India's government has introduced the Prime Minister Research Chair Scheme, offering 120 overseas Indian-origin researchers up to 50 million rupees (about $520,000) in grants plus stipends and allowances over five years to work at Indian institutions. The initiative targets strategic fields like AI, quantum computing, biotechnology and advanced materials, joining similar brain-drain reversal efforts by China, France, Germany and Denmark.
nature.com
· 2026-09-01
The FTC, joined by attorneys general from 22 states, filed a lawsuit accusing Amazon of quietly inflating prices in its ad auctions since 2019. Instead of letting the winning bidder pay one cent above the second-highest bid as its auction system promises, the complaint alleges Amazon substituted a higher, internally calculated 'proxy' price to boost its own profits. Regulators estimate this scheme extracted more than $20 billion from advertisers, costs they say were largely pushed onto consumers—an allegation Amazon disputes, calling the suit misguided.
theverge.com
· 2026-08-31
A new breakdown outlines how fans can watch most NFL games this season without a costly cable package by combining a digital antenna, NFL Plus, and Amazon Prime Video for Thursday games. It also notes that international, holiday, and Super Bowl games are scattered across Netflix, CBS, Fox, NBC, Peacock, ESPN, and ABC, meaning no single cheap service covers everything.
engadget.com
· 2026-08-30
Apple has raised the monthly cost of an Apple TV subscription in the US from $13 to $15, with the annual plan now $120. The individual Apple One bundle, which includes Apple TV, rises by $2 to $22 per month, while other Apple One tiers remain unchanged for now. New subscribers face the higher prices immediately, and existing customers will get a month's notice before their rates change.
engadget.com
· 2026-08-28
Peter Cullen, the Canadian voice actor who gave life to Optimus Prime across Transformers films, TV shows and games, has died at his Los Angeles home. He was also known for voicing Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh productions, King Kong in the 1976 remake, and the villainous K.A.R.R. on Knight Rider. His family confirmed he passed peacefully, surrounded by loved ones.
hollywoodreporter.com
· 2026-08-27
Roku announced it will stream eight Sunday night NWSL matches for free via The Roku Sports Channel, beginning with Seattle Reign FC versus Houston Dash on August 30 and ending with San Diego Wave FC versus Boston Legacy FC on October 25. The company also plans to carry a Sunday night match every week during the 2027 season.
engadget.com
· 2026-08-26
Spectrum is now offering a complimentary Amazon Prime subscription, normally priced at $14.99 monthly, to customers enrolled in its Internet Assist program for low-income households and seniors. Eligibility includes recipients of SSI, SNAP, Medicaid or the National School Lunch Program, and both new and existing Spectrum internet customers can claim it regardless of which internet tier they use. The perk arrives shortly after Spectrum reported losing 172,000 internet subscribers in its latest quarterly earnings.
zdnet.com
· 2026-08-25
Researchers have tightened the known upper limit for the de Bruijn–Newman constant, denoted Λ, lowering it to 0.1787854 through refined computational and analytic techniques. Λ is a quantity known to sit between 0 and 0.2, and its value is directly tied to the truth of the Riemann hypothesis: Λ equals 0 exactly if and only if the hypothesis holds, so any improvement in its ceiling narrows the gap between what is proven and what is conjectured.
judegomila.com
· 2026-08-25
The piece is a short fiction narrative told by an unnamed narrator recalling his childhood friend Aaron, a brilliant but unfocused classmate who chased fleeting obsessions instead of academics. Years later, after failing to finish school while his friends went to university, Aaron drifts to the margins of the group, working at a local pub where his old friends awkwardly avoid him.
rorz.io
· 2026-08-25
Qualcomm has revealed that its upcoming flagship Snapdragon processor will be the first smartphone chip to run at 5GHz. Alongside this, the company introduced Oryon FlexCache, an architecture that lets Prime cores dynamically access a shared pool of cache memory rather than being limited to a fixed allocation.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-08-25
The Panasonic Q combined a GameCube with a DVD and CD player in one chassis, but the two functions operated as separate systems rather than a true integration—game audio stayed on standard analog output while home theater features like Dolby Digital and DTS applied only to movie playback. Users had to manually toggle between gaming and DVD modes with a hardware switch, and the console shipped with matching Panasonic-branded controller and remote. Today, original units sell for well over $1,000 due to their rarity and collector interest.
engadget.com
· 2026-08-24
Amazon has dropped the Anker Prime Charging Station back to $94.99, matching its previous Prime Day low and cutting $55 off the $149.99 list price. The device combines 2 AC outlets, 4 USB-C ports, and 2 USB-A ports in one desktop hub, delivering up to 240W total output with GaN fast-charging and smart power distribution.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-08-24
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