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Google’s trying to become a one-stop shopping destination

Google wants its search engine to become the place where you do your online shopping. To do that, the company announced today that it’s introducing a set of new shopping-specific features meant to help you narrow down your results and — more importantly — keep you on Google.For starters, Google’s folding shopping features directly into its main search bar, no longer requiring you to hit the “Shopping” tab whenever you’re searching for something you want to buy. Starting your searches with the word “shop” followed by a…

Final Destination 6 Finds Its Directors

Image: New Line CinemaTowards the start of the year, news broke that New Line Cinema was aiming to bring back the Final Destination franchise with a new installment, since it’s been over a decade since the fifth film. After much searching, the film has finally found its directors in Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein. The duo are responsible for the 2018 film Freaks, which you may recall that we really liked, and they got the job for the new Final Destination flick by having a moment that probably wouldn’t be out of place in

Final Destination 6 Has Taken Another Big Step Forward After Months Of Silence

The last time we heard anything major about the sixth installment of the Final Destination film series was when it was decided Jon Watts would act as producer, with Guy Busick and Lori Evans Taylor coming on as writers. But that was back in January, so you might assume that people forgot about developing the next movie. Luckily, those months of being left hanging for news are over, as Final Destination 6 has taken another big step forward.It’s been eleven years since the last Final Destination movie hit theaters, so it’s…

IndiGo Adds 100th Destination with the Launch of Direct Flight to UAE’s Ras Al Khaimah

India’s leading budget carrier IndiGo on Thursday added Ras Al Khaimah as its 100th destination with a new daily direct flight between Mumbai and the Gulf city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Also named as Gulf Tourism Capital for 2020 and 2021 by the Gulf Cooperation Council, Ras Al Khaimah is the airline’s 11th Middle East destination in the 6E network. The inaugural IndiGo flight from Mumbai was given a ceremonial water cannon salute as the aircraft taxied to the terminal here to mark the occasion. Chairman of Ras…

Horror Fans Dodge Death to Determine Which ‘Final Destination’ Is Best

Image via Warner Bros. Horror movie lovers all have a Final Destination story, the one scene that stops you from being able to do something routine and mundane. For instance, we no longer drive behind trucks carrying anything, let alone logs, and tanning beds are also scary territory now. The movie certainly serves its purpose, striking a nerve of fear in the hearts of viewers everywhere, and the franchise that spawned from it grew an audience of movie-goers who loved being spooked. While some viewers are more…

Text to Image Generators Are the Next Destination for Photo Editing App Makers

The implementation of the ‘Text to Image’ feature directly within our apps, opens an entire realm of possibilities says Lightricks CEO Photos are taken candid, long-shot, side profile and whatever may be the shot, one thing becomes inevitable – photoshopping. When you look at the airbrushed pictures on the glossy magazine pages, it gives us an impression of sophistication with a hint of surreality. Text-to-image generators, which have recently occupied most of the tech-enthusiasts attention, are now foraying into…

Google will update ad Destination requirements policy in October

Starting next month, Google will update the Destination requirements policy requiring that ad experiences on destinations to conform to the Coalition for Better Ads Better Ads Standards. What this means. This means that any ads that don’t conform to the new standards will be disapproved. Advertisers will be notified of disapprovals in the Ad Experience Report. What Google says. Google made the announcement in an email, indicating that affected accounts may see their ads…

Going back to school? The Switch is your destination for RPG-powered procrastination – TechCrunch

As the new school year starts, a fresh cohort of students will soon be hard at work finding ways to avoid writing papers and watching lectures they slept through, and just generally finding ways to waste the hours as effectively as possible. Fortunately the Switch is currently an absolute treasure trove of time sinks of the RPG variety. If you’re thinking of putting off that assignment for a little longer — say, 80 to 100 hours or more — take a look at some of the most recent games that are making the Switch a…

Fed Officials See Need for Continued Interest-Rate Increases, but Less Certainty Over Destination

Federal Reserve officials agreed at their meeting last month they needed to keep raising interest rates enough to slow the economy and likely would need to hold rates at that level until it was clear inflation was decelerating. Officials voted to raise their benchmark rate by 0.75 percentage point in July, following an increase of the same size in June. Those were the largest rate increases since 1994. Several officials have indicated since the meeting that they would support lifting rates by at least a half percentage…

China tourist destination set a GDP target, but Covid locked it down

Sanya, on the southern coast of Hainan, was the top destination for couples flying from three of China's largest cities last week for China's version of Valentine's Day, according to booking site Trip.com.Lucas Schifres | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China's tourist-heavy province of Hainan is falling further behind lofty growth goals it set in January.Back then, the island said it aimed for 9% GDP growth this year. But like China's economy overall, growth is running far below initial targets — due in a large…