Amazon ends support for pre-2013 Kindle devices (opens in new tab)

Amazon is ending technical support for several Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets released in 2012 or earlier, including first- and second-generation Kindles, the Kindle DX, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Touch, first-generation Kindle Paperwhite and early Kindle Fire models. Some sources described the cutoff as taking effect on May 17, while others cited May 20 as the end date. Owners can keep reading books already downloaded to affected devices and can still sideload files over USB, but Slas...