First Images from ExoMars Mission

The above image is one of the first image pairs taken by the ExoMars high-resolution CaSSIS camera.

Launched on a Proton-M rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on 14 March 2016, ExoMars arrived at Mars after about seven months. As part of preparations for its main science mission to analyse the atmosphere for gases that may be related to biological or geological activity, and image sites that might be related to these sources, the Trace Gas Orbiter has conducted

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Omidyar Network and the Anti-Defamation League are launching a center to combat cyberhate

Omidyar Network and the Anti-Defamation League are launching a center to combat cyberhate

The Anti-Defamation League is setting up a new outpost in Silicon Valley with hate crimes reportedly on the rise across the country and online. As the new year coming, racially and religiously motivated threats were on the rise in the run-up to the election and have continued. Events have culminated in the murder of an Indian man in Kansas City last month and the shooting

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Self-driving coalition gains safety and mobility members

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The Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets which was founded in April 2016 by Ford, Lyft, Uber, Volvo and Waymo, now it doubled its membership this week. But rather than adding more car manufacturers and tech stars, the coalition has added several organizations that have a real stake in the implementation of self-driving cars: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, National Federation of the

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Google’s Cloud Platform improves its free tier and adds always-free compute and storage services

Google’s Cloud Platform improves its free tier and adds always-free compute and storage services

Today, Google launched its improved always-free tier and trial program for its Cloud Platform quietly. The free tier, which now offers enough power to run a small app in Google’s cloud, is offered in addition to an expanded free trial program (yep — that’s all a bit confusing). This free trial gives you $300 in credits that you can use over the course

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