Windows Devices Go Down, COVID Rates Go Up, and Tornadoes Touchdown on the Ground and on the Big Screen

President Biden is far from the only positive as COVID is
experiencing a summer surge. Windows malfunction grounds planes and
causes outages for banks, hospitals and emergency services. The
Perseid meteor shower gives you plenty of shooting stars to see.
Plus, we use the Twisters premiere as an excuse to talk about wild
weather. Recommended reading COVID Rates Are Rising Again. Why Does
It Spread So Well in the Summer?  Worldwide Tech Outage
Started with Defective Crowdstrike Update to Microsoft Windows
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