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Amazon is making a play for low-income shoppers by offering a nearly 50% discount for those on government assistance.

Instead of paying $10.99 per month for Amazon Prime, customers with an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card will be able to enjoy Prime for only $5.99 per month. Is this a benevolent attempt to help those in need? Not likely.

Cashing in on EBT shoppers

The brain contains about 86 billion neurons, cells that can connect to thousands of other neurons through elaborate branches. A neuron receives signals from many other neurons, and when the stimulation reaches a certain threshold, it “fires,” sending its own signal to surrounding neurons. A brain learns, in part, by adjusting the strengths of the connections between neurons, called synapses. When a pattern of activity is repeated, through practice, for example, the contributing connections become stronger, and the lesson or skill is inscribed in the network.

In the 1940s, scientists began modeling neurons mathematically, and in the 1950s they began modeling networks of them with computers. Artificial neurons and synapses are much simple than those in a brain, but they operate by the same principles. Many simple units (“neurons”) connect to many others (via “synapses”), with their numerical values depending on the values of the units signaling to them weighted by the numerical strength of the connections.

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House Democrat wants antitrust panel on Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods
• U.S. Representative David Cicilline of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee writes to the subcommittee chairman, “Amazon’s proposed purchase of Whole Foods could impact neighborhood grocery stores and hardworking consumers across America. Congress has a responsibility to fully scrutinize this merger before it goes ahead.” 
• Congress doesn’t need to approve the acquisition but strong concerns among the committee could steer the approval needed from antitrust enforcers like the FTC.  

Prince Charles could prove a 'big problem' when he becomes King, says Jeremy Paxman - The Independent g's reign would spell trouble "if he behaves like Prince Charles".
Declaring himself a monarchist because it was "better than any alternatives", Mr Paxman told an audience at the Buxton International Festival in Derbyshire that "we'd have ended up with a President Blair or something awful like that."