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"Amazon has long allowed you to download its ebooks to your computer," notes PCMag.com, "where they can serve as a backup or be transferred to other devices. "However, that feature will end on February 26, 2025, along with the ability to transfer books from your computer to your Kindle via USB." If you attempt to download your ebooks right now, a message says: "Starting February 26, 2025, the 'Download & Transfer via USB' option will no longer be available. You can still send Kindle books to your Wi-Fi-enabled devices by selecting the 'Deliver or Remove from Device' option." After February 26, you will still be able to download Kindle books [onto your Kindle] from the Kindle Store via Wi-Fi, and you can also use the Send to Kindle page on Amazon to send a variety of files to your Kindle. Should you want to transfer your titles from your Kindle to your computer while you still can, go to Amazon.com, sign in, and click Accounts & Lists > Content Library > Books. Navigate to the book you want to download and click More actions > Download & transfer via USB. Tom's Guide shares their reaction: Most people probably won't notice this latest example of an Amazon service getting worse, but the feature has existed for over a decade and is useful for backing up your purchases or converting them to formats compatible with other non-Kindle e-Readers or devices. It's also useful for those times when you don't have access to Wi-Fi, and of course, there's peace of mind knowing you have copies of your books... All in all it is a reminder that you don't actually own many or most of your digital purchases, as what you are typically actually "buying" are licenses to use content that can be revoked at any time. If you find this decision annoying and want to find alternatives, here are a few. To start, might we recommend the Libby app which lets you borrow ebooks from your local library. You can also borrow audiobooks... You can also try purchasing books from places like Google Books and Apple Books, both of which offer a number of ebooks. eBooks.com offers DRM free books and EPUB formats. For those looking for free ebooks there is always Project Gutenberg which has over 75,000 free books largely those in the public domain though there are some more recent titles as well.

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Julia Fox commanded attention in a striking ensemble at the the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California. She flaunted her unique fashion sense at the bash.

At this year's Independent Spirit Awards, Jessica, 38, won best breakthrough performance in a new scripted series for her turn on the Netflix series.

The village has an idyllic blend of countryside and transport options

There are roughly 15,000 independent kebab restaurants in the UK, but GDK might be the first to make a success of the franchise model.

This walk is the perfect way to see the best the area has to offer in just a few miles

Kanye West is gearing up for the premiere of his latest project, unveiling a provocative poster to announce a screening. He took to Instagram to share the image-a nude Bianca Censori reclining.

The home is being run despite being 'unauthorised' to do so

An ugly brawl broke out on during a local cricket match in Victoria on Saturday, with several players involved in the violent incident.

Remember that battery plant fire last month in Moss Landing, California? Tuesday night local firefighters "determined that a group of lithium batteries in an area that had previously burned during the January 16 fire had smoldered and reignited," reports SFGate. Fire Chief Joel Mendoza said the flames burned at varying intensities throughout Tuesday night before the fire burned itself out at about 8 a.m. on Wednesday. Additional flare-ups at the site are expected due to weather exposure and damage to the remaining batteries. "Rekindling is very, very likely — almost a certainty," said EPA onsite coordinator Eric Sandusky, adding that rain and humidity can interact with the damaged batteries, leading to short circuits and reignition. To further reduce fire risk, Sandusky said the EPA is working with Vistra to begin "de-linking the batteries," a process that disconnects them to lower the risk of propagation and prevent a large-scale fire... "Vistra said that since the January 16 fire, they have brought in a private fire crew that is on-site at all times to monitor the Moss 300 building," according to a local news site. Fire Chief Joel Mendoza shared more details with the digital newspaper Lookout Santa Cruz. "We've been saying all along that batteries exposed to heat that didn't burn can ignite. We were hoping that it wouldn't happen, but it did."

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Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard on Friday how Moses and a co-defendant were due to fly to Turkey at the time they were stopped by border force.

Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome is looking for more volunteers to help preserve the special, ‘last of its kind’ site.

The site of the hotel is now homes - but it lives on through the nearby roundabout

Nine has been accused of lying about its involvement in exposing notorious cancer faker Belle Gibson's web of deceit as it desperately tries to cash in on a new Netflix series about her life.

Residents in the millionaire enclave of Montecito, California fumed at tourists for ruining an influencer-favorite local hot springs this week.

Meghan Markle has been barred from selling any clothing under her new 'As Ever' brand because of the name's similarity to a cut-price Chinese clothing company.

Jennifer Lopez has secured a $21 million estate in Los Angeles as she moves on from her relationship with Ben Affleck. The 54-year-old superstar has settled into the exclusive Hidden Hills.

Toddlers who were born with the most severe form of childhood blindness can now see after groundbreaking gene therapy treatment at an NHS hospital.

The BBC's documentary about the lives of children living in the conflict zone was trumpeted as an honest account. But its been pulled after it was revealed its narrator is the son of a Hamas minister.

America's Labor Department includes the fact-finding Bureau of Labor Statistics — and they recently explained how AI impacts their projections for the next 10 years. Their conclusion, writes Investopedia, was that "tech workers might not have as much to worry about as one might think." Employment in the professional, scientific, and technical services sector is forecast to increase by 10.5% from 2023 to 2033, more than double the national average. According to the BLS, the impact AI will have on tech-sector employment is highly uncertain. For one, AI is adept at coding and related tasks. But at the same time, as digital systems become more advanced and essential to day-to-day life, more software developers, data managers, and the like are going to be needed to manage those systems. "Although it is always possible that AI-induced productivity improvements will outweigh continued labor demand, there is no clear evidence to support this conjecture," according to BLS researchers. Their employment projections through 2033 predict the fastest-growing sector within the tech industry will be computer system design, while the fastest-growing occupation will be data scientist. And they also project that from 2023 through 2033 AI will "primarily affect occupations whose core tasks can be most easily replicated by GenAI in its current form." So over those 10 years they project a 4.7% drop in employment of medical transcriptionists and a 5.0% drop in employment of customer service representatives. Other occupations also may see AI impacts, although not to the same extent. For instance, computer occupations may see productivity impacts from AI, but the need to implement and maintain AI infrastructure could in actuality boost demand for some occupations in this group. They also project decreasing employment for paralegals, but with actual lawyers being "less affected."

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