Sunday
Apr172022

adidas Originals debuts metaverse avatar creator for new Ozworld collection

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On April 15, adidas Originals entered the metaverse with the launch of what it calls the "first personality-based AI-generated avatar creation platform." The sportswear brand partnered with Ready Player Me to launch the Ozworld Experience. It allows you to use the unique avatar you made in the different apps and games on the metaverse or on your social media through stickers and GIFs.

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Sunday
Apr172022

Twitter's edit feature could get tweet history tracker

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Twitter has confirmed it is working on an edit feature, and it looks like it might have a digital trace of your tweet's history. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong shares in a tweet that the edit function appears to have an "immutable" quality, meaning Twitter may create an entirely new tweet when one is edited while preserving its previous versions. It's unclear how the edit history will appear to users. But we're hoping Twitter does make it public.

That is a reasonable approach to the feature if you think about it. And it could address the concerns of those who believe editing tweets will alter the public record and mislead users. So far, we've seen how the edit button could appear in the interface.

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Saturday
Apr162022

Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 4/10 – 4/16

Saturday
Apr162022

YouTube Shorts will let you splice long-form videos into your clips

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If you wanted to use a part of a YouTube video in your Shorts clips, that's now possible with a new update to the feature. It brings a similar experience to TikTok's Stitch feature. You can add 1- to 5-second segments of eligible long-form videos and Shorts to use in your clips. Of course, the original clip will be credited in the video via a link. You get a lot of videos to use, but, of course, creators have the option to exclude their content from being remixed. The videos with a copyright claim or set to private can't be sampled. iOS users are the first to get the feature, while Android users will get it later this year. YouTube is also making Shorts available on the web and tablets, so you should be seeing a Shorts tab across your different devices over the next few weeks.

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