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Twitter rolls out double character count after testing

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Twitter announced Tuesday it is doubling the character limit for most users' tweets after two months of testing shows the possibility of expanded content shouldn't "substantially change" the timeline reading experience. The social media company started testing the 280-character limit in September for some users tweeting in languages that tend to have "cramming issues." More "dense" languages like Japanese, Korean and Chinese don't have as many problems keeping posts under the 140-character limit unlike English, Spanish or […]

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Business & Lifestyle

BNP to cut links with shale and tar sands groups

PARIS (UPI/Financial Times) -- Paris-based global banker BNP Paribas announced Wednesday it would no longer do business with companies whose primary activity involves oil and gas extracted from shale deposits, tar sands or Arctic campaigns in one of the most aggressive steps so far by an international bank to reduce exposure to fossil fuels. The lender and largest banking firm in France offered a long list of projects it would no longer finance, ranging from an end to the support for projects involved […]

todayOctober 11, 2017 46

Business & Lifestyle

GRANT: After Equifax breach, blockchain can give control back to consumers

Former Equifax CEO Rick Smith, in testimony to Congress last week, dodged repeated questions from Sen. Elizabeth Warren about whether consumers do, or should, own the personal data that makes up their identities. The senator’s line of questioning and Smith’s squishy answers point to a major problem in our systems of financial and personal trust, a problem that many people have begun to take note of in the last few weeks. The recent breach of Equifax, in which over 143 […]

todayOctober 10, 2017 47

Business & Lifestyle

GAW Miners CEO held liable for $9.8 million judgment in SEC case

WASHINGTON (CoinDesk) -- A US Federal judge has signed off on a final judgment against Homero Josh Garza, the CEO of the now-defunct cryptocurrency mining firm GAW Miners. The judgment, entered on October 4, comes less than two years after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) first filed suit against Garza, GAW Miners and ZenMiner, a related firm. Garza was accused and charged with violating securities laws through the offering of so-called "Hashlets," or "virtual miners" which were sold to […]

todayOctober 10, 2017 16

Entertainment

Halloween safety tips

NOKOMIS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Halloween has been celebrated on October 31 in the U.S. since the early 1800’s and is traditionally a family-oriented holiday when children get to dress up and enjoy candy and other treats. Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. Over time, Halloween evolved into a secular, community-based event characterized by child-friendly activities such as trick-or-treating. In a number of countries around the world, as the days grow shorter and the nights get colder, people continue to […]

todayOctober 10, 2017 56

Business & Lifestyle

Committee seeking to improve properties in Nokomis with community gardens meeting October 24

NOKOMIS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A steering committee called Nokomis Community Gardens will be meeting at Ugly Mugs Coffeehouse on Tuesday, October 24 at 7 p.m. The interim chair of the committee, former chef Harrison "Skip" Graden, is seeking to establish solutions to the eyesores of empty lots around the City of Nokomis as part of a mission to beautify the city, but also give back to the community at the same time. The meeting will discuss the various eyesore properties […]

todayOctober 9, 2017 47

Business & Lifestyle

Illinois Policy: Janus v. AFSCME could mean more freedom for Illinois’ government workers

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Illinois Policy Institute) -- For four decades, government workers have been denied their First Amendment right to freedom of association, but that could change with a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2018. The First Amendment is among the most cherished parts of the U.S. Constitution. Among its provisions, the First Amendment guarantees everyone the right to choose with which organizations to associate. That includes the right to determine what organizations a person funds. Yet for 40 years, that right […]

todayOctober 9, 2017 35

Illinois

St. John’s Hospital honors nurses for dedicated care provided to retired UFC fighter Matt Hughes

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Many members of the medical team at HSHS St. John's Hospital gathered with former UFC fighter and Hall of Famer Matt Hughes and members of his family Tuesday as they honored two nurses with a special award during a private ceremony that took place on the hospital campus. Hughes, with his wife Audra and daughters Hanna and Katelyn and friend Tony Zucca, arrived at St. John's to honor two nurses and showed their gratitude to the […]

todayOctober 4, 2017 98

Business & Lifestyle

Entertainment minute: sequels and wrestling, baw gawd

RKO outta nowhere! Baw gawd, this is a slobberknocker. We could go all day going through the commentary genius that is and always will be Jim Ross, but we've got an entertainment rundown to go through today, October 3. Let's begin: LOS ANGELES (UPI/PWInsider) -- According to PWInsider, actor Bradley Cooper is being eyed to portray World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) chairman and CEO Vince McMahon in an upcoming biopic entitled Pandemonium. Cooper has yet to made a decision. The Sony […]

todayOctober 3, 2017 36

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