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Welcome to "On the Net Today". Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, we bring you a handpicked selection of three valuable and interesting online resources to help you get the most out of the internet and optimize your browsing time.

Here are the three resources we've prepared for today:

• Tripadvisor identifies the 14 main trends in the world of travel

• AI trends: analyst Mary Meeker's 340-page report

• The creativity challenge proposed by The New York Times

Tripadvisor identifies the 14 main trends in the world of travel

The online travel company Tripadvisor has just published its first report on trends related to the world of travel, "Tripadvisor Trendcast 2025".

“Get ready, because the future of travel just landed. We dug deep into millions of reviews, bookings, and convos on Tripadvisor to uncover the micro-trends and massive cultural swings that are rewriting the ways we go” as explained in the presentation of this report.

The authors of this work say that "our first-ever Trendcast captures it all—it’s the ultimate pulse check on where travelers are now and what’ll be driving them forward for years to come".

The report identifies 14 trends, for each of which it offers a detailed explanation, supporting data, and specific recommendations. All of this is presented in an attractive and dynamic way:

1. Waterculturalism

2. Play it Forward

3. Written in the Stars

4. New ‘Moons

5. Dynamically Sensorial

6. Global Gaming

7. Investigative Eating

8. Family Vacays 2.0

9. Nano Neighborhoods

10. Solo-Social

11. Beauty Voyagers

12. Sports Trek

13. Time Tripping

14. Slow Going

Link: 

• Tripadvisor Trendcast 2025

AI trends: analyst Mary Meeker's 340-page report

“One thing is certain – it’s gametime for AI, and it’s only getting more intense… and the genie is not going back in the bottle”. 

With these words concludes the comprehensive 340-page report that the BOND team, led by analyst Mary Meeker, has just published on the state of artificial intelligence.

For years, Meeker published a report on the state of the internet that became an essential reference for the industry. Now, she is trying to do the same with the world of AI.

The report, which offers a massive amount of data and information, suggests that changes are happening faster than ever and that the growth in AI usage, in the number of users, in investment and also in costs is unprecedented.

This is the report's table of contents:

Links:

• Trends – Artificial Intelligence - Bond

• The PDF report  

The creativity challenge proposed by The New York Times

The Well section of The New York Times newspaper, dedicated to health and wellness topics, is offering throughout this week "The Creativity Challenge," a series of daily proposals for users to activate and exercise their minds.

According to the newspaper's explanation, Many of us have a narrow definition of creativity. “We think it’s a rare gift reserved for artists. But we’re all creative in some way, whether or not we think so. And being creative comes with big health benefits. It can energize you, sharpen your ideas and problem-solving skills and act as a powerful antidote against burnout”

The benefits that creativity brings are multiple and varied. ·Research links creativity to happiness and well-being, and a 2021 study found that older people who participated in creative activities showed less cognitive decline than those who did not”, the newspaper explains.

To help develop creativity skills, the NYT is proposing a different activity to readers each day this week. 

Are you up for trying them?

Link:

• The Creativity Challenge

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