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The mainstream car market has gotten a lot more competitive in recent years, and luxury brands have had to work harder to stand out. For many buyers, a European badge like the Audi A3 or BMW 3 Series is still the natural step up into something more premium.

Routers range from affordable to outrageously expensive, with some flashy gaming routers priced at well above $600. But the best way you can truly improve your connection doesn't cost any money, although it does cost some amount of compromise. For some, that compromise can be a lot more significant than for others.

For years, midsize pickups have pretty much followed the same playbook—body-on-frame builds, off-road toughness, and a reputation for lasting forever. At the center of that world is the Toyota Tacoma, a truck known for durability and strong resale value. But as buyer needs shift, that old formula doesn’t feel quite as untouchable as it used to.

You probably assumed Micro USB was dead—quietly retired sometime around 2024 after the EU mandate. But then you bought something recently—maybe a fitness tracker or an IoT device—and there it was: that familiar flat little port staring back at you. It’s not a manufacturing error or leftover clearance stock. Micro USB is still very much in production, and there’s a surprisingly logical reason why.

TL;DR: Live stream Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa in the Europa League for free on ServusTV. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The Europa League final is fast approaching. Only four teams are left to compete for the top prize, including two from the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa is a really interesting matchup. Aston Villa have obviously enjoyed a much more successful domestic campaign, but Premier League standings don't count for anything here. It's going to be an intense contest between two talented sides.

If you want to watch Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa in the Europa League from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa?

Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa in the Europa League kicks off at 3 p.m. ET on April 30. This fixture takes place at the City Ground.

How to watch Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa for free

Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa is available to live stream for free on ServusTV.

ServusTV is geo-restricted to Austria, but anyone can access this free streaming platform with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in Austria, meaning you can unblock ServusTV to stream the Europa League for free from anywhere in the world.

Live stream FNottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa for free by following these simple steps:

1. Subscribe to a streaming-friendly VPN (like ExpressVPN)

2. Download the app to your device of choice (the best VPNs have apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux, and more)

3. Open up the app and connect to a server in Austria

4. Visit ServusTV

5. Watch Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa for free from anywhere in the world

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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but most do offer free-trials or money-back guarantees. By leveraging these offers, you can access free live streams of the Europa League without actually spending anything. This obviously isn't a long-term solution, but it does give you enough time to stream Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa (plus more Europa League fixtures) before recovering your investment.

What is the best VPN for ServusTV?

ExpressVPN is the best choice for bypassing geo-restrictions to stream live sport on ServusTV, for a number of reasons:

• Servers in 105 countries including Austria

• Easy-to-use app available on all major devices including iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, and more

• Strict no-logging policy so your data is secure

• Fast connection speeds free from throttling

• Up to 10 simultaneous connections

• 30-day money-back guarantee

A two-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for $68.40 and includes an extra four months for free — 81% off for a limited time. This plan includes a year of free unlimited cloud backup and a generous 30-day money-back guarantee. Alternatively, you can get a one-month plan for just $12.99 (with money-back guarantee).

Live stream Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa in the Europa League for free with ExpressVPN.

For years, the formula for picking a sports sedan was pretty simple: big horsepower, quick 0–60 times, and serious track cred. If that was your checklist, the BMW M3 usually ended up near the top.

Most TVs ship with default picture settings that are anything but optimized for home viewing. What you get instead is a blown-out, oversaturated image that may look great at a glance in a store but is simply too much for enjoying movies and TV shows in the comfort of your home.

Navigation is not the only thing you can do with Google Maps. In fact, you can even travel between different points in time! Maps is known for having hidden gems that you can access daily, but they come in clutch when you need them.

The warmth of May is starting to seep through the cracks, you've opened the lid on your barbecue for the first time since November, and soon you'll be off the couch and digging in the garden. But there are still a few weeks of evening and weekend movie nights left, and Netflix has a bad habit of ghosting titles without warning. Consider this your nudge to get caught up before the titles below are gone for U.S subscribers.

Keeping your home, garage, shop, and even vehicle clean is all about finding the perfect vacuum. A big part of that task is having a capable shop vac that'll handle jobs you don't want to tackle with your household vacuum. While Ryobi is most known for its wide array of 18V ONE+ tools, the company also makes excellent accessories, including this new tiny shop vac.

Using an AI chatbot to draft a document, build a table, or sketch out a structured project plan means spending the next ten minutes copy-pasting the result into a real document. Getting the output into a usable file hasn’t been as seamless as using the AI itself. Now, Google is addressing this pain point with a new feature in Gemini that can generate files you can actually download and use.

The Volkswagen Golf GTI has long been the benchmark for drivers who want practicality, performance, and everyday refinement in one compact package. Its blend of sharp handling and premium feel has made it the default choice for enthusiasts who still need a usable daily driver. But one Japanese hatchback is quietly offering a different kind of appeal, one that makes the GTI feel less like the obvious answer.

The Motorola Razr 2026 lineup includes the Razr, Razr+, Razr Ultra, and Razr Fold, with upgrades across performance and design. The devices continue to refine the foldable experience with features like camcorder mode. Battery life also sees improvements across the range. The lineup remains positioned firmly in the premium Mobile category.

Motorola has unveiled a wave of new Razr foldable phones for 2026, including a release date and price for its flagship Razr Fold. The top-tier device will be available in the U.S. on May 21 for $1,900, with pre-orders starting May 14 at Best Buy and Motorola's website.

The three-pointed star on the hood of a Mercedes-Benz has always been associated with luxury and status. Yet as new-vehicle prices continue to climb to all-time highs, a shift has occurred in which mainstream brands are designing vehicles with powertrains, infotainment features, and interiors that rival those of established luxury manufacturers.

After several harrowing encounters with "snow sharks" and "Jerk-O-Lanterns," Stranger Things: Tales from '85 ended with a decisive victory over the monsters of the Upside Down — or so the Hawkins party thinks. That's because Tales from '85 leaves the door open for more tales, which would still take place before the start of Stranger Things Season 3.

SEE ALSO: 'Stranger Things: Tales from '85' review: This baffling prequel won't cure the Season 5 hatred

From a possible Season 2 to the truth about the monsters and the fate of Nikki (Odessa A'zion), here's what you need to know about the ending of Stranger Things: Tales from '85.

Who created the Queen in Stranger Things: Tales from '85? Credit: Netflix

Tales from '85's monstrous foes aren't like Stranger Things' Demogorgons or the Mind Flayer. They're constantly evolving, and it's all because of human experiments.

Dustin (voiced by Braxton Quinney) initially suspects substitute science teacher Anna Baxter (voiced by Janeane Garofalo) of creating the monsters, including the Queen who controls them. The evidence adds up: She's a science teacher obsessed with evolution, and she's working on cutting-edge research that can reanimate dead plant life. Plus, the view of the radio tower from her house matches up with the image that the monsters' human victims remembered seeing after being swallowed.

SEE ALSO: Gaten Matarazzo hoped 'Stranger Things' fans would be conflicted about Dustin in Season 5

However, Anna was just a red herring. The culprit is actually her partner Daniel Fischer (voiced by Lou Diamond Phillips). Before he was a store clerk beefing with Dustin over change, he was a scientist at Hawkins lab. While he didn't have high-level clearance, he did get his hands on a dead vine from the Upside Down. He brought it back to life using green goo similar to what Anna used in her experiments, and from there it evolved into the deadly monsters the Hawkins party faced off against. He thought he'd made a viable, controllable sample with the flower-like "Queen." But turns out, her roots were growing deep below Hawkins, extending her and her offspring's influence. When Dustin shows Dan the truth, the Queen transforms into a massive, almost unstoppable beast who tries to open a gate back to the Upside Down and return to her place of origin.

I say "almost" because Eleven (voiced by Brooklyn Davey Norstedt) manages to stop the Queen by telekinetically slamming the gate on her, chopping her in half. Not before the beast can eat Dan, though.

That's the end of that saga, right? Wrong.

Stranger Things: Tales from '85 sets up a Season 2. Credit: Netflix

The final scene of Tales from '85 reveals that we may not have seen the last of this new breed of Upside Down beastie. Right before the credits roll, we see the corpse of the Queen lying prone in the Upside Down. While she's dead, something within her isn't: A small blue flower bursts from her skin, letting out a screech from its Demogorgon-like petal mouth. Funnily enough, the entire scene is set to Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again," which also scores a haunting Stranger Things Season 3 sequence involving the Mind Flayer's growing army of human hosts.

SEE ALSO: 'Half Man' review: Is Richard Gadd's new series as good as 'Baby Reindeer'?

Could this new flower be linked to Dan's life source, since he was swallowed by the Queen and might still be in her corpse? Or is it just another stage in these creatures' evolution? Either way, it's clear that these monsters are sticking around a while longer. However, given that they're not a threat in Stranger Things Season 3, or any future seasons, for that matter, you can guess that they'll die out eventually. Tales from '85 leaves the "how" of that open for the future. (Maybe Vecna does some weed whacking?)

What happens to Nikki in Stranger Things: Tales from '85? Credit: Netflix

Speaking of characters who never come up in the rest of Stranger Things, let's talk about Nikki. She's the latest addition to the Hawkins party, which also comes to be known as the Hawkins Investigation Club in Tales from '85. (Again, not something that comes up in the flagship series.)

Since Nikki isn't involved in later seasons of Stranger Things, it's clear she's out of the picture by Season 3. However, Tales from '85 keeps her firmly in the picture in its finale. While Nikki and her mother Anna were originally going to move away from Hawkins, they end up staying and moving into a new house, one without any spooky secret laboratories. (That we know of, anyway.) Nikki joins in on the group Dungeons & Dragons game, and everything seems hunky-dory.

Of course, that's sure to come crashing down in any future seasons of Tales from '85, as Nikki has to exit eventually. Maybe she and Anna will end up moving away. Or maybe she'll join Barb, Bob, Alexei, and Eddie in the ranks of beloved Stranger Things characters who were killed off. For now, though, she's embracing her role in the group after years of being too afraid to make any long-lasting connections.

Will there be a Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Season 2?

Netflix has confirmed that Stranger Things: Tales from '85 will be returning for a second season this fall. The exact date has yet to be confirmed.

Stranger Things: Tales From '85 is now streaming on Netflix.

UPDATE: Apr. 29, 2026, 1:57 p.m. EDT This article has been updated to include new information about "Stranger Things: Tales from '85"s renewal.

Flowers are a classic Mother's Day gift for a reason — they're pretty! — but they're not exactly the most unique or lasting way to show Mom your appreciation. Enter: The Bouqs Co. x Lego Botanicals collection, which bundles real flower bouquets with matching brickified blooms that won't die in a week.

Bouqs is offering three limited-edition gifts sets as part of the collab. Take your pick from sunflowers, tulips, or a mixed bouquet of roses, mums, and carnations. They range in price from $114 to $159, though you can save up to 30% and snag free shipping if you sign up for monthly Bouqs flower deliveries (a sure-fire way to become The Favorite Child).

Credit: The Bouqs Co. Credit: The Bouqs Co.

Plenty of pre-Mother's Day delivery dates were still available at the time of writing, but don't wait too long: Bouqs x Lego Botanicals bundles are prone to selling out, per Apartment Therapy. (Mother's Day falls on Sunday, May 10 this year, in case you don't have it circled on your calendar yet.) Here's a closer look at your options in order from cheapest to priciest:

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This bundle features a 191-piece Lego set that builds into two sunflowers. It's geared toward ages 8 and up, so Mom can assemble it with the help of her kids or grandkids. The bouquet itself contains sunflowers, roses, and carnations.

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Bouqs pairs a pastel mini-bouquet with a 373-piece Lego set featuring six different kinds of spring flowers. This is another kiddo-friendly option: It's meant for ages 9 and up.

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With this gift set, Mom gets a real bouquet of farm-fresh tulips and a lookalike bouquet of Lego tulips. It's an adult-oriented build containing 576 pieces that the two of you can assemble together in an afternoon.

One of my top shows on Disney+ (or any platform for that matter) for April has been Maul: Shadow Lord, a dark animated Star Wars series that will have its season finale, fittingly, on May the Fourth. It's a good thing, then, that Disney+ and Hulu have a whole new lineup of shows and movies ready for the taking for United States subscribers to the streaming services in the month of May.

There’s no denying that modern smartphones are more powerful and versatile than ever. You can easily go half a decade without upgrading, thanks to the sheer performance of the hardware and the long-term software support many vendors now provide. Phone cameras have matured to the point where most of us no longer need a dedicated shooter, and you can even use your Android phone as a desktop computer that’s powerful enough to get real work done without feeling limited by its hardware.

TL;DR: Live stream Atlético Madrid vs. Arsenal in the Champions League for free on RTÉ Player. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The Champions League final is calling to Atlético Madrid and Arsenal, but only one team can book a spot in that showpiece event. The first leg takes place at the Metropolitano Stadium — Diego Simeone will be expecting his side to secure an advantage to take back to London.

We're not expecting the same level of entertainment as PSG vs. Bayern Munich. That would be almost impossible. It's going to be a tense battle between two highly-organized sides.

If you want to watch Atlético Madrid vs. Arsenal in the Champions League from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Atlético Madrid vs. Arsenal?

Atlético Madrid vs. Arsenal in the Champions League kicks off at 3 p.m. ET on April 29. This fixture takes place at the Metropolitano Stadium.

How to watch Atlético Madrid vs. Arsenal for free

Atlético Madrid vs. Arsenal is available to live stream for free on RTÉ Player.

RTÉ Player is geo-restricted to Ireland, but anyone can access this free streaming platform with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in Ireland, meaning you can unblock RTÉ Player to stream the Champions League for free from anywhere in the world.

Live stream Atlético Madrid vs. Arsenal for free by following these simple steps:

1. Subscribe to a streaming-friendly VPN (like ExpressVPN)

2. Download the app to your device of choice (the best VPNs have apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux, and more)

3. Open up the app and connect to a server in Ireland

4. Visit RTÉ Player

5. Watch Atlético Madrid vs. Arsenal for free from anywhere in the world

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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but most do offer free-trials or money-back guarantees. By leveraging these offers, you can access free live streams of the Champions League without actually spending anything. This obviously isn't a long-term solution, but it does give you enough time to stream Atlético Madrid vs. Arsenal (plus more Champions League fixtures) before recovering your investment.

If you want to retain permanent access to the best free streaming services from around the world, you'll need a subscription. Fortunately, the best VPn for streaming live sport is on sale for a limited time.

What is the best VPN for RTÉ Player?

ExpressVPN is the best choice for bypassing geo-restrictions to stream live sport on RTÉ Player, for a number of reasons:

• Servers in 105 countries including Ireland

• Easy-to-use app available on all major devices including iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, and more

• Strict no-logging policy so your data is secure

• Fast connection speeds free from throttling

• Up to 10 simultaneous connections

• 30-day money-back guarantee

A two-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for $68.40 and includes an extra four months for free — 81% off for a limited time. This plan includes a year of free unlimited cloud backup and a generous 30-day money-back guarantee. Alternatively, you can get a one-month plan for just $12.99 (with money-back guarantee).

Live stream Atlético Madrid vs. Arsenal in the Champions League for free with ExpressVPN.