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Google has been spotted testing a new Play Store ad slot ahead of its I/O developer conference in May. If rolled out publicly, the change could significantly expand the company’s Play Store search ads business by offering developers access to new prime real estate for their app marketing efforts. The test comes two years ago after Apple made a similar move with the addition of a new ad slot that appeared on the store’s Search tab itself, instead of only at the top of search results, as before. Similar to Apple, Google is also testing an ad slot that appears when Android users navigate to the Play Store’s search menu, where they can type in keywords to find apps. The test was first spotted by the Android news site, Android Police , which noted that Google had been testing app “recommendations” in this slot as of late last year. When queried about those app promos at the time, Google had clarified they weren’t ads, just personalized suggestions. Now, that’s changed as the same spot i

Amazon unveiled its Halo Band wearable in the summer of 2020, which represented the company's first foray into the health industry. The Halo Band was not all that compelling - it didn't even have a display - but additional products including a more traditional fitness tracker called Amazon Halo View... Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/imRNocL via

The upcoming documentary Victim/Suspect follows journalist Rae de Leon as she investigates a disturbing pattern across sexual assault cases nationwide — survivors who go to the police to report their assaults are often treated as suspects. In de Leon's research, which includes recordings from police interrogations, interviews with victims, and accounts from legal experts, we learn that survivors reporting their assault are sometimes charged with or even arrested for filing a false report. Victim/Suspect offers a painful look into a criminal justice system that fails its victims and emboldens a hostile environment that threatens those who speak up. This is the latest documentary from filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman, whose harrowing investigation Roll Red Roll was nominated for a Peabody. Victim/Suspect premieres on Netflix May 23.  from Mashable https://ift.tt/m3Eg5XC https://ift.tt/5K4WwAH

TikTok will soon create AI-generated profile pictures at users' request, according to a leak first covered by The Verge . The tool creates headshots in the same way you might create AI headshots on the Lensa app or AI SuitUp . But, instead of generating a photo through a third party, TikTok's new feature will allegedly be built right into the app, The Verge reported. In screenshots shared from social media consultant Matt Navarra, it looks like the app will ask users to submit between three to 10 photos and it will create up to 30 avatars, but you can only use the tool once a day. Then, you can set it as your avatar, download them, post them — whatever your heart desires. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) TikTok did not immediately respond to Mashable's request for comment, but it said in a statement to TechCrunch that the tool — which it calls an "experiment" — is already available in select regions. SEE ALSO: Need a professional headshot?

While the banking world watches American lender First Republic publicly convulse after its earnings report detailed a widespread evaporation of its deposit base, the startup world of neobanks is taking blows as well. Earlier this week, Revolut, a highly-valued, UK-based neobank saw its valuation decline by some 46% in the eyes of one of its backers . The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday. Given that Revolut last raised $800 million at a $33 billion valuation in mid-2021, it stands to reason that it was likely overvalued at the time — show us a nine-figure startup round from those times that fits neatly against today’s valuation marks and we’ll buy you a smoothie. But Revolut getting such a sharp valuation cut nearly two years after it was last priced made us sit up and take notice. There was a time when the neobank-for-x-market was amongst the most popular startup models, after

Earlier this week, Shuhei Yoshida revealed that Sony regularly axes in-production games. The former Sony Interactive Entertainment president told The Guardian that he had to "cancel so many games" to "save" developers from getting "stuck" on a project. He said that it is just part of Sony's production process. Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/XvwicGE via

UPDATE: Apr. 26, 2023, 12:45 p.m. EDT This story has been updated to include more dupes for popular products. Sierra was scrolling through her For You page in January when she came across a seven-second clip of a woman unpacking the spoils of a recent Target order: two large boxes of store-brand toilet paper. "It is the best dupe for Charmin toilet paper," the narrator declares in a voiceover. Sierra, who works in marketing but uses TikTok for fun, had noticed more and more videos about dupes on the app lately, but found the seven-second clip "outrageous": Why are we romanticizing generic versions of everyday household items that have been around forever? So she decided to stitch it. "'Be so fucking for real right now' was the first thought that came to my mind, and I just said it," Sierra told Mashable, explaining her brief and blunt reaction video . (We've omitted her last name to protect her privacy.) She thought some friends who fo