UAE's 'Hope' probe to be first in trio of Mars missions

The first Arab space mission, the UAE's "Hope" probe, is expected to reach Mars' orbit on Tuesday, making it the first of three spacecraft to arrive at the Red Planet this month.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-02-uae-probe-trio-mars-missions.html

Q&A: What is China's carbon trading scheme?

China has launched the world's biggest carbon trading system to help lower carbon emissions, but critics and analysts have raised doubts about whether it will have a signficant impact.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-02-qa-china-carbon-scheme.html

Google moves away from diet of 'cookies' to track users

Google is weaning itself off user-tracking "cookies" which allow the web giant to deliver personalized ads but which also have raised the hackles of privacy defenders.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2021-02-google-diet-cookies-track-users.html