As Reg readers know, nothing in tech lasts forever, and so from May 20, 2026, Amazon is "discontinuing support for Kindle devices released in 2012 or earlier," the company states in an email to ...

Imagine buying a beautiful new car and seeing the low fuel light blink on as you drive it home. Although it only accepts Amazon’s proprietary gasoline blend, that’s fine. Nearly 80 percent of gas ...

Amazon has just changed the encryption used for Kindle books on older e-readers without a software update. Any Kindle with software 5.18.5 or higher is now downloading new e-books using the KFX-ZIP ...

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After years and years of holding out, I never thought I’d see the day that Amazon would voluntarily loosen its grip on the Kindle ecosystem. But here we are: Last week, the biggest online bookseller ...

As book retailers and distributors leverage artificial intelligence to offer interactive features, publishers are reckoning with the implications. Two prominent examples emerged last month: Amazon's ...

Kindle AI Can Answer Questions About What You're Reading, But Authors Can't Opt Out Ask This Book provides AI-generated explanations of a book's plot or characters, but it's unclear how Amazon plans ...

Amazon is rolling out a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for its Kindle app, the company's mobile app that provides access to its large e-book library. Dubbed Ask this Book, it is currently ...

Editor's take: Amazon, like other Big Tech players riding the AI wave, is pushing chatbots and LLMs into as many products as possible. Even the Kindle app, designed for human-written content, is ...