Month: August 2024
You can now read Kindle books on a Peloton
Who among you is going to run and actually read at the same time? Please, tell me who you are. | Image: Amazon
If you’ve ever thought, “Man, I wish I could read while sweating on the Peloton,” then good news. You can now access your Kindle library straight from the Peloton Bike, Bike Plus, Tread, or Tread Plus.
“No more awkwardly holding a book or Kindle ereader while trying to maintain proper form,” reads Amazon’s press release, which notes you can read anything from thrillers to nonfiction to cookbooks. The feature will be available in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Austria, and Germany.
To access your ebooks, all you have to do is go to the Entertainment tab. The Kindle app on the Peloton also allows for features like font size adjustment, bookmarks, and jumping between chapters.
Granted, most people who read while working out tend to go for audiobooks — for obvious reasons. But the bigger takeaway is this trend toward freedom to use Peloton machines as you please. Plenty of Peloton fans love the classes, but that’s not always true for everyone in their household. Previously, Peloton tablets were limited to Peloton content, which limited their appeal to non-fans — unless you were brave enough to void the warranty and jailbreak your smart bike. Back in November, Peloton introduced the Entertainment tab, allowing people to stream TV shows, movies, and sports using beta versions of Netflix, YouTube TV, Disney Plus, and Max. Adding Kindle compatibility is just another extension of this trend.
Who among you is going to run and actually read at the same time? Please, tell me who you are. | Image: Amazon
If you’ve ever thought, “Man, I wish I could read while sweating on the Peloton,” then good news. You can now access your Kindle library straight from the Peloton Bike, Bike Plus, Tread, or Tread Plus.
“No more awkwardly holding a book or Kindle ereader while trying to maintain proper form,” reads Amazon’s press release, which notes you can read anything from thrillers to nonfiction to cookbooks. The feature will be available in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Austria, and Germany.
To access your ebooks, all you have to do is go to the Entertainment tab. The Kindle app on the Peloton also allows for features like font size adjustment, bookmarks, and jumping between chapters.
Granted, most people who read while working out tend to go for audiobooks — for obvious reasons. But the bigger takeaway is this trend toward freedom to use Peloton machines as you please. Plenty of Peloton fans love the classes, but that’s not always true for everyone in their household. Previously, Peloton tablets were limited to Peloton content, which limited their appeal to non-fans — unless you were brave enough to void the warranty and jailbreak your smart bike. Back in November, Peloton introduced the Entertainment tab, allowing people to stream TV shows, movies, and sports using beta versions of Netflix, YouTube TV, Disney Plus, and Max. Adding Kindle compatibility is just another extension of this trend.
Watch out Nvidia — AMD is making a major push for data center supremacy with billion-dollar ZT Systems deal
AMD plans to acquire ZT Systems for nearly $5 billion in a bid to strengthen its AI infrastructure market position.
AMD has announced it will acquire AI infrastructure provider ZT Systems in a $4.9 billion cash and stock deal, marking a major milestone in the chipmaker’s plan to challenge Nvidia in the AI data center market.
The company says the deal will help accelerate the deployment of its AI solutions and strengthen its position in the growing AI accelerator market, which it predicts will be worth $400 billion by 2027.
Buying ZT Systems will also mean AMD will acquire over a thousand design engineers to help boost scale.
AMD uses ZT Systems to edge closer to Nvidia
AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su emphasized the strategic importance of the deal, noting it would enable the company to integrate its AI hardware, including the Instinct line of AI accelerators and EPYC CPUs, with ZT Systems’ expertise in system design.
The goal, she says, is to, “deliver end-to-end data center AI infrastructure at scale with [AMD’s] ecosystem of OEM and ODM partners.”
ZT Systems has been a critical player in building custom AI infrastructure for global tech giants like Microsoft, Meta and Amazon over the past few years. The company also has an existing partnership with Nvidia, which is set to continue.
The transaction is expected to close during the first half of 2025, certain to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval, and marks the latest in a series of AI-focused investments including more than $1 billion to expand the AMD AI ecosystem and strengthen the company’s AI software capabilities in the last year.
The company also acquired Finnish AI startup Silo AI last month for $665 million.
After a month of decline, AMD stock is on the rise again, up 4.5% following the ZT Systems announcement. However, while AMD’s market cap of $251.31 billion is comfortably ahead of Intel’s, at $92.01 billion, the company lags behind Nvidia, currently the world’s second-most valuable company with a cap of $3.197 trillion.
Earlier this year, AMD also acquired Europe’s largest private AI lab, Silo AI, in a $700 million deal signalling a strategic expansion into the AI tools eco-system, alongside its acquisitions of Mipsology and Nod.ai.
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