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SAVE OVER $1,000: As of March 27, the TCL 98-inch Class QM8K Series is on sale for $2,997.97 at Amazon. That's a 25% discount on the list price.

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Looking for a new TV? There couldn't be a better time to buy.

Amazon's Big Spring Sale is well underway, and TVs are just one of many products getting heavy discounts right now. And if you're looking for something really impressive for less, the TCL 98-inch Class QM8K Series is over $1,000 off heading into the weekend.

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As of March 27, you can take home this TV for $2,997.96 — that's $1,002.02 off the list price. This price is for the huge 98-inch model. The 65-inch and 75-inch TVs are also on sale for around $500 off.

With this TV you'll get a combination of advanced Mini LED technology and the new Halo Control System to give you the perfect, well-rounded viewing experience. It also has a CrystalGlow WHVA panel that gives you vibrant colors and detail. Combine this with the anti-reflective ZeroBorder design and you've got a great TV for any occasion.

Gamers are also covered thanks to the built-in Game Accelerator 288. This supports up to 288Hz variable refresh rate for lag-free gaming. And for streaming, you'll get access to Google TV, meaning it's easy to browse content and your favorite apps will be on one handy home page.

This TV deal is available online in Amazon's Big Spring Sale right now.

SAVE $98: As of March 27, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Vlogging Camera is down to $439 in the Amazon Spring Sale, a record-low price. The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo is also on sale for $569.

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Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, which runs through March 31, has plenty of deals for creators looking for a bargain. None are better than the offers on the DJI Osmo Pocket 3, a 4K gimbal camera. Mashable’s tech editor hailed this camera as “close to perfect” in his review.

All content creators reach a point where they need to stop using their phone and start investing in pro gear — microphones, video cameras, portable lights, everything. And the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Gimbal Camera has emerged as a popular all-in-one solution, which is why it has a cult following among vloggers, creators, and videographers.

Why we love the DJI Osmo Pocket 3

Every time our reporters attend a conference or event with a lot of creators, this camera is everywhere. It's often hard to find in stock, let alone at a record price.

The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo, which includes a DJI microphone, is currently marked down to $569. (Just a few hours ago, this camera was marked down to $531, so prices are changing fast.) That’s a $60 saving on the regular list price of $629. You can also buy the camera on its own for $439, a new record low price for this popular gimbal camera, according to camelcamelcamel.

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DJI is best known for awesome drones, but the tech brand makes premium devices in the content creation category. This camera is small but hugely impressive, with a 3-axis gimbal for steady video and face tracking. Other helpful features include face detection, vertical video mode, 180-degree Spinshot motion, and wireless connectivity to DJI microphones (which are also on sale).

Mashable tech editor Timothy Beck Werth reviewed the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 back in 2023 and said, “It really is hard for me to imagine a better camera for video content creators. Because it can connect wirelessly to your devices, you can use this for both recording video and livestreaming.” Three years later, it's still the best in its category.

The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 rarely goes on sale, so grab the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo for $569 in the Amazon Big Spring Sale. You can also grab the camera on its own for $439.

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Best Amazon Big Spring Sale portable power stations deals at a glance: Best Bluetti deal Bluetti Elite 200 V2 $749 at Amazon (save $200) Get Deal Best Anker Solix bundle deal Anker Soloix F3800 Portable Power Station, BP3800 Expansion Battery, and 400W Solar Panel $3,498.99 at Amazon (save $3,898.01) Get Deal Best Jackery deal Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 $429 at Amazon (save $370) Get Deal Best DJI deal DJI Power 1000 V2 $364 at Amazon (save $65) Get Deal Best deal for camping Anker Solix C1000 Gen 2 $428.99 at Amazon (save $370.01) Get Deal

I'll let you in on a little secret about portable power stations — they're almost always on some type of discount. It's rare that I see any of my favorite models listed at full price, which is not a bad thing. But it makes it harder to discern a good deal from a meh deal. To help out, I've scrolled the pages of the Amazon Big Spring Sale to find the deals I think are actually worth buying.

A portable power station has become a must-have tech item. It's like your favorite noise-cancelling earbuds — no idea how we survived without them. They've been my savior during power outages to keep the refrigerator running, my phone charged up, and the WiFi router connected. They're also well worth packing along on upcoming camping trips. Think of movie nights under the stars with a powered-up portable projector and fresh popcorn.

The one snag here is that batteries aren't cheap, and that's especially true of high-tech and long-lasting batteries found in portable power stations. Because of this, I recommend shopping for a power station during major sales like the Amazon Big Spring Sale is a wise move. Here are some of my favorite models seeing steep discounts during the sale. I'll keep this page updated as the sale rolls in and we see new deals pop up.

Best Bluetti deal Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Bluetti Elite 200 V2 $749 at Amazon
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If you need a large and in charge power solution, whether in an emergency or going off-grid, the Bluetti Elite 200 V2 is a fantastic option. It comes with 2,600Wh of battery power, which is more than enough to charge larger items like laptops and small appliances. It's also capable of recharging your phones and keeping the WiFi router on for an extended period of time. If you find that you routinely lose power, this unit is something you'll want to keep on hand to make sure you can charge things up when you need them.

More Bluetti deals

• Bluetti Elite 10 — $112.98 $199 (save $86.02)

• Bluetti Elite 30 V2 — $218.99 $299 (save $80.01)

• Bluetti X30 CPAP Battery Backup — $278.99 $329 (save $50.01)

• Bluetti Elite 100 V2 with 200W Solar Panel — $699 $1,399 (save $700)

• Bluetti Elite 300 — $1,099 $1,699 (save $600)

• Bluetti Apex 300 — $1,444 $1,699 (save $255)

Best Anker deal Anker Solix F3800 $3,498.99 at Amazon
$7,397 Save $3,898.01   See It at Amazon

The massive Anker Solix F3800 is ideal for home backup should the power cut out. On its own, the Solix F3800 comes with 3,8400 Wh of battery capacity to keep your tech running without grid power, but Anker made this deal even better during Amazon's Big Spring Sale. The Solix F3800 comes bundled with a BP3800 Expansion Battery and a 400W solar panel. The extra battery brings the total capacity up to 7,680Wh while the addition of a solar panel puts you in line for recharging off-grid.

More Anker Solix deals

• Anker Solix C300 — $169.99 $249.99 (save $80)

• Anker Solix C1000 — $429.99 $799 (save $369.01)

• Anker Solix C2000 Gen 2 — $749 $1,499 (save $750)

• Anker Solix F2000 — $799.99 $1,999 (save $1,199.01)

• Anker Solix F3800 — $1,898.99 $2,599 (save $700.01)

• Anker Solix E10 — $4,299 $5,799 (save $1,500)

Best Jackery deal Opens in a new window Credit: Jackery Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 $429 at Amazon
$799 Save $370   Get Deal Why we like it

If you're looking for a portable power station to take along to the campground this summer, the Jackery Explorer 100 V2 is an ideal model. It's a mix of portability, durability, solid port options, and it's on sale for under $430. This Jackery model comes with 1,070Wh for recharging your phones while camping, keeping the speaker ready to go, and powering up the projector for movie nights. Plus, it weighs under 24 pounds, so you won't have to struggle lugging it around camp.

More Jackery deals

• Jackery SolarSaga 100W Bifacial Portable Solar Panel — $197.99 $299 (save $101.01)

• Jackery 1000 v2 with 200W Solar Panel — $698.99 $1,499 (save $600.01)

• Jackery Explorer 2000 v2 — $749 $1,499 (save $750)

• Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus — $1,598.99 $2,799 (save $1,200.01)

Best deal for camping Opens in a new window Credit: Anker Solix Anker Solix C1000 Gen 2 $428.99 at Amazon
$799 Save $370.01   Get Deal Why we like it

Read Mashable's full review of the Anker Solix C1000 Gen 2.

After testing dozens of portable power stations, one of my go-to models for taking along on a weekend of camping is the Anker Solix C1000 Gen 2. Sure, you can go lighter and even more portable models, but I love the Solix C1000's combination of 1,024Wh, three USB-C ports, and the excellent Anker Solix app. It's also incredibly easy to carry around the campground, weighing under 25 pounds. Plus, Anker won a Guinness World Record for the power station's ability to recharge in just 49 minutes.

More portable power stations on sale at Amazon

• EcoFlow River 2 Pro — $314.99 $529 (save $214.01)

• DJI Power 1000 — $349 $699 (save $350)

• DJI Power 1000 V2 — $364 $699 (save $335)

• Goal Zero Yeti 500 — $399.89 $499.95 (save $100.06)

• Segway Cube 2000 — $538.98 $899.99 (save $361.01)

• EcoFlow Delta 3 with 220W Solar Panel — $588.98 $999 (save $410.02)

• Goal Zero Yeti 700 — $599.89 $699.95 (save $100.06)

• DJI Power 2000 — $699 $1,299 (save $600)

• EcoFlow Delta Pro 3 — $2,099 $3,699 (save $1,600)

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections — we have you covered.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: How to play Pips, the newest NYT game

Here are the clues and answers to NYT's The Mini for Thursday, March 27, 2026:

AcrossBad place to spend time on your phone, it's said

• The answer is In bed.

Bridge-crossing fees

• The answer is tolls.

"Yeah, but even so ..."

• The answer is Still.

Internet joke

• The answer is Meme.

"SportsCenter" channel

• The answer is ESPN.

DownWords after a knock on the door

• The answer is It's Me.

Material for a lecture

• The answer is Notes.

Goodyear vehicle

• The answer is Blimp.

Comedian DeGeneres

• The answer is Ellen.

Broadband connection, for short

• The answer is DSL.

If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Mini Crossword.

SAVE $500: As of March 27, the Samsung 40-inch Odyssey G7 is on sale for $699.99 at Amazon. That's a 42% discount on the list price.

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If you're looking to upgrade your gaming setup, Amazon's Big Spring Sale has come at the right time.

For a whole week (until March 31), the retailer will be dropping low prices on everything from Apple devices to everyday household essentials. And gaming products are getting the same treatment, with a standout deal live on the Samsung 40-inch Odyssey G7. As of March 27, this gaming monitor is down from $1,199.99 to $699.99, saving you $500 on list price.

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This is a 40-inch curved gaming monitor with a 1,000R design and a 21:9 ultrawide display. You'll get a detailed 4K resolution that fills more of your field of view. It supports VESA DisplayHDR 600 for improved contrast, giving you deeper blacks and brighter highlights.

It also has a 180Hz refresh rate and a 1ms response time (GtG), so with every game you'll have reduced lag and you can enjoy smoother, more responsive gameplay. Plus, it includes FreeSync Premium Pro support and offers height and swivel adjustments for a more comfortable, customizable setup.

This gaming monitor deal is live at Amazon now, so don't miss out.

TL;DR: Amazon has the Magic: The Gathering Lorwyn Eclipsed Play Booster Box on sale for $118.99 in the Big Spring Sale, which knocks $45.71 off its $164.70 list price.

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The Amazon Big Spring Sale has been delivering solid deals across gaming, Pokémon, and even Apple products, but this latest offer is especially interesting if you have been waiting for a better entry point on one of Magic’s newest full booster boxes.

As of March 27, Amazon has the Magic: The Gathering Lorwyn Eclipsed Play Booster Box listed for $118.99, down from the $164.70 list price. That works out to a 28% discount, which is a sizable enough drop to make this one of the more appealing sealed MTG buys right now.

For this new price, you're getting a full box with 30 Lorwyn Eclipsed Play Boosters. Each pack comes with 14 Magic: The Gathering trading cards. Play Boosters are the format’s all-purpose option — useful for Limited play, casual pack opening, or just building out a collection.

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Each booster can contain 1 to 4 rare-or-higher cards, along with 3 to 5 uncommons, 6 to 9 commons, 1 land, and 1 traditional foil card of any rarity. There is even a chance at a foil borderless mythic rare, though Amazon says those appear in less than 1% of boosters. 

Lorwyn Eclipsed brings MTG back to the dual plane of Lorwyn and Shadowmoor, leaning into the split between light and darkness, order and chaos, and the return of familiar creature types, including Kithkin, boggarts, merrow, and Elves. 

Among other MTG deals, collectors can also buy the Magic: The Gathering Duskmourn House of Horrors Play Booster Box for $22 off. What’s more, the Magic: The Gathering Secrets of Strixhaven Play Booster Box is still available for under $150. 

SAVE $50: As of March 27, Apple AirPods Pro 3 are on sale for $199 in the Amazon Spring Sale. That's a 20% discount on the list price.

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Amazon's Big Spring Sale has been a welcome event for anyone who wants to save big on Apple products. We're only three days in but we've already seen huge savings on MacBooks, iPads, and AirTags. And if you've been eyeing up the Apple AirPods Pro 3, you'll be pleased to hear that they've dropped below $200. As of March 27, these AirPods are down to $199, saving you $50 on list price.

AirPods Pro 3 provide an incredible listening experience thanks to their three-dimensional audio with a new acoustic architecture that enhances bass and improves clarity. At this low price, they sound even better.

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Alongside incredible sound quality, these AirPods include built-in heart rate tracking for workouts. They'll also let you see the amount of calories burned for up to 50 different workouts. Other smart features include live translation and personalized audio tuning that adjusts the sound based on your ear shape and fit.

And for a perfect fit, they come with five ear tip sizes. They also have various hearing-focused features like at-home hearing tests, conversation boost, and hearing protection that protects your ears from damage from any loud external noises. For battery life, you'll get up to eight hours of listening with noise cancellation enabled, or up to 10 hours in transparency mode.

Get this AirPods deal at Amazon now.

TL;DR: As of March 27, the ASUS ROG 32-inch 4K OLED Gaming Monitor is down to $899.99 in the Amazon Spring Sale. That's $400 off the list price of $1,299.99.

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Gamers love a major sale. Sure, gaming is all in the name of fun but once you start buying all that hardware it becomes a very serious business. Gaming at the top level doesn't come cheap. Thank goodness then for the Amazon Big Spring Sale, which runs through March 31 with stacks of deals. And if it is gaming hardware you’re trying to buy — specifically a gaming monitor — we recommend checking out the ASUS ROG 32-inch 4K OLED Gaming Monitor, now discounted by 31%.

The ASUS ROG 32-inch 4K OLED Gaming Monitor is currently available for $899.99, saving you $400 on list price. It’s usually listed at $1,299.99.

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This monitor is a mid-sized model but it’s packing a mighty spec for a fully immersive gaming experience. Most experts agree that OLED is the best display technology available, whether you’re looking at gaming monitors or smart TVs, but this model also adds lots of gaming specific features. 

It’s compatible with NVIDIA G-SYNC and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro technology for butter-smooth, low-latency gameplay, plus anti-flicker technology and AI-assisted visuals that create an all-round improved gaming world. It also comes with a refresh rate of 240Hz but can max out at 480Hz in FHD mode. 

Don’t miss your chance to save $400 on the ASUS ROG 32-inch 4K OLED Gaming Monitor as part of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale — now available for just $899.99.

SAVE $80: As of March 27, the DJI Mic 3 is on sale for $249 in the Amazon Spring Sale. That's a 24% discount on the list price.

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Amazon's Big Spring Sale has dropped, and there's a great discount on the DJI Mic 3. If you create any sort of content, this is a piece of kit you won't regret buying. And as of March 27, you can get it for its best-ever price, now down to $249 from $329.

The DJI Mic 3 is essentially a compact wireless microphone system that's designed for portable recording. It has a lightweight design, so it's ideal for filming on the go. It comes with a carrying pouch, charging case, one locking 3.5mm TRS to TRS audio adapter cable, two magnets, two magnetic clips, a USB-C mobile phone adapter, one receiver, two transmitters, four windscreens (two black and two black/grey), and a USB-C to USB-C data cable.

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The receiver can pair with up to four transmitters and sync audio to multiple receivers, so it's a great choice for group recordings like podcasts or interviews. And the sound quality is truly great. It uses adaptive gain control to record consistent audio levels, in all kinds of environments. It benefits from great noise cancellation settings too, ideal if you're recording in busy, loud spaces.

You can find this DJI deal in Amazon's Big Spring Sale right now.

TL;DR: As of March 27, the Dreame X50 Ultra Complete Robot Vacuum is down to $899.99 in the Amazon Spring Sale. That's $600 off the list price of $1,499.99.

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We’re three days into the Amazon Big Spring Sale and we’re seeing even more opportunities for you to save big money on high-ticket tech. If you’ve always wanted a robot vacuum, for instance, but never quite had the $1,500 budget for a premium model, this sale is your chance to save literally hundreds of dollars. In fact, you can save a massive $600 on the Dreame X50 Ultra Complete Robot Vacuum, a vacuum and mop 2-in-1 model with a stacked set of features.

The Dreame X50 Ultra Complete Robot Vacuum is now available for $899.99, 40% off the regular list price of $1,499.99 — a total saving of $600. According to camelcamelcamel, that’s a record-low price for this robot vacuum.

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The Dreame X50 Ultra Complete Robot Vacuum offers serious value for money. It can pretty much do it all, with VersaLift navigation that uses AI and LED vision to find its way around and detect various obstacles and messes. It can even tell the difference between solid dirt and liquid spills and cleans up accordingly. 

It will climb over obstacles of 2.6 inches — such as rugs, steps, and door tracks — by using its retractable ProLeap legs. It also gets under furniture and cleans deep into corners of your living space. And when it's work is done for the day, the Dreame X50 Ultra Complete returns to its docking station to automatically empty its load and self-clean its mop heads. All while you put your feet up, of course.

Be sure to get this awesome device while it’s so heavily discounted in the Amazon Big Spring Sale. Buy the Dreame X50 Ultra Complete Robot Vacuum for $899.99 for a limited time.

We have seen the future of AI via Large Language Models. And it's smaller than you think.

That much was clear in 2025, when we first saw China's DeepSeek — a slimmer, lighter LLM that required way less data center energy to do its job and performed surprisingly well on benchmark tests against heftier American AI models. (Ironically, it was built atop an open source U.S. model, Meta's Llama).

DeepSeek may have foundered on privacy concerns, but the trend towards smaller and smarter AI isn't going away. The evolution is on display again in TurboQuant, a compression algorithm that Google quietly unveiled this week via a Google Research paper.

The paper itself is pretty impenetrable if you're not an AI nerd who talks tokens and high-dimensional vectors. We'll get into a more detailed explanation below. But here's the TL;DR: The TurboQuant algorithm can make LLMs' memory usage six times smaller.

What does that mean? Less energy usage, perhaps to the point where running a powerful AI model on your powerful smartphone becomes possible. Less RAM usage, right on time for the ongoing RAM shortage.

Certainly, algorithms like this can help LLMs make more efficient use of the data centers they're hosted in — either by using the extra space to run more complex models, or, hear me out, by allowing us not to rush into building so many unpopular new data centers in the first place.

And that, paradoxically, could be a problem for the AI economy, at least as it's currently structured.

Why smaller and smarter will mess up NVIDIA

For the past three years, tech stocks have been riding ever higher on the back of one company alone: NVIDIA. And NVIDIA has been riding ever higher on the assumption that we're in the middle of what CEO Jensen Huang called this month "the largest infrastructure buildout in history" — an explosion of data centers, for which NVIDIA will be the chief provider of chips.

But that infrastructure build-out, if you look at data centers actually built versus data centers promised, is already stumbling, as a fresh New York Times investigation just made clear. What's the holdup? Not just opposition from concerned citizens across the U.S., now including the NAACP. It's also permits, applications, inspections, and the other unsexy but often necessary parts of the local government machinery.

Not least of the problems: A dearth of power generation and transmission, which doesn't sit well with the AI industry's unquantifiable ability to soak up electricity and suck up water.

What happens when the desire for more AI runs into a lack of infrastructure? Well, then necessity becomes the mother of invention. We learn to do more with less. And that's exactly what TurboQuant does.

Middle-out compression

Here's that explanation — although since TurboQuant is a compression algorithm, you'd be forgiven for imagining Google had the same NSFW "middle out" compression algorithm inspiration that drove the plot of the HBO comedy Silicon Valley.

So there's a couple of energy "bottlenecks" when AI models reach for something they really want and frequently use. One is called the key-value cache, which is like a really hot library that stores the most-used information. The other is the vector search, which matches things that look the same. TurboQuant effectively lubricates both at once, making memory grabs faster, smoother, and less fraught.

TurboQuant "helps unclog key-value cache bottlenecks by reducing the size of key-value pairs," Google's paper says, in part by the "clever" move of "randomly rotating the data vectors."

Got that? No? Well, it doesn't really matter. All you need to know is that there's a promising new field of extremely complex computational mathematics, and it works the way compression algorithms have long worked — making new technology faster, lighter, easier to run.

First, it was ZIP file downloads, then the video compression that enabled the streaming revolution, and now it's AI. The result could allow a more powerful LLM to run entirely on your phone, or it could crash the global economy, or both at the same time. Isn't life in 2026 wild?

NASA will shelve its plan for a small lunar space station in favor of building a base directly on the moon.

For years, the U.S. space agency talked up Gateway, a station that would circle the moon and act as both a lab and pit stop for lunar missions. Now, after another hard look at time, money, and logistics, officials say executing that project would only slow them down on the way to the main event: getting astronauts back on the moon — before China beats them to it. 

As NASA prepares to launch Artemis II, a 10-day crewed flight around the moon that could lift off as early as Wednesday, April 1, agency leaders are overhauling the moon-landing missions that will follow it, trying to ensure the first boots in the dust since 1972 are American. That means sticking a landing during the Artemis IV mission in 2028. 

But as for NASA's time crunch for the moon base, that part is largely self-inflicted. A target of 2030 for installing the first pieces of the astronaut habitat stemmed from Gateway plans the agency sold to stakeholders years ago. To keep the date, the agency says it must skip the space station — the project that helped establish the timeline in the first place. 

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in December that mandated some kind of lunar outpost by 2030, but there's a catch: The directive can only set the policy deadline and has no control over the funding. So while NASA wants $20 billion over seven years to build the newly envisioned base, it lacks a financial guarantee from Congress to cover the full cost. Meanwhile, many U.S. lawmakers are focused on trying to save other space and Earth science initiatives Trump wants to cut. 

"I can't imagine anyone would rather their astronauts be above the moon looking down where all the action is, as opposed to being on the surface itself," said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. 

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The sweeping change to NASA's lunar ambitions came during an agency-hosted meeting in Washington this week dubbed Ignition, which sought to galvanize support from contractors, international space partners, and lawmakers. 

Astronauts would build the moon base at the lunar south pole, a region about the size of Virginia. The area has deep, shadowed craters that may hold ancient ice and other frozen material. If NASA can mine those resources, crews could use them for living and working on the surface without needing constant resupply from Earth.

NASA wants to build this moon base, with the first pieces installed in 2030. Credit: NASA illustration

The new plan rolls out in three phases. Over the next two years, NASA wants to prove it can hit the lunar surface often and reliably, using roughly two-dozen launches and more than 20 mostly commercial landings to drop off robots at the south pole, scout for water, and test nuclear-powered heaters that can maintain hardware in long stretches of darkness and cold. 

Around 2029, heftier landers would bring in power and communications gear, and rugged rovers would start leveling the ground for living quarters, assisted by a pressurized rover that would double as a mobile home. Then, in the 2030s, crews would get several habitat modules to support longer stays, as well as a steady stream of cargo flights carrying supplies and returning lunar samples to Earth.

A major goal of this final phase is learning how to use the moon's own soil, called regolith, said Carlos Garcia-Galan, the moon base program executive. NASA plans to test 3D printing and other methods to turn the material into bricks, and to extract oxygen, water, and other elements that could be useful for supporting the base.

NASA argues that learning to live on the moon is a necessary step toward getting humans to Mars. If something were to break, a Martian crew would be stuck for months in a distant, hostile world. 

By running a base on the moon, the agency hopes to work through the challenges of keeping people alive, especially during the long lunar nights of extreme cold, fixing critical gear without quick resupply and using local resources while astronauts are still only a three‑day trip away from home.

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"Clearly, when we get to Mars, we're going to need some of this capability," Garcia-Galan said, "and when we get there, it's going to be tried and true."

As for the sidelined Gateway project, NASA says the space station hasn't been canceled and could be reprioritized later. But given the agency intends to repurpose some of the hardware for the moon base, its future is uncertain. 

Test labs and other equipment that were built for the space station would shift to serving surface missions. By scrapping Gateway for parts, officials think they can pay for the base without a massive top-line increase.

"It does look like science fiction, but guess what," Garcia-Galan said, "we're planning to turn that into reality."

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TL;DR: Live stream Switzerland vs. Germany in a 2026 International Friendly for free on RTS. Access this free streaming site from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

There are a number of really interesting International Friendlies taking place this week, including Switzerland vs. Germany.

This is a great opportunity for these sides to test out new formations, experiment with new players, and generally build some positive momentum before this summer's World Cup. We expect a competitive contest between two experienced sides, with the likes of Joshua Kimmich and Florian Wirtz expected to feature.

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Switzerland vs. Germany kicks off at 3:45 p.m. ET on March 27. This fixture takes place at the St. Jakob Park.

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TL;DR: Live stream Spain vs. Serbia in a 2026 International Friendly for free on RTVE. Access this free streaming site from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

There are so many huge International Friendlies taking place this week. And no, we're not talking about games in which the dominant side can experiment with their selection and still win by a few goals. We're talking about genuinely competitive games between top sides.

Spain face Serbia in one of the most interesting matchups this week. Spain look unbeatable right now, but Serbia possess the talent to give them problems. Expect the likes of Lamine Yamal and Mikel Oyarzabal to light up the Estadio de la Cerámica.

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When is Spain vs. Serbia?

Spain vs. Serbia kicks off at 4 p.m. ET on March 27. This fixture takes place at the Estadio de la Cerámica.

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TL;DR: Live stream Netherlands vs. Norway in a 2026 International Friendly for free on NPO. Access this free streaming site from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The 2026 World Cup is not too far away, so top international sides from around the world are using this domestic break to build momentum and find their best starting 11.

There are a number of interesting fixtures taking place this week, including Netherlands vs. Norway. On paper, there's not much between these talented sides. If Norway are going to win, they'll need other players to step up in the absence of Erling Haaland. He's sitting this one out as he recovers from a busy schedule with Man City.

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TL;DR: Live stream England vs. Uruguay in a 2026 International Friendly for free on ITVX. Access this free streaming site from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The 2026 World Cup is fast approaching. It can't come soon enough for most football fans, so huge International Friendlies like England vs. Uruguay are a welcome taster of what's to come. It's at this time that sides will look to hone in on their best 11 and build some momentum before this summer's massive tournament.

England are favorites to win this contest at home, but Uruguay are stacked with elite talent like Barcelona's Ronald Araujo and Real Madrid's Federico Valverde. It's going be a fascinating battle at Wembley Stadium.

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When is England vs. Uruguay?

England vs. Uruguay kicks off at 3:45 p.m. ET on March 27. This fixture takes place at Wembley Stadium.

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TL;DR: Live stream Austria vs. Ghana in a 2026 International Friendly for free on ORF. Access this free streaming site from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

There are an incredible number of top International Friendlies taking place this week. We're being spoilt with Brazil vs. France, Colombia vs. Croatia, and a string of other high-profile contests. Austria vs. Ghana is not the biggest game on the schedule, but we're still making time to watch this interesting matchup.

Ghana will be looking to the likes of Thomas Partey, Jordan Ayew, and Antoine Semenyo to deliver big performances in this contest. Austria will rely on experienced heads like David Alaba and Marko Arnautovic.

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When is Austria vs. Ghana?

Austria vs. Ghana kicks off at 1 p.m. ET on March 27. This fixture takes place at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion.

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