Google’s pilot for Play Store billing alternatives is finally coming Stateside. The company is expanding its “user choice billing” test to the US, Brazil and South Africa. As before, you’ll be asked to choose either Google’s in-app purchasing system or something else (such as the developer’s) when you buy in-app

CVS, Target, Walmart stores to test plastic shopping bag alternatives
CVS Health, Target and Walmart plan to test options to the single-use plastic shopping bag through the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag’s Beyond the Bag Initiative.
The three-year Beyond the Bag Initiative calls on retailers to “think outside the box” to address the global waste issue of plastic shopping
Why Billie Eilish’s New Album ‘Happier Than Ever’ Is Her Biggest Test Yet
Two years after becoming the spokeswoman for a new generation of music fans, Billie Eilish faces an age-old challenge: keeping her momentum.
The pop superstar on Thursday night released her second album “Happier Than Ever,” an important test of her artistic and commercial stature in a music business where stars