion views and 1 million creations on the platform. Earlier this month, Maluma performed the track alongside Carin León on Good Morning America and solo on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. He also treated viewers to a performance of “Coco Loco” on GMA.

Maluma’s sixth studio album Don Juan, was released in August via Sony Music Latin – listen Here. The record features 25 songs including 6 bonus tracks and Maluma’s previously released singles “La Fórmula” with Marc Anthony,...

Maluma Baby is having a baby. During a tour stop in Washington D.C. on Thursday, the Columbian star premiered the music video for the Don Juan deep cut “Procura,” which revealed to the audience that he and his girlfriend Susana Gomez are expecting their first child together — a baby girl named Paris.

In the video, the couple share small glimpses into their life together. It begins with sweet moments shared during Maluma’s live shows and more private memories from vacations and their daily home life. The musician also...

Maluma took some time out of his concert on Thursday night (October 19) in Washington, DC, to make a huge announcement!

The 29-year-old entertainer debuted the music video for his song “Procura” during his latest Don Juan Tour stop and in the video, revealed that he’s going to be a dad.

This will be the singer’s first child, with girlfriend Susana Gomez!

Check out the video and learn more inside…

During the music video, Maluma shares some personal videos of the couple and in the second half, it shows parts of their pregnancy journey.

The couple can be seen going to doctor’s visits, telling family, revealing the name of the baby and revealing if they’re having a boy or girl!

It is revealed that they are expecting a little girl, and they both could be seen wearing necklaces that say “Paris.”

Just a few days before, Maluma shared a post on Instagram,...

Netflix has found its Medusa for its upcoming Greek mythological series Kaos as Entourage star Debi Mazar has landed the coveted role. According to Deadline, Mazar will join the previously announced ensemble cast, which includes Jeff Goldblum (Search Party), Janet McTeer (Ozark), and David Thewlis (Landscapers). Aurora Perrineau (Westworld), Cliff Curtis (Avatar: The Way of Water), Killian Scott (Dublin Murders), Misia Butler (The School for Good and Evil), Leila Farzad (I Hate Suzie), Nabhaan Rizwan (Station Eleven), Rakie Ayola (The Pact), and Stanley Townsend (The Current War) also star. Billie Piper (I Hate Suzie) also appears in an undisclosed cameo. Created and written by Charlie Covell (The End of the F***ing World), Kaos is described as “a bold, darkly comic, contemporary take on Greek mythology, exploring love, life and power in the underworld.” The series revolves around the mortal Riddy (Perrineau) and her fellow mortal friends Orpheus (Scott), Caneus (Butler...

San Francisco, Aug 13 (Ians) Tech giant Google’s Search will show users what cloud streaming services have a particular video game, building on existing support for movies, TV, and music.

According to 9To5Google, for years, Google Search has acted as an aggregator of the world’s streaming services.

If you want to watch a particular show, users can use Google Search or Google TV to get accurate info about what services it is on, the report said.

For example, searching for The Simpsons reveals that the show can be streamed from various apps, including Disney+ and Hulu, or purchased from multiple stores, it added.

In the last few days, Google Search has expanded this capability to include support for video games.

However, rather than including links to various consoles’ storefronts or to the many PC gaming retailers, Google is strictly focusing on cloud gaming.

As per the report, it makes perfect sense,...

How do you craft a story when everyone already knows how it ends?

That's far from a new concept when it comes to making movies or shows based on true events, but attempting to dramatize a widely-publicized and fairly recent story still brings its own challenges. Created, written, and executive produced by "Billions" veterans Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Beth Schacter, Showtime's "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber" meets these challenges head-on and with a brash, self-aware, and even reckless sense of flair ... not entirely unlike the actual subject of the series, in some ways. As the sleazy and hopelessly power-hungry...

The post Super Pumped Review: A Bold, Provocative Takedown Of Silicon Valley In Search Of A Deeper Point appeared first on /Film.

Exclusive: Spike Einbinder (Los Espookys), Greta Lee (The Morning Show), Laith Nakli (Ramy), Larry Owens (High Maintenance), Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet), RZA (Wu-Tang: An American Saga), James Scully (You), and Greta Titelman (Search Party) have joined the cast of the untitled film that four-time Emmy nominee Julio Torres is directing for A24, in his feature debut.

The film’s plot is being kept under wraps. Torres is directing from his own screenplay and also co-stars with Oscar winner Tilda Swinton.

Emma Stone and Dave McCary’s Fruit Tree is producing alongside A24, with the latter handling the film’s worldwide distribution.

Einbinder has appeared on the TV side in Los Espookys (the HBO series Torres created with Fred Armisen and Ana Fabrega), High Maintenance and Horace and Pete. They’ll next appear in the final season of HBO Max’s Search Party.

Lee’s TV credits include HouseBroken,...

Good Girls fans everywhere dread this week that holds the series finale when it often feels like the story has just begun.

If you're looking for more shows to occupy your time, you need look only to Starz, Disney+, and TLC for new entertainment.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Turner & Hooch, and Darcey & Stacey hit the airwaves this week. There's more on tap as shown below, too.

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8/7c Nobody Will Believe You (Lifetime)

Melanie is a single mom who is ready for a fresh start with her daughter, Hannah, after a rough year. Hannah is an aspiring pianist who is desperate to fit in at her new school. However, as one can imagine, she has misfit written all over her.

When someone hacks into Hannah's phone and leaks private photos, it leads to bullying, stalking, and a mother who will stop at nothing to protect her child.

The more we think about the cancellation of Good Witch, the less we like the idea.

We need to see so many stories to their finish, and our exclusive clip from Good Witch Season 7 Episode 9 features one of them.

If you watch Good Witch online, you know that Stephanie and Adam went their separate ways at the end of Good Witch Season 6.

It was a shocking development after they had spent so much time planning a future for themselves.

But with Adam's desire to go on a mission and Stephanie's concern that distance would tear them apart whether they wanted it to or not, their separation was inevitable.

Good Witch Season 7 Episode 1 found Adam back in Middleton, but his time abroad included a close connection with a fellow traveler.

Stephanie was crushed.

By the time he came around to the realization that Stephanie is the woman for him, she'd decided...

New Delhi, June 2 (Ians) Google on Wednesday clarified that its Search engine is not classified to be part of the new It intermediary guidelines 2021, urging the Delhi High Court to set aside an order that puts Google Search as part of the new It rules.

The single judge order on April 20 came in a case where a woman's images were uploaded on a pornographic website and despite court orders, the objectionable content could not be removed in entirety from the internet.

A Google spokesperson told Ians that Search engines are a reflection of the content and information that is available on the internet.

"While we maintain a consistent policy over removal of objectionable content from search results, the Delhi High Court order has cast certain obligations that would wrongly classify Google search as a social media intermediary," a Google spokesperson told Ians.

"We've filed an appeal against this part of...

Exclusive: Nia Long is joining Storm Reid in the next installment of the box office hit film Searching, for Sony’s Stage 6 Films. Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Megan Suri and Tim Griffin are rounding out the cast.

Searching 2 will not be a direct sequel, but rather a next installment in the Searching franchise. The plot is still under wraps, but it will feature a new set of characters where the story plays out on the screens of the characters’ devices. It is starting production in the spring.

Will Merrick & Nick Johnson will make their directing debut on the film. The pic is being produced by Natalie Qasabian, Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian of Search Party, as well as by Bazelevs’ Adam Sidman and Timur Bekmambetov. Jo Henriquez is executive producing and Congyu E is co-producing.

Merrick and Johnson wrote the screenplay, which is based...

San Francisco, Feb 18: Facebook has announced to block both Australian users and media companies from sharing or viewing local and international news content, in response to Australia's proposed new Media Bargaining law.

Facebook said that the proposed law fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between "our platform and publishers who use it to share news content".

"It has left us facing a stark choice: attempt to comply with a law that ignores the realities of this relationship, or stop allowing news content on our services in Australia. With a heavy heart, we are choosing the latter," said William Easton, Managing Director, Facebook Australia & New Zealand.

Late last month, Google also threatened to pull its Search engine from Australia if the proposed media bargaining code, that directs Google and other tech giants to pay news publishers for using their content, goes into effect.

But the tech giant has launched its News Showcase...

Facebook will restrict publishers and users in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content as the Parliament there debates a law that would force tech and social media platforms – namely it and Google — to pay more for journalism on their sites.

The announcement came shortly after Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp said it had carved out a three-year deal with Google to provide journalism from its news sites around the world, including Australia where the publisher has its roots, in return for what it called “significant payments” by the Internet giant.

Taking a different tack in the brewing news storm, William Easton, Managing Director, Facebook Australia & New Zealand, said Australia’s proposed law “fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between our platform and publishers who use it to share news content. It has left us facing a stark choice: attempt to comply with a law that ignores the realities of this relationship,...

HBO Max is forging stronger ties with Search Party.

The WarnerMedia streaming platform has renewed the dark comedy for a fifth season and also signed creators Charles Rogers and Sarah-Violet Bliss to an overall deal.

Under the two-year deal, Rogers and Bliss will continue overseeing Search Party while also developing new projects for HBO Max. The renewal for the series comes about two weeks after the final episodes of season four debuted.

“We are thrilled that HBO Max has not only given the world a fifth season of Search Party, but also shown this much faith in our partnership with them as ...

HBO Max is forging stronger ties with Search Party.

The WarnerMedia streaming platform has renewed the dark comedy for a fifth season and also signed creators Charles Rogers and Sarah-Violet Bliss to an overall deal.

Under the two-year deal, Rogers and Bliss will continue overseeing Search Party while also developing new projects for HBO Max. The renewal for the series comes about two weeks after the final episodes of season four debuted.

“We are thrilled that HBO Max has not only given the world a fifth season of Search Party, but also shown this much faith in our partnership with them as ...

New Delhi, Feb 1 (Ians) Google which has threatened to stop making Search platform available in Australia if the new media code gets the green signal, the tech giant has stressed that YouTube should be excluded from the News Media Bargaining Code.

Although the Australian government confirmed that YouTube will not be included as a designated service in the Code, Google thinks the Code is written leaves the door open for additional digital platforms to be added at any time.

"Several news businesses have advocated for YouTube's inclusion in their Senate submissions. We will continue to make our case to the Australian Government on why YouTube should remain excluded from the Code," the company said in a blog post on Sunday.

Late last month, Google threatened to pull its Search engine from Australia if a proposed media bargaining code, that directs Google to pay news publishers, goes into effect.

"No longer...

It’s been a rough season for Dory Sief. After her hellish experience of being abducted, drugged and tortured throughout, Search Party‘s finale once again found a way to turn her world completely upside down.

The season’s last four episodes hit HBO Max Thursday, delivering even more psychological trauma and identity crises than any one person should ever have to endure. But in the final installment — Major Spoiler Alert here! If you aren’t fully caught up, you know what to do — we followed Drew, Elliott and Portia as they spoke at Dory’s funeral (!) and grieved for...

New Delhi, Jan 24 (Ians) Cyber criminals and pirates of the Internet now have a new goldmine in Google Drive where they are freely storing and sharing illegal software licenses, movies, games and porn content -- most of which have allegedly been indexed in Google Search as some Drive users made such links public in their individual accounts.

Google Drive is a file storage and synchronisation service that allows users to store files on their servers, synchronise files across devices, and share files.

According to independent cyber security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia, thousands of such explicit and illegal content is being circulated via Google Drive, in zipped compressed files.

"Apart from thousands of porn videos, at least 25,000-30,000 links are likely sharing illegal content like malware, software, movies, games and what not. One can search such links in Google Drive at ease. Just do a search and download at will," Rajaharia told...

New Delhi, Jan 24 (Ians) As the News Media Bargaining Code triggers a bitter war between Google and the Australian government, the tech giant has detailed eight facts on why reaching a workable Code is important but serious concerns with the current draft remain.

Google said that it supports a fair Code but the current version remains unworkable.

"We believe that the concerns we and others have raised can be addressed with reasonable changes. We have proposed a solution that would see Google pay publishers for value under this new law -- without breaking Google Search," the company said in a statement.

Rod Sims, chair of the watchdog Competition and Consumer Commission (Accc), said on Friday that Google and Facebook just don't want the code to be implemented.

"Google and Facebook like to do things on their terms. I think the code does what it's intended to do. It is workable.

This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.

With more than 530 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.

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Sydney, Jan 22 (Ians) Google on Friday threatened to pull its Search engine from Australia if a proposed media bargaining law, that directs Google to pay news publishers, goes into effect.

Mel Silva, Managing Director of Google Australia and New Zealand, appeared before a public hearing of the Senate Economics Legislation Committee that is reviewing a proposed new law called the News Media Bargaining Code.

She said that in its current form, the Code remains unworkable and if it became law would hurt not just Google, but small publishers, small businesses, and the millions of Australians that use our services every day.

"Coupled with the unmanageable financial and operational risk if this version of the Code were to become law it would give us no real choice but to stop making Google Search available in Australia," Silva told the panel.

Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission (Accc), which drafted the law, suggested...

Vulture Watch

Will Dory be found? Has the Search Party TV show been cancelled or renewed for a fifth season on HBO Max? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Search Party, season five. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?  

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Streaming on the HBO Max subscription service, Search Party stars Alia Shawkat, John Early, Meredith Hagner, John Reynolds, and Cole Escola. Guest stars include Susan Sarandon, Busy Philipps, Ann Dowd, Griffin Dunne and Lillias White, with author R.L. Stine in a cameo role. The dark comedy mystery series centers on a group of self-absorbed twenty-somethings. After an old college acquaintance disappears, they become entangled in an ominous mystery. In season four,...

This review is based on all ten half-hour episodes of Search Party season 4 and contains no spoilers.

“But you told the truth, and the truth set you free…”

Search Party debuted as a dark and provocative mystery and, even though each season has subscribed to that model, the show has evolved and become radically different each year. It’s not unusual for plot-heavy series to play chicken with their narrative in this way, but Search Party triumphs through each step of the progressively dark path that Dory heads down.

Search Party season 3 actively had the audience question if Dory is even a good person and if she deserves freedom for the lives that she took. Dory’s subtle transformation (and Alia Shawkat’s phenomenal performance) and the tension that it creates in the audience are Search Party’s greatest magic tricks. Search Party season 4 once more reinvents itself, but with...

What happens when the searcher becomes the searchee? Alia Shawkat‘s Dory will soon find out in season 4 of the comedy thriller Search Party. The cult hit was picked up by HBO Max for its third season, and is now going strong with a fourth season on the way. Watch the Search Party season 4 trailer below. Search […]

The post ‘Search Party’ Season 4 Trailer is All About Finding Dory appeared first on /Film.

Children and adolescents can often inadvertently embark on journeys of epic proportions that lead them to others who can help them unleash their ultimate destiny. That’s certainly the case for Lyra Belacqua, the young protagonist of the adventure drama television show, ‘His Dark Materials,’ which is based on the novel series of the same name […]

The post Lyra and Will Find Allies in Their Search For His Father on His Dark Materials appeared first on Shockya.com.

Pema Tseden (པད་མ་ཚེ་བརྟན།), born in 1969, is the first Tibetan alumni of the prestigious Beijing Film Academy graduating from the director’s department. He also studied Chinese-Tibetan translation and worked as a teacher and a civil servant. He is not only a sensitive and highly regarded director, portraying the modern Tibet with attention, accuracy and poetic touch, but also an esteemed writer, whose works have been translated into several languages. Although portraying ethnic minorities is a delicate topic in China, so far he has managed to deal with censors well, as all of his movies got approval. “The Silent Holy Stones”, his debut feature-length film in 2005, the very first feature shot in Tibet with a Tibetan crew, Tibetan actors and in Tibetan language. His following films got selected at international film festivals. As a fiction author, he both writes in Chinese and Tibetan. His books have been translated in several languages.

Five actors, including Oscar winner Susan Sarandon and Cougar Town‘s Busy Philipps, have been recruited to HBO Max’s Search Party.

The streamer on Tuesday announced Search Party‘s Season 4 guest cast, which, in addition to Sarandon and Philipps, also includes Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale), Griffin Dunne (This Is Us) and Lillias White (The Get Down), while Goosebumps author R.L. Stine will make a cameo during the fourth season.

More from TVLineSearch Party Season 3 Finale Recap: The Verdict Is In — Are Dory and Drew Heading for the Slammer?Search Party Stars React to That Bonkers Trial Verdict, Look...

London, Nov 18 (Ians) Members of the British girl band Little Mix are reportedly planning to pursue solo careers while one of the members, Jesy Nelson, is taking time off.

Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock have each been involved in secret plans to launch solo careers next year at the end of their existing deal, reports thesun.co.uk.

They have been quietly meeting with new managers, agents and industry bosses.

Jesy is also in talks over plans for her own solo career, which will resume as soon as she feels better.

This comes after the band's management announced Jesy's break on Tuesday.

In a statement, the group's publicist said: "Jesy is having extended time off from Little Mix for private medical reasons."

Jesy had pulled out of the final of their TV show "The Search", as well as their hosting duties at the recent MTV European Music Awards.

At the top of Wednesday’s Masked Singer, host Nick Cannon promised “a reveal that will break the Internet.” Since you’re reading this, safe to say, it did not.

But the episode did introduce Group C, a new batch of performers that included Mushroom, Lips, Squiggly Monster, Broccoli and Jellyfish. Read on to see how their performances went and to find out who said hello and goodbye within their very first episode.

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The agonizing wait is almost over, and in just three days, The Mandalorian will return to our screens with the season 2 premiere, which is shaping up to be appointment viewing for Star Wars fans across the world, as well as those who aren’t quite as keen on a galaxy far, far away but still found themselves enraptured by Jon Favreau’s acclaimed addition to the mythology.

One downside is that the episodes will be arriving on a weekly basis, but it seems unlikely that Mando and Baby Yoda’s latest adventure will be getting review bombed in a similar fashion to The Boys. So far, Disney and Lucasfilm have done a frustratingly good job of keeping plot details under wraps, but it isn’t long until we find out what direction the more expansive second run will be heading in.

The Mandalorian Season 2 Character Posters Revealed 1 of 5

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Gene Roddenberry left Star Trek’s third season to write a Tarzan film that never got produced, setting a tone for the next decade of his career. He produced the wretched Pretty Maids all in a Row and slunk back to television, first with the animated Trek and then a deal with Warner Bros that would see him produce the underrated Questor and Spectre along with a new science fiction film, seemingly designed to distance himself from the optimistic Sf albatross around his neck.

He cut a deal with CBS in 1972 to produce a 90-minute film, Genesis II designed to be a pilot for a potential series. He quickly reunited with many of the behind-the-scenes Trek team and got to work, creating a dystopia that began in 1979. We open in 2133 as Earth is recovering from nuclear war and mankind has been dramatically reduced in number. Apparently, the survivors didn’t...