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Emmy Awards Leave Broadcast TV For Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video will become the exclusive global home of the Emmy Awards under a six-year deal beginning in 2027, the Television Academy announced on Tuesday.

  • Amazon Prime Video to exclusively host Emmy Awards starting 2027
  • Emmy Awards streaming live worldwide for free without Prime membership
  • Departure from rotating hosts since 1994, ending 8-year contract

Business

Virtual Power Plants: The Grid Capacity Nobody Had to Build

On the evening of Sept. 9, 2026, with a heat wave pushing electricity demand across California toward its limits, more than 140,000 home batteries started discharging at the same time.

  • On September 9, 2026, California experienced a heat wave.
  • 140,000 home batteries discharged 580 megawatts into the grid.
  • Virtual power plants enable rapid grid capacity deployment.

Culture

Matchbox The Movie Review

Matchbox The Movie is glitzy, glossy and hollow, never even trying to present something original. Everything is safe and familiar and easy, which has always been Hollywood's go-to answer for trying to…

Science

Astronomers discover record-breaking ancient cosmic outburst

Detected by the MeerKAT array, this “fast radio burst” comes from 3 billion years after the Big Bang, and could help map the universe’s otherwise-invisible intergalactic matter

  • Astronomers discover record-breaking ancient cosmic outburst, oldest FRB ever recorded.
  • Detected by MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa, 10 billion years ago.
  • Provides insight into intergalactic matter and distant host galaxies.

Tech

Prepare for Apple's New Home Hub With These HomeKit Accessory Deals

Apple's new smart home hub is coming next week , expected to allow users to control all of their HomeKit gadgets directly from its rumored 6-inch square display, or via Siri AI. In anticipation of the home hub launch, we've gathered some of the most notable (and discounted) HomeKit and Matter-enabled smart home devices below, all of which…

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