Having established itself as an early leader in the market for cloud infrastructure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the online retailer’s profitable cloud platform, is still ahead of the pack. According to estimates from Synergy Research Group, Amazon’s ma…
While majorities in England and Wales voted for Brexit, majorities in both Scotland and Northern Ireland voted against it, seriously threatening the future integrity of the United Kingdom. Support for independence is now surging in Scotland and while t…
The U.S. Geological Survey has announced that U.S. mines produced around $82.3 billion of minerals in 2020, a reduction on the $83.7 billion extracted the year before. Despite the decline, the performance was still positive given the havoc Covid-19 has…
The huge stock price surges of heavily shorted companies like GameStop and AMC has pulled back considerably this week. Investors point to halts in trading and restrictions in share purchases from retail trading platforms like Robinhood as reasons for a…
Cancer research, meat alternatives and smart home technologies are among the major developments of our time. But which countries are world leaders in research and development, patent activity, high-tech density and everything that comes with fostering …
The Economist Democracy Index rates countries on the state of their governing system each year. In the latest installment published today, 23 countries in the world were rated as “full democracies,” including all Scandinavian countries, several Western…
Aside from reporting another blowout quarter, Amazon also dropped a bombshell on Tuesday, announcing that its founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will transition to the role of Executive Chair in Q3 2021. Bezos, whose stake in Amazon has made him the richest ma…
Super Bowl LV is less than a week away, and many are pegging the championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a classic battle of old versus new. Former New England Patriot and 43-year-old quarterback Tom Brady leads the…
Some while ago, precious rare earths important in the production of microchips, electronics and electric motors were almost exclusively sourced in China. In recent years, several nations have picked up production again while new players entered the mar…
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a prominent civil rights group, has released its annual census documenting American hate groups. Even though 2020 proved one of the most politically divisive years in U.S. history with conspiracy theories and white nati…
