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NASA’s InSight probe successfully lands on Mars and deploys solar panels

Nov27
by on November 27, 2018 at 6:08 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Space


NASA’s InSight probe landed on Mars a few hours ago after a rigorous voyage through space of nearly seven months. The space agency has revealed in its latest update that the probe has also successfully deployed its solar panels – needed to power the lander – on the Red Planet. After reaching Mars’ atmosphere a little before 3 PM EST, InSight made a nerve-racking descent to the planet’s surface. The probe made a complex multi-step routine to slow down from more than 19,000 kmph to just 8 kmph before it hit the ground. For this, InSight had to autonomously deploy…

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Amazon makes its machine learning courses available for free

Nov27
by on November 27, 2018 at 5:32 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Insider


Amazon announced today that it’s making its range of machine learning courses available to all developers signed up to its AWS platform for free. This program was previously available only to Amazon employees, but anyone can now take advantage of it at no charge by signing up to Amazon Web Services’ free plan. It includes 30 courses in total, with over 45 hours of course material, videos, and lab tests. The company says its content addresses beginners, advanced developers, and everyone in between. The company is targeting four groups with this program: developers, data scientists, data platform engineers, and business professionals.…

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Facebook Messenger bug resurfaces chats from years ago (Update: it’s fixed)

Nov27
by on November 27, 2018 at 4:19 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Update (10:08 AM, 27 November 2018): A Facebook spokesperson told TNW it’s fixed the bug: Earlier today, some people may have experienced Facebook resending older messages. The issue, caused by software updates, has been fully resolved. We’re sorry for any inconvenience. Our original story follows. Facebook’s Messenger service is acting up in the weirdest way for some users: it’s resurfacing conversations from the past automatically, with some chat threads dating back years, reports The Verge. The bug causes old conversations to show up in the Messenger tab on Facebook’s site, and they look just like new unread chats. The company…

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Drone footage offers a peek at the devastating effects of California’s wildfires

Nov27
by on November 27, 2018 at 2:15 am
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As millions of American’s cozied up to a weekend of turkey sandwiches, California’s firefighters were just settling into their own beds at night. Some for the first time in weeks. After a historic fire season — made only more historic after following up last year’s record-setting fire season, which bested the previous record-setting fire season, and so on — the state’s firefighters finally have a reason to settle in for a much-needed nap. The Camp Fire, in particular, raged for nearly a month, killing at least 81 people, gutting more than 18,000 structures, and scorching over 150,000 acres. Admittedly, these…

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