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Twitter has announced that photos, videos, GIFs, polls, and Quote Tweets no longer count towards your 140-character limit. The social media site said it wanted to give users the opportunity to say more and “simplify” the service. Founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey has previously admitted the platform was too confusing for consumers. The site has also been plagued by …

A new research suggests eight out of every ten young, indigenous people in Canada will develop Type 2 diabetes and half of young, non-indigenous Canadians will develop the disease in their lifetimes. About 8 of 10 First Nations people will develop diabetes at a young age, compared to roughly half of all Canadians, the University of Calgary researchers found. More …

Justin Bieber amd Sofia Richie have reportedly split, after their brief summer fling. Pop singer Justin Bieber and his new girlfriend, Sofia Richie, have reportedly called it quits just six weeks after they were first spotted out and about together. A source close to the couple told Us Weekly that things had started “cooling off” between the lovebirds earlier this …

GES, Lightstorm Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products have announced that a new interactive travelling exhibition – AVATAR: Discover Pandora – will debut in Taipei, Taiwan on 7 December 2016. Inhabiting 12,000 square feet, the attraction will immerse visitors in Avatar’s settings (the Hallelujah Mountains, the Tree of Souls), wildlife (banshees, direhorses, viperwolves), and science (space travel, AMP suits) …

Tatiana Maslany, an actress whom you may recognize as one of many clones on Orphan Black, won her first Emmy this year, in a major win for people who won’t stop talking about how Tatiana Maslany needs an Emmy. Maslany appeared shocked as she accepted the award and thanked the show’s creators for “this incredible dream job.” She also said …

The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) recently announced a five-year research initiative to explore the possibilities of autonomous water-based systems. In collaboration with MIT, the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute) has launched the world’s first major research program on autonomous floating vessels in metropolitan areas, dubbed Roboat.

At least 18 people have died after a tourist boat carrying 150 collided with a bridge in central Thailand and capsized. The double-decker boat was carrying over 150 Muslim tourists returning from a trip to the city of Ayutthaya on Sunday afternoon, when it hit a bridge on the Chao Praya River and partially submerged.

Ahmad Khan Rahami is wanted for questionaing in the Chelsea bombing that injured nearly 30 people on the night of September 17, the FBI says. Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, is being sought in connection to the Saturday evening explosionin Manhattan’s Chelseaneighborhood, the New York City Police Department and FBI said early Monday. CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues reports that investigators …

Lady Gaga will be headlining the Super Bowl 51 halftime show, one that is sure to be interesting given all that has happened with the LGBT community. The promotion to the primetime slot comes following a successful rendition of the National Anthem in 2016, ahead of Beyoncé’s amazing set, which is regarded as a sort of audition for the main …

The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica is not your soccer mom’s minivan, or at least it is trying not to be. The Pacifica replaces the Town & Country, and over time, it’ll replace the Dodge Grand Caravan, too. (The Dodge remains in production for a while as the new Pacifica enters production.)

Prince William and Kate’s engagement on Friday got off to a shaky start as William rushed to the aid of a man who had fallen. The Vice Lord Lieutenant of Essex and the Queen’s representative in the county, Jonathan Douglas-Hughes, fell over as he greeted The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to a school. Without thinking, Prince …