TikTok will let its users create longer videos, doing away with one of its defining features. Until now, videos on the app have been limited to 60 seconds, helping to create the kind of snappy posts for which it has become famous. But the company is rolling out the ability to post videos of up to three minutes in length, with the aim of giving its creators "the flexibility of a bit more space". The change will be rolling out to everyone "over the coming weeks" the company said. Users will get a notification when the longer videos are available to them.

Sixty seconds not enough time? TikTok will soon give its users the option to post even longer videos. On Thursday, TikTok announced it will allow its users to post videos up to three minutes long. Currently, TikTok users can record videos up to one minute long. The update will roll out to all users over the coming weeks.

Living in a dynamic physical world, it's easy to forget how effortlessly we understand our surroundings. With minimal thought, we can figure out how scenes change and objects interact. But what's second nature for us is still a huge problem for machines. With the limitless number of ways that objects can move, teaching computers to predict future actions can be difficult. Recently, researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have gotten a step closer, developing a deep-learning algorithm that, given still images from a scene, can create brief videos that simulate the future of that scene.

And with the social media giants battling for more users, Twitter has unleashed a new option that could help them stay in the game. Members can now create videos up to 140 seconds long and a small test group on Vine has also been granted this ability, allowing them to turn'the six second Vine into a trailer for a bigger story'. Twitter has unleashed a new feature that could help them stay in the game. The firm announced members can now create videos up to 140 seconds long and a small group on Vine also has this option, allowing them to turn'the six second Vine into a trailer for a bigger story' To start making longer videos, users simply tap on a video Tweet or Vine on their own timeline and will be redirected to a'new, full-screen viewing experience'. This new screen also gives you video editing tools, which allow users to trim down the clips to customize the beginning and end of the video.