News in Brief

Facebook will end ban on political ads in the US

The social media giant had a months-long freeze on political ads

Microsoft’s Newest Garage App Is For Recording Group Transcriptions

The new app is called Group Transcribe

World is “Nowhere Close” to curbing the climate emergency, says UN Climate Report

The current global efforts fall short of what the planet needs

Microsoft Teams gets end-to-end encryption

A preview will be available to commercial customers soon

Earth’s Polar Regions face Space Hurricanes

The findings show that we should not underestimate space weather, even during calmer periods

Google makes it easier to swap between user profiles in Chrome

Plus, a new reading list feature for Android and Desktop

Perseverance Rover spotted from Space as a tiny speck on Martian surface

The mission hopes to study the tenuous atmosphere of Mars

Yusaku Maezawa is looking for eight people to join him for a Moon voyage on SpaceX Ship

Japanese billionaire announces new contest to ride a SpaceX ship

NASA’s Perseverance rover has the same processor as an iMac from 1998

NASA's latest rover runs on PowerPC 750

Twitter opens its audio chatroom “Spaces” to Android users

Twitter Spaces is now available in Android

Microsoft announces new Outlook calendar board

It combines files, tasks, meetings and more into a single view

Volvo vows to be all electric by 2030

The company joins a growing number of carmakers phasing out fossil-fuel engines

Grimes sold $6 million worth of NFT digital art

Including short videos and images set to music

The World’s First Ever Video of A Space-Time Crystal

Crystals are useful in a wide array of technologies