Twitter is preparing to double the number of message characters

In search of renewal, the social network Twitter could remove the limit of 140 characters. Messages with 280 characters are in test phase ... before generalization?

For several semesters Twitter is struggling to grow, which does not reassure investors. In order to attract new users and thus increase advertising revenue, the social network has multiplied the novelties. The success of this new strategy is not obvious, but there is still a slight improvement over the last few months.

After various changes offering more flexibility to users, such as non-counting images and links in tweets, it's the sacrosanct limit of 140 characters that made the identity of Twitter will be relaxed. A test phase is in progress with 280 character messages, which is double: "We want everyone in the world to be able to express themselves easily on Twitter, so we are doing something new: we will try a larger limit, 280 characters "the firm writes on its blog. Only a few users are entitled for this moment to this extension, if everything goes well it should be open to all in the near future.

The network has never been profitable. In the second quarter, revenue was $ 574 million, down 5% from 2016. Net income increased by $ 9 million to $ 116.5 million. The monetization of the network has always been a complex task ... that no one has been able to solve. Perhaps the lengthening of messages will help. We are now waiting for the possibility of editing his tweets.

Peruvian ex-president Humala imprisoned for plotting Odebrecht

The former president and his wife are charged with money laundering. Humala will go to the same prison as Alberto Fujimori

The Lava Jato operation, the huge corruption plot born in Brazil's Petrobras, which has crippled all of Latin America through bribery by the construction company Odebrecht, has brought to jail the first foreign political leader. And it has not been the former Brazilian president Lula da Silva, sentenced to nine years in prison for corruption, but has avoided the prison pending the appeal. Those imprisoned for 18 months in pre-trial detention by a Peruvian judge in the night from Thursday to Friday are former president Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia.

Two days after the prosecutor asked for it, Judge Richard Concepcion Carhuancho of the First National Preparatory Investigation Court issued 18 months in pre-trial detention against whoever was president of Peru from 2011 to 2016 and against his wife and successor at the head of the Party Nationalist Peruvian, Nadine Heredia. Both are accused of money laundering for the funds that their party allegedly received from the Government of Venezuela and the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht for the campaigns of 2006 and 2011. "Here we have a president who came to power and ruled through an election campaign based In illicit money. That is serious because it hurts society morally, "prosecutor Germán Juárez was quoted as saying by Reuters.

Once the resolution was known, the couple - who were in their residence following the details of the hearing for which the prosecutor requested their admission to prison - went in their private car to the Justice Palace in the center of Lima to surrender. They spent the first night in the dungeon of the building. On the way, both had time to post their reactions on Twitter. Humala wrote: "This is the confirmation of the abuse of power, which we will face, in defense of our rights and the rights of all." Shortly before, Heredia had launched: "Despite the arbitrariness we are here, we are confident that this decision will be reversed as justice. We trust in our country! "

On Friday, the judge ordered Humala to be sent to Barbadillo prison, where his predecessor, Alberto Fujimori, is being held. His wife will go to the only women's prison in Lima. The situation of both will be reviewed in the coming weeks by the National Criminal Appeals Chamber, which will confirm or revoke the measure.

Confession

The prison petition was filed Tuesday by provincial prosecutor Germán Juárez, who relied on recently incorporated elements of the investigation, such as statements by Jorge Barata, former Odebrecht representative in Peru. According to Barata told a group of Peruvian prosecutors, in mid-2010 he received a call in which the owner of the construction company, Marcelo Odebrecht, ordered him to make donations for the campaign of the Nationalist Party, which nominated Humala.

These were requested, always according to his testimony, by the Workers' Party of former President Lula da Silva. Marcelo Odebrecht himself later told the Brazilian court: "The Odebrecht Group (...) would have sent, through the Department of Structured Operations [the negotiated one that made opaque payments], three million dollars to the candidate for the presidency of Peru Ollanta Humala ". Something this and his wife deny.

The actions of justice have not been without criticism, such as the fact that the prosecutor has three years of investigation without having made an accusation so far. At the moment, the investigation has led the judge to the conviction that there are elements of crime, which can be presumed a manipulation of the evidence of the case, and that there is danger that Humala and Heredia try to leave the country, so that imprisonment Is a proportional measure.

Reports indicate the penetration of more than 12 nuclear power plants in the United States!

According to The New York Times, hackers have targeted unknown networks of companies responsible for operating nuclear power plants in the United States over the past two months. According to a joint report issued by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation earlier this week, the Times story sets one goal, the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operations Foundation, a facility responsible for overseeing the operation of a nuclear power plant outside Burlington, Kansas. The report also states that energy companies and manufacturing plants are also targeted, but none have been identified by name.

The intensity of the attacks remains unclear, as is the motive behind the cyber attacks. Pirates may be interested in stealing trade secrets in US infrastructure or disrupting the operation of power facilities. It is also unclear whether more than one facility in charge of a nuclear power plant has been successfully penetrated, or if Wolf Creek employees are the only victims so far.

There is no indication that hackers have been able to jump from the computers of their victims to systems of control over facilities," the report said. Wolff Creek officials also confirmed to The Times that its "systems of operations" were kept separate from the computer network from the facility, to prevent such cyber attacks and not to allow hackers to directly control power plant systems.

However, hacking is a serious cause for concern. The joint report notes that pirates are interested in drawing up computer networks to report potential attacks in the future. These attacks focused on staff with direct access to systems that could cause environmental disasters such as toxic waste and fire. It does not appear that the group or individuals concerned have been able to bypass individual computers from industrial control engineers so far.

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