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Samsung has won an injunction partially blocking a planned strike by its South Korean workers later this week. However, it may not completely prevent all industrial action, with up to 50,000 Samsung employees poised to walk off the job this Thursday. If it goes ahead, it will be the largest strike in the tech company's history.

The dispute fuelling the planned workers' action primarily concerns bonuses. As reported by Yonhap, South Korea's state news agency, the union has requested that Samsung set aside 15 percent of operating profits for performance-based bonuses, as well as remove the cap on such payouts and commit to a fixed formula for calculating them. Samsung has reportedly offered to allocate 10 percent of operating profits for bonuses instead, as well as issue a one-time special compensation package. 

Samsung Electronics Co. workers outside the company's semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Apr. 23, 2026. Credit: SeongJoon Cho / Bloomberg via Getty Images

Initial talks collapsed last week after Samsung and the union were unable to reach an agreement, according to Reuters. Last-minute negotiations were resumed on Monday, which were facilitated by the South Korean government. Unless an agreement is reached, Samsung's unionised workers are set to go on an 18-day strike beginning on May 21.

However, a new injunction will restrict what the workers can do as part of the strike. As Yonhap reports, Suwon District Court ordered on Monday that Samsung's unionised workers cannot take over the company's facilities or disrupt other workers. Normal staffing levels must also be maintained where matters of safety and security are involved, the news agency reported, such as when maintenance work is required to prevent equipment damage.

It's currently unclear exactly how this will impact Samsung employees' strike plans. However, while the injunction may have tempered the threat of industrial action, it doesn't appear to have completely stopped it.

South Korean government works to prevent Samsung strike A Samsung union rally in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Apr. 23, 2026. Credit: SeongJoon Cho / Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Samsung strike is of significant concern to the South Korean government. Samsung accounted for over 13 percent of South Korea's GDP in 2024, according to the country's Edaily media group, and is its largest employer with over 125,000 employees. The planned industrial action is anticipated to involve over a third of this massive workforce, and could have a significant impact on South Korea's economy.

"Just one day of suspension at Samsung Electronics' semiconductor factory is expected ⁠to incur direct losses of as much as 1 trillion won [approximately $US667 million]," Prime Minister ‌Kim Min-seok said on Sunday, as reported by the South China Morning Post. "What is more concerning is that a temporary pause on semiconductor manufacturing ‌lines leads to months of inactivity."

Kim further stated that if Samsung and the union are unable to come to an agreement, the government will consider issuing an emergency arbitration order under South Korean law. Per The Korea Times, this enables the labor ministry to suspend any strike action for up to 30 days if it "it is deemed likely to seriously harm the national economy or disrupt the daily lives of citizens."

A Samsung union rally at the the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek Campus on Apr. 23, 2026. Credit: Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung also addressed the issue, taking to social media on Monday.

"Workers must be able to receive fair compensation for their labor in return for providing their services, and shareholders who bear risks and losses through their investments share in the company's profits," Lee wrote on X, translated by the platform. He later added, "Under the current Constitution, the fundamental rights of all citizens are guaranteed, but they may be restricted within the scope that does not infringe on their essential content for the sake of public welfare and other reasons."

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Samsung recently announced that its operating profit for Q1 this year was ₩57.2 trillion (approximately $US38.1 billion), an "all-time high" driven by the boom in demand for AI chips. This is a significant increase compared to the same quarter last year, when Samsung reported an operating profit of ₩6.7 trillion (approximately $US4.4 billion).

When you install the Home Assistant companion app on your phone, you can allow Home Assistant to track your location. By default, you get a device tracker entity that will toggle between home and not_home based on the Home location that you set up. There are plenty of useful automations you can trigger using the location of your phone.

Most people use about 10% of Excel's actual capabilities, yet beginners often feel pressured to learn the other 90% immediately. That's a recipe for burnout. If you want to actually get work done, skip the noise, ignore the shiny distractions, and focus on the basics that make spreadsheets useful.

Googlebooks promise everything Android users have wanted for years: A laptop that seamlessly works with your phone. The problem? It's Google. And Google has a habit of killing the things you love. 

SAVE $30: As of May 18, Bose QuietComfort earbuds have dropped to $149 at Amazon. This is $30 off their list price of $179.

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Amazon's kicked off its Memorial Day sale, and for those looking to scoop up new earbuds for summer, we've spotted some great deals already. This includes a discount on the Bose QuietComfort earbuds, which have dropped to $149.

This deal knocks $30 off the Bose QuietComfort's full price of $179, which is a pretty solid saving on this great mid-budget pick. Every color is down to this price right now, so you can pick out your favorite.

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If you've been searching for earbuds with solid sound quality and noise cancelling without the premium price tag, Bose QuietComfort earbuds are the answer. Ranked as our favorite mid-budget pick in our roundup of the best wireless earbuds, they're "an affordable answer to the brand’s line-up." They're also "reliable, have a long battery life, and are sure to please the pickiest of audiophiles."

When it comes to sound, Mashable's Bethany Allard said in her review that, "Right away, I was impressed by the sound quality of these earbuds. While I wouldn't consider myself the harshest audiophile in the world, I found that the lows, mids, and highs of songs came through balanced and clear, becoming only the tiniest bit muddled at higher volumes." And as for the noise-cancelling, Allard said it's "serviceable, especially for the price point, but it's certainly not at the same level as Bose's other headphones."

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Somehow we only have two episodes of Euphoria left — and there is still a lot to wrap up.

In the episode 7 preview above we see Maddy (Alexa Demie) confronting Cassie (Sydney Sweeney), Nate (Jacob Elordi) looking the worse for wear, and Rue (Zendaya) getting even deeper into a situation that's already nearly gotten her killed.

Lexie (Maude Apatow) probably summarises it best: "It's like you've all lost your f***ing minds."

New episodes of Euphoria Season 3 premiere Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.

Markiplier's feature film debut Iron Lung is about to hit home release on the creator's platform of choice: YouTube.

The 36-year-old creator and streamer also known as Mark Fischbach pivoted to filmmaking in the last few years, with his first feature-length horror movie released in cinemas in January to colossal success. Written, directed, edited, and starring Fischbach, and based on David Szymanski's 2022 post-apocalyptic horror game, Iron Lung made Sam Raimi's marooned horror Send Help sweat at the box office — and it even saw an extended theatrical release.

Now, Iron Lung will be available for to rent or buy on YouTube Movies on May 31, with a global rollout expected. The news was announced (of course) on YouTube by Markiplier on Sunday.

SEE ALSO: How content creators are redefining Hollywood's power structure

"I'm sorry it's later than I thought it'd be, but it's coming out May 31 in as many international territories as I can make work," the creator said in his characteristically candid announcement video (below).

"It's releasing exclusively on YouTube Movies, because I figured you guys are already here anyway. It made the most sense. They were the people that would talk to me, because I don't know how many other companies would have, or even given me a chance of doing something like this," he said.

"I don't know if it'll make much of a difference, but hey, at least I'll be in a position that I could do something about something, and that's a position that I wouldn't have been in if it wasn't for you guys. So, I am really grateful. I'm really excited to just focus on YouTube for a bit. That's something that I've been wanting for a long time."

"I figured you guys are already here anyway. It made the most sense."

The Google-owned platform makes total sense for Markiplier's movie. A YouTube gaming titan since 2012, Fischbach has amassed 38.6 million subscribers on the platform as of May 2026. He was included in Mashable's inaugural Mashable 101 list of the most influential creators in 2025.

Markiplier at the ‘Iron Lung’ premiere at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Los Angeles on Dec. 5, 2025. Credit: Natasha Campos/Getty Images for Mark 'Markiplier' Fischbach

Building on his sprawling empire of followers on YouTube, Instagram, and X, Fischbach made the move into screen work of a more scripted nature, starring in and executive producing Prime Video's The Edge of Sleep in 2024.

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Last year, Formula 1 brought in $3.9 billion in revenue, a 14 percent jump from 2024. Attendance is up, races are selling out, and the stands look different than they used to. Younger. Louder. More online. More American. More feminine. A lot of that starts with Drive to Survive on Netflix, but it doesn’t end there.

In this Trending Now episode, culture reporter Christianna Silva and producer Teodosia Dobriyanova explore how 2025 became F1's most successful year to date. And making fandom more accessible means that the motorsport could be democratized.

SAVE OVER $200: As of May 18, the Eufy C10 robot vacuum is on sale for $219.99 at Amazon. This is $260 off its list price of $479.99.

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Summertime sale events are coming up fast, with Memorial Day sales kicking off at multiple retailers.

Amazon has already dropped some exciting deals, and if you've been looking for a robot vacuum, this is a great time to buy. One of our favorite budget models, the Eufy C10, is among the discounted picks. Sold by Eufy itself, this marks a return to the lowest-ever price the manufacturer has sold this model for at Amazon (although Amazon has sold its own stock for ever so slightly cheaper.)

As of May 18, the Eufy C10 robot vacuum has dropped to $219.99 at Amazon. That's a massive 54% discount from its full price of $479.99.

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Mashable's Leah Stodart ranked the Eufy C10 as the "best budget robot vacuum for small spaces" in our roundup of the best budget robot vacuums. Stodart notes: "For its price, it offers everything you need to keep floors clean without regular elbow grease, including self-emptying." Stodart continues: "It reminds us of older ultra-thin Eufy models, and we like its compact self-emptying station, which can hold 60 days of dust and debris."

The Eufy C10 has plenty to offer as a cleaner. It features 4,000 Pa suction that can grab any dirt, pet hair, or debris on your floors. It also has a helpful extendable side brush to help it reach into corners to clean. Plus, its 2.85-inch height is great for getting it underneath low furniture in your home.

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TL;DR: Unblock Pornhub for free with a VPN. The best services for unblocking porn sites from Australia are ExpressVPN and ProtonVPN.

The world of porn continues to be impacted by age-verification laws. Back in early 2025, more than a third of U.S. states introduced age verification laws for online adult content. Pornhub hit back by blocking users from those locations. A similar situation took place France and the UK, and now Australians are facing the same set of challenges.

The porn blocks arrived just days before new online safety codes came into effect, requiring organisations to verify the ages of users. It's the same story we've seen before, with the same straightforward workaround.

SEE ALSO: T-Mobile just dropped the Apple iPhone 17 for free — how to claim

If you want to unblock porn sites like Pornhub for free from Australia, we have all the information you need.

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TL;DR: Watch Canada vs. Denmark in the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free on IIHF.TV. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships are well underway, but we're still seeing the group stage take shape. Canada have won both of their opening games, and now they face a Denmark side still looking for their first points of the competition. Fans will be expecting another win from Canada, but anything can happen in a tournament like this.

If you're interested in watching the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships from anywhere in the world, we've got all the information you need.

When is Canada vs. Denmark?

Canada vs. Denmark in the 2026 IIHF World Championships starts at 10:20 a.m. ET on May 18. This fixture takes place at the BCF Arena in Fribourg.

How to watch Canada vs. Denmark for free

Canada vs. Denmark in the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships is available to live stream for free on IIHF.TV.

IIHF.TV is not available in some locations due to regional broadcasting restrictions (blocked locations listed here), but anyone can secure access with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in a location with access, meaning you can stream the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free from anywhere in the world.

Live stream the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free by following these simple steps:

1. Sign up for a streaming-friendly VPN (like ExpressVPN)

2. Download the app to your device of choice

3. Open up the app and connect to a server in a location with access

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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but they do tend to offer pretty generous money-back guarantees. By leveraging these offers, you can watch the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships without committing with your cash. This is obviously not a long-term strategy, but it gives you enough time to stream Canada vs. Denmark plus every other fixture before recovering your investment.

If you want to retain permanent access to free streaming platforms 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 the Ice Hockey World Championships?

ExpressVPN is the best choice for streaming live sport on free platforms, for a number of reasons:

• Servers in 105 countries

• 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

• 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).

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We already know, thanks to multiple rumors and reports, that Apple is planning a massive overhaul of its smart assistant Siri, in the upcoming iOS 27.

Now, a new report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has some details on the privacy aspects of this new, smarter Siri.

SEE ALSO: OpenAI may sue Apple over ChatGPT integration

According to the report, Apple's standalone Siri will have a strong emphasis on privacy. One feature that it's not very common in other AI chatbots, for example, will be auto-deleting chats, as seen in Apple's Messages. In the Settings panel for the Siri app, users will be able to choose whether they want to keep conversations forever, for one year, or just 30 days.

The report also says users will be able to choose whether Siri opens with a new chat, or to a "grid" of previous conversations at launch.

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Apple will also place tighter limits on how Siri's memory works. This might mean that the AI-powered assistant won't be able to pull from previous conversations as liberally as some rival systems can, but it should be better for user privacy.

Finally, the report claims that Apple will proclaim its AI experience as "ad-free," in contrast to OpenAI, which recently started rolling out sponsored ads in ChatGPT.

TL;DR: Watch Finland vs. USA in the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free on IIHF.TV. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships has started with a number of really interesting battles on the ice.

USA confidently beat Great Britain in their last outing, but they're still looking to bounce back from a surprising defeat to hosts Switzerland in their first game. Now they face Finland, a team that has won both of their games in impressive form.

If you're interested in watching the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships from anywhere in the world, we've got all the information you need.

When is Finland vs. USA?

Finland vs. USA in the 2026 IIHF World Championships starts at 10:20 a.m. ET on May 18. This fixture takes place at the Swiss Life Arena in Zurich.

How to watch Finland vs. USA for free

Finland vs. USA in the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships is available to live stream for free on IIHF.TV.

IIHF.TV is not available in some locations due to regional broadcasting restrictions (blocked locations listed here), but anyone can secure access with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in a location with access, meaning you can stream the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free from anywhere in the world.

Live stream the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free by following these simple steps:

1. Sign up for a streaming-friendly VPN (like ExpressVPN)

2. Download the app to your device of choice

3. Open up the app and connect to a server in a location with access

4. Connect to IIHF.TV

5. Watch the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free from anywhere in the world

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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but they do tend to offer pretty generous money-back guarantees. By leveraging these offers, you can watch the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships without committing with your cash. This is obviously not a long-term strategy, but it gives you enough time to stream Finland vs. USA plus every other fixture before recovering your investment.

If you want to retain permanent access to free streaming platforms 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 the Ice Hockey World Championships?

ExpressVPN is the best choice for streaming live sport on free platforms, for a number of reasons:

• Servers in 105 countries

• 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

• 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 Finland vs. USA in the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free with ExpressVPN.

TL;DR: Watch the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free on IIHF.TV. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

We're still buzzing from the international hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics, but there's more to come. We know the focus of the ice hockey world is firmly fixed on the resolution of the NHL season right now, but the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships is here to offer something to fans without a vested interest in the Stanley Cup.

This tournament doesn't have quite the same prestige as the Winter Olympics, but the 2024 World Championship was the most successful in terms of overall attendance. We're expecting this tournament in Switzerland to be just as popular as the USA, Canada, Czechia, Sweden, Finland, and other top sides battle it out on the ice.

If you're interested in watching the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships from anywhere in the world, we've got all the information you need.

What is the Ice Hockey World Championships?

The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 16 teams are divided into two groups for the Preliminary Round played in a single round robin format. The top-four ranked teams of each group advance to the knockout rounds.

The defending champions are Czechia.

When is the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships?

The 2026 IIHF World Championships will take place from May 15-31. This year's tournament will be hosted by Zurich and Fribourg, Switzerland.

How to watch the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free

The 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships is available to live stream for free on IIHF.TV.

IIHF.TV is not available in some locations due to regional broadcasting restrictions (blocked locations listed here), but anyone can secure access with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in a location with access, meaning you can stream the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free from anywhere in the world.

Live stream the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free by following these simple steps:

1. Sign up for 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 a location with access

4. Connect to IIHF.TV

5. Watch the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free from anywhere in the world

Opens in a new window Credit: ExpressVPN ExpressVPN (1-Month Plan) $12.99 only at ExpressVPN (with money-back guarantee) Get Deal

The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but they do tend to offer pretty generous money-back guarantees. By leveraging these offers, you can watch the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships without committing with your cash. This is obviously not a long-term strategy, but it gives you enough time to stream the tournament before recovering your investment.

If you want to retain permanent access to free streaming platforms 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 the Ice Hockey World Championships?

ExpressVPN is the best choice for streaming live sport on free platforms, for a number of reasons:

• Servers in 105 countries

• 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

• 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 the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free with ExpressVPN.

If you like your post-apocalyptic movies blood-spattered and filled with monsters, Na Hong-jin's Hope looks like one to put on the calendar.

The Wailing director Na Hong-jin's new movie sees police chief Bum-seok (Hwang Jung-min) and officer Sung-ae (Jung Ho-yeon) investigating a trail of destruction in a South Korean village — which quickly escalates into something even bigger and more terrifying.

Zo In-sung, Taylor Russell, Cameron Britton, Alicia Vikander, and Michael Fassbender also star.

Hope is in theaters this fall.

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TL;DR: Amazon has the Magic: The Gathering Marvel Spider-Man Scene Box listed for $34.99, down from its $41.99 list price. Clip the on-page 20% coupon before checkout, and the price drops to $27.99.

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As of May 18, Amazon has the Magic: The Gathering Marvel Spider-Man Scene Box available for $34.99, marked down from its $41.99 list price. Better yet, there’s also a 20% coupon you can tick on the product page, bringing the final checkout price down to $27.99.

That brings the price down to its record low, confirmed via price tracker camelcamelcamel. The listing is sold and shipped by Amazon directly. 

That coupon is set to expire on May 25, though Amazon notes that coupon availability can change, and collected coupons may expire earlier if quantities run out. So if you want the discount, you might need to act fast.

By comparison, Walmart currently has the same Scene Box listed for $26.99 with free shipping, sold by third-party seller Flipside Gaming. TCGplayer listings start at $20, but with shipping included, the lowest option rises to $28.99.

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Inside the Scene Box, you get six Traditional Foil Borderless Scene Cards that combine into Spidey’s Sensational Showdown (featuring Spidey, Doc Ock, Venom, and Green Goblin), along with six Art-Only Scene Cards, three Marvel’s Spider-Man Play Boosters, and a paper display easel. Each booster includes 14 Magic trading cards, with at least one Rare or higher and one Traditional Foil card. 

To stock up on more from the web-head-themed expansion, you can also grab the Magic: The Gathering Marvel Spider-Man Gift Bundle on sale at Amazon for around $73. 

For those trying out different crossovers, the Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy Starter Kit (with two ready-built decks) is now only $19.99 — with an extra $5 chopped off in the latest Amazon offer.

If you’re a Pokémon TCG fan, the newly-announced Pitch Black expansion is available to pre-order at TCGplayer.

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TL;DR: Amazon has the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Chaos Rising Build and Battle Box listed for preorder at $79.94, down from its $89.99 list price. This deal saves you $10.05 on a box with a 40-card ready-to-play deck, one of four foil promo cards, four booster packs, and a Pokémon TCG Live code card.

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Chaos Rising is finally out on May 22, and the Pokémon TCG’s leading retailers are steadily dropping more discounts ahead of the expansion’s big drop — and those who actually play the card game will definitely want to get in on this latest deal on Amazon.

As of May 18, Amazon has the Pokémon TCG Chaos Rising Build and Battle Box priced at $79.94, knocked down from its $89.99 list price. That works out to 11% off, saving you $10.05 altogether. The listing is currently sold and shipped by Kings Games. Amazon lists a 30-day refund or replacement window. 

The other two key retailers in the Pokémon TCG space have gone even cheaper. TCGplayer currently has unopened Chaos Rising Build and Battle Box listings starting at $56.84 with shipping included, with a market price of $58.06 and a listed median of $57.42. Walmart is also lower than Amazon at $64.99 with free shipping, sold and shipped by Cataclysm Games. It's worth noting that this listing is marked as not returnable.

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Inside the box, you’ll get a 40-card ready-to-play deck, one of four unique foil promo cards, four Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Chaos Rising booster packs (10 trading cards each), and a code card for Pokémon TCG Live. The promo cards you can potentially get are Delphox, Ampharos, Crobat, and Goodra. For anyone who likes diving into a new expansion with some competitive play right out of the box, this is the perfect buy.

Chaos Rising continues the Mega Evolution line with Mega Floette ex bringing turmoil to the city, while Mega Greninja ex rallies other Mega Evolution Pokémon ex like Mega Pyroar ex and Mega Dragalge ex to fight back. For casual Pokémon Legends: Z-A players who are now dabbling in the TCG, it’s a fun twist.

To get even more booster packs and accessories from the expansion, Pokémon TCG Chaos Rising Elite Trainer Box preorders are on sale at Amazon. Although currently not available on Amazon, the Pokémon TCG’s newly-announced Pitch Black expansion is available to pre-order at TCGplayer.

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Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you love tropical fruits.

Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

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By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.

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The words are related to fruit.

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Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words describe tangy fruits.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is diagonal.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is Citrus.

NYT Strands word list for May 18

• Clementine

• Lime

• Kumquat

• Pomelo

• Citrus

• Orange

• Tangerine

Looking for other daily online games? Mashable's Games page has more hints, and if you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now!

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The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult if you're a baseball fan.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for today's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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The NYT's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

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Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: Same sound

• Green: To break

• Blue: Baseballer

• Purple: Sweet plants

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Here are today's Connections categories

Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Homophones

• Green: Rupture

• Blue: MLB player

• Purple: Fruit anagrams

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Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections #1072 is...

What is the answer to Connections today

• Homophones: PAIR, PARE, PEAR, PÉRE

• Rupture: BLOW, CRACK, POP, SPLIT

• MLB player: PADRE, RED, ROYAL, TWIN

• Fruit anagrams: CHEAP, EARP, LUMP, WIKI

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

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