The internet has a bad day, Uber's very bad month continues and Twitter takes more action to tackle abuse. That and more in The Daily Crunch for March 1, 2017. Let the madness begin.

1. Amazon S3 outage rocks the web

Times were not good for the internet yesterday. In fact, they were bad, because AWS's S3 services were down for an extended period. It brought low a number of popular sites and services.

Why? Amazon has only said it saw error rates spike in its U.S. East region. But it was a great reminder about how reliant we've become on just a few megaproviders in terms of things like content delivery.

2. Uber CEO blows up, then says he needs to grow up

A video of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick taking an Uber seems like it might result in him being less inclined to take Ubers in the future. Kalanick was caught on an inward-facing dashcam, debating his business strategy with the driver and ultimately going off on the dude. Kalanick apologized internally to employees in an email that was then posted on Uber's newsroom, but it's one more brick in the wall of bad publicity for Uber lately.

3. Twitter continues its efforts to stem harassment

Twitter is finally rolling out product updates consistently and rapidly to quiet the trolls and make the network a more friendly place. More today as it offers users new tools to silence abuse and filter out specific content.

4. Nintendo Switch, reviewed

Devin's the lucky TC duck that got to review the Nintendo Switch. His conclusion? Cribbing Reagan for "trust, but verify," which in this case has nothing to do with the Russians but everything to do with Nintendo offering up an apparent winner, but really needing to push the gas on software since it's a paltry field at launch.

5. Snap looked into drones, 360-cameras

Snapchat parent co. Snap explored additional hardware including drones and 360-degree cameras. Exploring options is what you do as a hardware company, so it's not surprising. It's also not surprising it hasn't green-lighted any of these yet, given how niche their appeal remains. Snap needs to focus on large audiences if it wants its products to take off.

6. Cobalt's security robot won't take people down but it will patrol

This safety robot from a team including former Google and SpaceX employees isn't exactly Robocop, but sometimes all you need are wheels, a camera, an NFC scanner and a data connection to ensure only the people who are authorized to get through, get through.

7. PayPal hit with class action lawsuit

PayPal is facing a lawsuit that says it put charitable donations towards recipients other than those people thought they were contributing to. It sounds like it's due to a technical hiccup, but it's not at all transparent to potential donors.

Get that moon revenue, SpaceX. That and more in The Daily Crunch for February 28, 2017. Plus Uber's crisis management continues, and Hyperloop One eyes new markets.

1. SpaceX already sold two tickets to a trip around the moon in 2018

How do you fund an ongoing endeavor to build space technology? You could sell tickets to the moon. Or around the moon – nearish the moon.

SpaceX already sold two such tickets, for a trip around the moon that will take place next year if all goes to schedule. The company announced the news yesterday, out of nowhere, without revealing either the price paid per ticket or who the lucky two individuals will be.

2. Uber SVP departs just months after joining due to sexual harassment complaint

Uber SVP Amit Singhal joined the company after coming "out of retirement" in January, but he's already gone – he resigned after Uber found out about a sexual harassment claim made against him perviously that it deemed "credible," and that also proved the real reason for his departure from Google to begin with. One thing Uber does not need at the moment are more problems with sexual harassment than those apparently embedded into its culture.

3. Boston Dynamics' new robot has wheels, can jump

After originally leaking via a low-quality video shot by a conference attendee, Boston Dynamics' new Handle robot with wheels and the ability to jump is much more impressive in these official demo videos. It's got a 4-foot vertical, which is more ups than you or I can claim.

4. Hyperloop One looks to India next

Hyperloop One is in talks with the Indian government about whether or not a hyperloop systems makes sense for the country, and would be feasible in terms of infrastructure and economics. It's a big step for Hyperloop One, which is exploring a short list of 35 global project proposals for use of its tech.

5. Apple's next iPhone could go USB-C

The Lightning connector is not that old, but Apple might be doing away with it regardless: A new WSJ report says it's going with USB-C on the next iPhone, and that's ultimately for the best, even if you're going to be mad about having to buy new cables right now. Let's get behind USB-C and make it the actual one cord to rule them all.

6. The FCC's net neutrality rollback is coming

The FCC has so far only taken small steps to roll back net neutrality, but now it's getting set to do the real deed. That sucks.

7. YouTube now serving 1 billion hours daily

Good god people watch a lot of YouTube. Those Let's Play videos are long as heck though, and easy to leave on in the background, so take this number with about 1 billion grains of salt.