Amazon’s AWS outage took down Adele, Netflix, and Tinder. It could’ve been worse

Robinhood just became a crypto company. If it does things right, it won’t be for long

Robinhood gets a lot of comparisons to TDAmeritrade and Charles Schwab. But it also wants to compete with the JPMorgans of the world. Read More

More lightning in the Arctic is bad news for the planet

Enlarge / Lightning strikes in the far north of Canada. (credit: Sandra Angers-Blondin) The Arctic isn’t doing so hot. That’s because it is, in fact, too hot. It’s warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the planet, which is setting off vicious feedback loops that accelerate change. Ice, for instance, is more […]

New U. S. COVID cases are down 21%. See how your state is doing

More Americans are getting boosters than their first COVID shot. Read More