Microsoft may buy Barnes & Noble's Nook unit for $1 billion According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. More
Golden Gate Bridge goes to digital toll system Drivers approaching the majestic Golden Gate Bridge experienced something new on Wednesday - no human toll collectors. The workers were removed in favor of cheaper and faster electronic transponders, and a camera system that photographs every license plate that comes through, mailing an invoice to each motorist who doesn't prepay. More
All eyes on FAA as decision on in-flight electronics nears The power switch on your favorite e-reader sure gets a workout on flights, thanks to government rules that require electronics to be turned off during takeoffs and landings, but that could change soon. The FAA may announce within months that it will ease those regulations, allowing reading devices to stay on in “airplane mode,” The New York Times reported Sunday, citing unnamed sources who work with a panel formed to study the issue. More
100 Mil Read Digital Bible The Bible might be ancient, but that doesn't mean it has to be old fashioned. A free, digital platform has launched the Christian text into the 21st century. The Digital Bible Platform is a free service that allows users access to digital recordings of the Bible in hundreds of languages. More
Dan Brown's 'Inferno' is already burning There's no mystery about what the biggest book of the summer will be: Dan Brown's "Inferno" is coming out on May 14, and his publisher won't let you forget it. Today is the 10th anniversary of Brown's phenomenal blockbuster, "The Da Vinci Code." Doubleday is celebrating by giving away free e-copies of the 2003 novel that launched him into publishing history. More
King Charles, Queen Camilla ‘deeply competitive’ over unique 'obsession’: book Tom Parker Bowles, a British food critic, describes how King Charles and Queen Camilla are passionate about foraging fungi, an essential ingredient in some of their favorite dishes. 11/15/2024 - 8:07 pm | View Link
Students from the College of Charleston Hosts Book Drive Amid Statewide Book Bans While many students from the College of Charleston are preparing for a weekend full of celebrations and activities, some are kicking off the festivities by educating the campus community on the rich ... 11/15/2024 - 11:27 am | View Link
LA’s Chevalier’s Books sponsors a book drive for prisons This month, Eastman, working with prison librarians across the country, set up a GoFundMe page through Chevalier’s to raise funds to purchase books for the incarcerated. All proceeds raised go toward ... 11/15/2024 - 11:03 am | View Link
Rax King Hopes New Book “Sloppy” Will Tell "Someone What They Need To Hear, When They Need to Hear It" (Exclusive) Rax King is back! The James Beard Award-nominated writer has a new collection of essays hitting the shelves. Sloppy, due out from Vintage on July 29, 2025, " explores sobriety, begrudging ... 11/15/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
Loved Timothée Chalamet in 'Dune'? Try reading Frank Herbert's book series in order next If you loved the "Dune" movie starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, try reading the books next. There's plenty of "Dune" universe to delve into. 11/14/2024 - 11:02 pm | View Link
Book Suggestions Our first book has been Passion or Pancakes (my friend saw a drew gooden video on the author and this book and insisted we read it). However, I was wondering if there were any other badly written books out there that might be fun for our little book club. I think we might do like a bad book then a good book to create a cycle. 08/17/2024 - 2:02 am | View Website
Necromancy of Thay (Complete Guide) : r/BaldursGate3 Made an in-depth guide on how to get, open and finish the Necromancy of Thay book. I saw plenty of guides online that were either incomplete or faulty, especially in the later part. Necromancy of Thay Guide. Necromancy of Thay. I also created a Necromancer Build for BG3 that incorporates the book. 08/17/2024 - 12:57 am | View Website
What's that book called? There is an older book 3 book series about a search for a throne/chair which will grant a single person a wish - can't remember the title but its about an old adventurer and two younger ones who team up. Features plenty of heists and grumbling about old age as they steal the clues/keys in each book. Must have read it well over twenty years ago. 08/16/2024 - 11:46 pm | View Website
Looking for a list of MUST-READ books. : r/booksuggestions The book itself reads as if the author considered every word. You see this manifest in the story through the character’s motorcycle maintenance. I enjoyed reading his ideas on higher education, rhetoric, and quality. Quality obviously pervades most of the book. Those parts of the book struck me as if someone had trouble explaining something. 08/16/2024 - 11:31 pm | View Website
Where do you people find ebooks there days? : r/Piracy As long as you have an account, you can use Z-Library without any restrictions (other than the 10-book daily download limit) Reply reply VedangArekar 08/16/2024 - 11:24 pm | View Website
Several U. S. utilities said they are keeping on fossil-fired power plants longer and building new facilities as data-center demand grows.
A spike in electricity demand from the world’s big data providers is raising a worrying possibility for the world’s climate: a near-term surge in fossil-fuel use.
In an op-ed this week, Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy suggested that requiring federal workers to return to the office would ‘result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome.’
Writing in the Wall Street Journal this week, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy—who were recently tapped to lead the newly minted Department of Government Efficiency—touched on a topic that continues to be a source of friction in workplaces across corporate America.
Customers are reporting that grocery staples like milk and chicken are out of stock in stores across the Northeast. Here’s what to know.
Stop & Shop and Hannaford grocery customers in the Northeast who were hoping to stock up before Thanksgiving are finding empty shelves due to a “cybersecurity issue” affecting parent company Ahold Delhaize.
To meet growing export demand, several of the biggest U. S. gas producers said in their third-quarter earnings that they expect to boost output in the fourth quarter and throughout 2025.
U. S. natural gas producers will boost output in 2025 following a series of production cuts this year, as rising demand from liquefied natural gas export plants is expected to increase prices that had fallen to multi-decade lows.
Gensler has been widely criticized by the crypto world due to his agency’s attempts to regulate the digital currency.
Crypto enthusiasts are ecstatic after U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler said he will step down from his post on January 20 once President-elect Donald Trump takes office.