Ever looked up and seen a plane flying high and felt excited? For many of us, the world of airplanes holds a special fascination. If you’ve ever dreamed about flying or wondered how planes are made, then you’re in the right place. We’ve compiled 10 must-read books for aviation fans, each with a cool story about airplanes and flying. Let’s explore! 1. “The Wright Brothers” (David McCullough) Dive into the amazing story of two ordinary men who dreamed big and changed history. McCullough tells us all about Orville and Wilbur Wright, starting from when they were just bike repairmen to when they b ..read more

Amazon is offering discounts on almost all of its Kindle devices owing to Mother’s Day. That includes the Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and the Kindle Scribe. The Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition however has not been included in the sale. Here are the details. The basic Kindle e-reader is now selling for $79.99, which is 20 percent less than the usual price. This makes for an excellent deal for an e-reader that is compact and lightweight. The 6-inch display offers 300 PPI resolution, the highest you can have on any E Ink display. The e-reader however will be showing ads on the lock screen. Am ..read more

The Kobo Colour e-readers might be capturing all of the headlines on major news publications and tech review sites, and with good reason. The Kobo Libra Colour and Clara Colour are the first colour e-readers released by a major company. However, the Kobo BW is likely the best black-and-white e-reader in the Kobos catalogue; it destroys the previous generation Clara and trounces the entry-level e-reader, the Nia. The Kobo Clara BW uses the latest generation E INK Carta 1300 e-paper screen. Not much is known about this e-paper type since even E INK hasn’t officially announced it yet, but it’s b ..read more

For years, the X-Men were noticeably absent from Marvel Studios’ projects due to a longstanding rift with Fox, the previous owner of their rights. This absence was intriguing yet odd, given the pivotal role of X-Men: The Animated Series in catalyzing the X-Men film franchise and the broader comic book movie boom. However, Disney Plus’ X-Men ’97 series now offers a nostalgic homage to these beloved characters, marking their return after nearly three decades. X-Men: The Animated Series, which debuted in 1992, captivated audiences by introducing iconic figures like Charles Xavier and explori ..read more

As expected, the Meebook M103 has gone on sale in China. The e-note with a 10.3-inch E Ink display comes with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB ROM, the latter being further expandable via external cards to up to 1TB. The display comes with a 1404 x 1872 resolution and is front-lit with warm and cool temperature controls. This ensures you have the most optimum reading experience irrespective of the ambient lighting conditions. The e-note is built around a 1.8 GHz Cortex A55 quad-core processor which should let the device perform its intended tasks without blinking an eye. Connectivity options the e-note sup ..read more

In 2024, Magic: The Gathering enthusiasts revealed in a bountiful year packed with thrilling new sets and Secret Lair unveilings. Adding to the buzz, Viz Media dropped a bombshell announcement via their official X channel the criminally underrated manga, “Destroy All Humans, They Can’t Be Regenerated: A Magic: The Gathering Manga,” is slated for release in Fall 2024. This revelation sparked joy among fans of both the card game and the original manga, many expressing elation after years of anticipation for the Western debut of the series in English. Alongside the physical print launch, Viz Med ..read more

The famous shadow library site Z Library has assured users in China it has no intention to curb access to its resources for those in mainland China, SCMP reported. Z Library made the announcement to this effect on its official Telegram channel. This comes in the wake of a few social media posts on WeChat and Bilibili in China that said it has started blocking access to its contents from China. The post further stated the access will be restored once it has removed some titles that some users might have issues with. “We promise you that we will not restrict mainland Chinese users from visiting ..read more

Audible now hosts a staggering 40,000 audiobook titles that have been narrated by artificial AI-generated voice, Bloomberg reported. This has been made possible thanks to a new tool that Amazon introduced last year. The free tool which is still in beta testing is accessible to self-published authors associated with the Kindle Store and allows them to convert their books into audiobooks easily. That the tool is highly effective is amply clear given how the authors were able to churn out this many audiobooks during the months it has been made available. The same would have taken much longer had ..read more

With color e-readers and e-note devices slowly becoming mainstream, the distinct pattern that has emerged is that almost all of the devices exclusively feature Kaleido 3 color e-paper panels. That seems set for a change with more devices based on the Gallery 3 color e-paper display expected to launch during the second half of the year. This, as the site TechBang reported, has been revealed by the senior director of E Ink, Liu Dajing during the just concluded Touch Taiwan Smart Display Exhibition. Gallery 3 display offers some distinct advantages over Kaleido 3 even though it also has its own ..read more

Ebooks have grown in popularity over the course of the last twenty years or so, yet the medium could have originated as early as the 1940s. The idea itself was patented by Spanish teacher and writer Angela Ruiz Robles in the latter years of that decade. Before this, Italian priest Roberto Busa began planning the Index Thomisticus, which is an annotated electronic index focused on the works of the influential philosopher and priest, Thomas Aquinas. The work was finished in 1970. In 2011, Amazon.com announced that ebook sales exceeded all of its printed book sales in the US, before going on to ..read more