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Nvidia is working to extend CUDA compatibility beyond x86-64 and aarch64 to RISC-V CPUs, according to a Hot Chips 2026 presentation. The company laid out strict hardware requirements, including RVA23 compliance, adherence to RISC-V server SoC and platform specs, ACPI support, and PCIe coherency, to ensure CUDA runs efficiently rather than falling back on lowest-common-denominator code.
ESPN is increasing subscription costs across nearly all its streaming tiers, with ESPN Unlimited rising to $32 monthly and $320 annually, and ESPN Select climbing to $14 monthly and $140 annually. Several Disney+ and Hulu bundles that include ESPN Select will also see price hikes, though bundles featuring ESPN Unlimited remain unaffected for now.
EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has launched six funding calls totaling €119 million to develop next-generation quantum computing infrastructure across Europe, including trapped-ion and superconducting platforms. The trapped-ion call, worth €20 million, targets a full-stack quantum computer with over 1,000 qubits integrated with HPC systems, while the superconducting call seeks a similarly scaled chiplet-based QPU with cloud access. Both calls opened August 13, 2026, with applications due November 17, 2026.
Prosecutors in Keelung, Taiwan have indicted nine individuals—including a senior Nvidia manager and two Supermicro employees—on charges of breach of trust and document forgery tied to illegal exports of high-end AI servers to China. Investigators say the group falsified paperwork to make it look like 130 B300 servers were deployed in Taiwan, when 74 were actually shipped to Chinese customers; the remaining 56 were stopped after customs officials spotted inconsistencies.
Amazon is selling the Sonos Arc Ultra Dolby Atmos soundbar for $899, a $200 cut from its $1,099 list price. The 18% discount ties the lowest price seen this year and matches the post-Prime Day low, with the product maintaining a 4.6-star rating.
Google has confirmed it fixed a YouTube bug on iPad that caused comments, titles, descriptions and other details to vanish after exiting full-screen playback. The fix ships with app version 21.33.6, and users experiencing the issue are advised to update immediately. The same release also updates Android's seek gesture, showing a scrub bar and skipped time when double-tapping to fast-forward or rewind.
A growing number of American universities are rolling out three-year bachelor's degree options aimed at reducing tuition costs and time to graduation. The push targets nontraditional and older students, such as 34-year-old Giles Sims, who have been held back in the job market by not holding a degree. Advocates say the accelerated model addresses rising concerns over college affordability.
Adi2 is a newly released GUI library for the Ada programming language, built on top of SDL3, that offers a widget toolkit with CSS-like styling, live reload, declarative XML-based UI layouts, animations, SVG/Lottie graphics, internationalization, and asset bundling. The project is already used in production but the developers caution that its APIs may still change before a stable release.
Mini PCs use laptop-grade components that are largely non-upgradable, with CPUs and GPUs typically soldered directly to the motherboard. Even RAM and storage, when replaceable, use compact SO-DIMM and M.2 formats, and many budget models solder these too, eliminating upgrade paths entirely. Limited internal space also restricts I/O and expansion options like extra ports or drive bays.
A storage server lost power at 00:32 UTC on 17 August 2026 and stayed offline until an engineer manually restarted it at 08:22 UTC, causing an 8-hour-15-minute outage across S3-compatible storage, the container registry, and serverless and static-site deployments. The company's status page correctly flagged the incident within three minutes, but no engineer noticed it until nearly eight hours later when someone checked the page for an unrelated reason. No customer data was lost or corrupted, though failed deployments during the window require manual re-triggering.
A security researcher applying for a lease on Beam Living, a Blackstone-owned property management platform, discovered that its GraphQL API returned sensitive applicant data including partial Social Security numbers, dates of birth, credit scores, addresses and emergency contact details. The information was exposed through a network call that could be inspected by anyone with basic developer tools while submitting a rental application.
Shein Global Holdings, the fast-fashion company founded in China and now headquartered in Singapore, is preparing to go public on the Hong Kong stock exchange next month. The IPO comes after the company shifted away from earlier plans for a US or London listing, and it is expected to price well below the valuation once floated for those attempts.