Twitter experiments with doubling its character limit

Over the past couple of years, Twitter has slowly chipped away at its 140-character constraint. It removed @replies from the limit earlier this year, and exempted photos, videos and quotes from it last year. Now, it’s ready to push those character restrictions once again. The company announced today that it’s going to experiment with expanding […]

‘Human guinea pigs’: ISIS conducted ‘Nazi-style’ chemical experiments, docs found in Mosul show

Islamic State tested poisonous chemicals on prisoners in a bid to produce easily-obtainable chemical weapons for local use and potential terrorist attacks in the West, records recovered from Mosul by Iraqi soldiers and obtained by The Times show. Arabic-language notes detailing experiments with thallium sulfate and “a nicotine-based compound” were reportedly discovered hidden inside the […]

Route planner Citymapper experiments with its own bus service

Citymapper is known for its popular route-planning app that helps people get around town. This week, though, the company is taking a more active approach to transportation, operating an actual bus route in London. CMX1 will only run from Tuesday, May 9th, through Wednesday, and it’ll be free for all passengers. As you’d expect, it’ll […]

Big, powerful, and roomy: these are the most popular cars for self-driving experiments

Yesterday, someone spotted one of Apple’s newly licensed self-driving cars puttering around in Silicon Valley, and — surprise! — it was a white Lexus RX450h. This wasn’t a total shock — after all, Apple registered three Lexus SUVs with the California DMV for autonomous driving earlier this month. But the extent of Lexus’ popularity among […]