Have a problem with Apple Books? Here’s how to fix it. Apple Books is great for just kicking back and flicking through the latest page-turner, but it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. Like any app, there can be problems and times like that call for some troubleshooting. Troubleshoot Apple Books: Problems downloading Missing items Fix
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Read MoreA woman grew up without her left temporal lobe, which highlights how amazingly plastic the brain is.
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 arguably represents the apex of the foldable phone market right now, bringing a more durable folding screen, water-resistant design, and compatibility with the S Pen. Another feather in the device’s cap is that it’s available in a ton of markets, which is more
Read MoreLike pretty much every other large gathering, the Midwest and East Coast RepRap Festivals had to be put on hold during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But now that the United States is cautiously returning to something that looks a lot like normal, both Festivals have now confirmed they will be back to full-scale
Read MoreHere’s what’s driving IPOF stock higher today. In this market, few stocks are doing well today. Most stocks are trending downward, as investors bemoan rising interest rates and a more aggressive Federal Reserve. However, investors in certain companies such as Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings VI (NYSE:IPOF) and IPOF stock are actually seeing positive price action today For
Read MoreApple will hold its next earnings call on April 28. What you need to know Apple is hosting its next earnings call on April 28. New insight from one analyst says that Apple may announce another massive buyback program. Apple is flush with cash, sitting on more than $200 billion. New insight ahead of Apple’s
Read MoreMegan Graham / Wall Street Journal: IAB: US digital ad spend rose 35% YoY to $189B in 2021, the largest gain since 2006; 10 publishers and platforms took 78.6% of the total, up from 78.1% in 2020 — Advertising has followed shopping online during the pandemic at a breathless rate. The ad spend was concentrated—78.6%
Read MoreAlex Konrad / Forbes: A profile of a16z’s Chris Dixon, whose early bets on crypto startups, including Coinbase, Uniswap, and Dapper Labs, have made him Forbes’ top VC in the space — The Andreessen Horowitz partner is the new no. 1 on Forbes’ 21st annual Midas List of top venture investors, thanks to savvy bets
Read MoreAkshat Rathi / Bloomberg: A look at Stripe’s $925M Frontier initiative, which funds carbon-removal startups and has received funding from Alphabet, Shopify, Meta, and others — Some of the world’s largest companies will spend $925 million buying offsets from startups that remove carbon dioxide from the air.
Read MoreTherabody has a new massage gun for your face. It also does LED light therapy. | Image: Therabody Skincare gadgets are all over Instagram and TikTok, and now the company behind the Theragun body massage gun wants in on the action. Today, Therabody announced it’s launching the TheraFace Pro — a facial massage gun that
Read MoreThe Mac Studio is one impressive machine, especially with the M1 Ultra chip inside; however, it’s an independent Mac, meaning it’s just a box. You’ll need a keyboard, mouse, and most importantly, a fantastic monitor. There are a ton of different displays out there you can go with, some even made by Apple, but if
Read MoreI’ve argued over the years that cloud computing is a step in the right direction when it comes to sustainable computing. My viewpoint often opposes environmental organizations that argue against the many new power-hungry data centers that cloud companies build. The sustainability of public cloud computing is easy to understand. Simply put, cloud does more
Read MoreDon Cameron went all in on a trickle-down survival tactic. It could help save America’s agricultural heartland—even if he doesn’t survive the new water war.
Read MoreAfter two and a half years in the role, the CEO of DataStax is laser-focused on simplifying the task of using and managing NoSQL databases for developers, as he plots a path to $1 billion in annual revenue and an eventual IPO. Founded in Texas in 2010, DataStax made its name helping enterprise customers get
Read MoreScaling throughput and performance are critical design topics for all distributed databases, and sharding is usually a part of the solution. However, a design that increases throughput does not always help with performance and vice versa. Even when a design supports both, scaling them up and down at the same time is not always easy. This post will describe these two types
Read MoreWhat you need to know Plex has announced it is removing podcast support on Friday. Web Shows will be moved elsewhere in the app. The changes kick in on Friday, April 15. Web Shows will live on, but not in the same place. The popular media playback software Plex is ending support for podcasts later
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Singapore-based fashion marketplace Zilingo suspends CEO Ankiti Bose, after attempts to raise $150M-$200M led to an investigation over its accounting — Zilingo Pte, one of Singapore’s highest-profile startups, has suspended Chief Executive Officer Ankiti Bose after an effort …
Read MoreThe Lectric XP Lite comes in four colors and ships in 4 to 5 weeks. | Image: Lectric Lectric, the US-based maker of budget electric bikes, has a new foldable that costs just $799, before taxes. That’s incredibly inexpensive at a time when transportation costs, combined with chip and component shortages, are driving up prices
Read More“The shipping Studio Display firmware references one unaccounted-for mystery machine — a new model generation of Mac mini (“Macmini10,1″). My guess: M2, not M1 Pro” What you need to know Reports indicate Apple has a new Mac mini in the works. A reference to the unreleased device has been spotted in Apple’s Studio Display firmware.
Read MoreWhat you need to know A new patent points to three new types of game controller. A new folio controller could also double as a secondary display. Controllers would function with iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs. Apple could be working on as many as three different types of game controller. A new patent suggests that
Read MoreGood morning! Paula told me it’s National Grilled Cheese Day, and that is cause for a tasty celebration! X Fold: Best non-Samsung?
Read MoreWhat you need to know The Oregon Trail has a big new update in the App Store. The fifth update adds new accessibility features and more. Gamers will need to be Apple Arcade subscribers to download the game. There are a ton of improvements to be had in this big version five update. Apple Arcade
Read MoreJill R Shah / Bloomberg: Filing: Meta spent $26.8M on Mark Zuckerberg’s security in 2021, up 6% from 2020, far above other execs, such as Sundar Pichai ($4.3M) and Jeff Bezos ($1.6M) — The cost of keeping Mark Zuckerberg safe keeps going up for Meta Platforms Inc., far outstripping what similar technology companies with high-profile
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