Amazon is opening its first full-size, cashierless grocery store. Here's a first look inside

Amazon is cracking further into the $800 billion U.S. grocery industry, keeping the likes of Walmart, Kroger, 7-Eleven and Instacart on their toes.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/24/amazon-opens-its-first-full-size-cashierless-grocery-store-in-seattle.html?source=Snapzu

Amazon opened its first cashierless full grocery store in Seattle as it ramps up its position in the grocery sector

Amazon is opening its doors at a new Amazon Go location in Seattle on Tuesday. The new 10,000-square-foot store will be run in the same way as its sister locations – offering a cashierless shopping experience for its customers. The major difference here is that this will be the first full-line Amazon Go grocery store of its kind.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-opens-first-cashierless-amazon-go-grocery-store-in-seattle-2020-2?source=Snapzu

Apple to again skip US congressional hearing on Chinese influence in tech

Apple has for the second time declined to attend a U.S. congressional hearing that would have scrutinized its relationship with China as part of a larger investigation into tech privacy and security.
Read more: https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/02/24/apple-to-again-skip-us-congressional-hearing-on-chinese-influence-in-tech?source=Snapzu

NASA has a new idea to get the InSight lander's 'mole' on Mars digging again

The "mole" aboard NASA's Mars InSight lander is about to get yet another push. The mole — a self-hammering tool designed to get InSight's burrowing heat probe at least 10 feet (3 meters) underground — hasn't made much downward progress since its deployment on the Red Planet's surface in February 2019.
Read more: https://www.space.com/nasa-mars-insight-mole-new-digging-strategy.html?source=Snapzu

Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Free Images for Broader Public Use

The Smithsonian announced today the launch of Smithsonian Open Access, an initiative that removes Smithsonian copyright restrictions from about 2.8 million of its digital collection images and nearly two centuries of data. This means that people everywhere can now download, transform and share this open access content for any purpose, for free, without further permission from the Smithsonian. Among museums and cultural institutions, this is the largest and most interdisciplinary open access program to date.
Read more: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-releases-28-million-free-images-broader-public-use?source=Snapzu

Arctic 'doomsday' food vault welcomes millionth seed variety

A vault in the Arctic built to preserve seeds for rice, wheat and other food
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-environment-crops-arctic-idUSKBN20J1SN?source=Snapzu

Apple may be forced to disclose censorship requests from China

Two major shareholder groups backed proposal that would force tech company to make new human rights commitments
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/25/apple-censorship-requests-china-shareholder-groups-proposal?source=Snapzu