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The big selling point of SSDs over hard drives has always been the fact that they are fast. You might think, then, that speed is the most important thing about an SSD. But these days, there are actually a lot of other things you should prioritize instead.

TL;DR: The Pokémon TCG First Partner Illustration Collection Series 1 is available to preorder at Amazon for under $70. That's below market value ahead of the March 20 release date.

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Finding new Pokémon products for anywhere near market value is always a challenge. Finding Pokémon preorders for a good price is almost impossible. But every now and then, a leading retailer gives trading card enthusiasts something to celebrate.

The Pokémon TCG First Partner Illustration Collection Series 1 is available to preorder at Amazon for under $70. Why is that price significant? It's below market value. Only just below market value, but below market value all the same. When it comes to Pokémon, you should jump at anything close to market value from Amazon. It doesn't happen that often.

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This popular preorder celebrates the bond between Trainer and Pokémon with a booster pack containing three of nine illustration rare-style promo cards. These consisting of beloved first partner Pokémon from the Kanto, Sinnoh, or Alola region. You’ll also get two more Pokémon TCG booster packs and a fun sticker sheet featuring first partner Pokémon friends. It's a fun bundle for collectors to shop this weekend.

Score the best Pokémon TCG First Partner Illustration Collection Series 1 preorder deal at Amazon.

Google Photos is generally considered one of the best apps from the company, but it’s not without problems. One feature in particular has been under constant fire since it was announced. Thankfully, Google has finally relented, and “Ask Photos” can be turned off.

I use a lot of Zigbee devices in my smart home. For my needs, Zigbee still offers the best combination of low cost and utility. The truth is that Zigbee isn't perfect; it has plenty of frustrating issues.

Apple's latest iOS beta — 26.4 beta 4 — rolled out this week and came with a serious upgrade in emoji.

Your mileage may vary on what's technically new, but iOS 26.4 beta 4 brings a total of 163 new emoji designs. There are 13 truly new emoji concepts (which we've seen before), and then 150 new skin tone variations for the existing wrestling and people with bunny ears emoji.

The emoji-focused resource, Emojipedia, helpfully published a first look at all the new emoji. They appear to be variations on the new emojis introduced by Unicode — the nonprofit that standardizes digital characters — last year.

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The new concepts, as shown above, include a distorted face, a so-called fight cloud, a bigfoot-esque creature (technically, it's known as the "hairy creature"), an orca, a landslide, a treasure chest, and a ballerina in various skin tones. These are long-expected updates to emoji, as we covered back in 2025, but now they're starting to roll out.

Hairy creature, aka Bigfoot, appears to be the most anticipated of the new emoji. Personally, I think the fight cloud emoji has a bright future, especially for anyone who loved Saturday morning cartoons back in the day.

To see all the new emoji introduced in iOS 26.4, head to Emojipedia.

Reliability rankings often shift from year to year, but a few automakers consistently compete for the top spot. In recent years, Subaru managed to climb to the front in several industry reports, challenging Toyota’s long-standing reputation for building some of the most dependable vehicles on the road. Now, new data suggests that the balance of power has shifted once again.

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It's-a Mar10 Day! If you're looking for a slightly less conventional way to celebrate (compared to playing a Mario game on the Nintendo Switch 2) you might consider a Lego build. Amazon is celebrating Mar10 Day by offering tons of discounts on Mario-themed Lego sets, and we're in love with all of them. Here are some fun Mario Lego deals to shop today in honor of the famous plumber himself.

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Love escaping their fireballs or dread their brutality, the Mario Piranha Plant is an icon. Lego designed this build with 540 pieces and recommends it to builders ages 18 and up. Posable parts include the leaves, head, mouth, and stalk. Plus, it could potentially blend in with your other Lego Botanical builds, but who knows what damage it could do come nightfall.

The Lego Mario Piranha Plant usually sells for $59.99, but it's on sale at Amazon today for only $41.99 in honor of Mar10 Day.

At a glance

• Today’s AI agents store long interaction histories but struggle to reuse them effectively.
• Raw memory retrieval can overwhelm agents with lengthy, low-value context.
• PlugMem transforms interaction history into structured, reusable knowledge.
• A single, general-purpose memory module improves performance across diverse agent benchmarks while using fewer memory tokens.

It seems counterintuitive: giving AI agents more memory can make them less effective. As interaction logs accumulate, they grow large, fill with irrelevant content, and become increasingly difficult to use.

More memory means that agents must search through larger volumes of past interactions to find information relevant to the current task. Without structure, these records mix useful experiences with irrelevant details, making retrieval slower and less reliable. The challenge is not storing more experiences, but organizing them so that agents can quickly identify what matters in the moment.

In our recent paper “PlugMem: A Task-Agnostic Plugin Memory Module for LLM Agents,” we introduce a plug-and-play memory system that transforms raw agent interactions into reusable knowledge. Rather than treating memory as text to retrieve, PlugMem organizes that history into structured knowledge designed to support decisions as the agent acts.

Cognitive science offers a useful framework here. It distinguishes between remembering events, knowing facts, and knowing how to perform tasks. Past events provide context, but effective decisions rely on the facts and skills extracted from those events.

This distinction motivated a shift in how we decided to design memory for AI agents. PlugMem implements this shift by converting the agent’s interaction history, such as dialogues, documents, and web sessions, into structured, compact knowledge units that can be reused across tasks.

How PlugMem works

A key difference between PlugMem and conventional AI memory systems is what gets stored. Traditional approaches store text chunks or named entities (references to people, places, and concepts). PlugMem uses facts and reusable skills as the fundamental building blocks of memory. This design reduces redundancy, increases information density, and improves retrieval precision. It’s built around three core components:

Structure. Raw interactions are standardized and transformed into propositional knowledge (facts) and prescriptive knowledge (reusable skills). These knowledge units are organized into a structured memory graph, enabling knowledge to be stored in a form designed for reuse.

Retrieval. Rather than retrieving long passages of text, PlugMem retrieves knowledge units that are aligned with the current task. High-level concepts and inferred intents serve as routing signals, surfacing the most relevant information for the decision at hand.

Reasoning. Retrieved knowledge is distilled into concise, task-ready guidance before being passed to the base agent, ensuring that only decision-relevant knowledge enters the agent’s context window.

Figure 1 illustrates how these components work together.

Figure 1. PlugMem organizes different types of agent interactions into a knowledge-centric memory graph, enabling structured retrieval and reasoning. One memory, any task

Most AI memory systems are built for one job. A conversational memory module is designed around dialogue. A knowledge-retrieval system is tuned to look up facts. A web agent’s memory is optimized for navigating pages. Each performs well in its target setting but rarely transfers without significant redesign.

PlugMem takes a different approach. It is a foundational memory layer that can be attached to any AI agent without needing to modify it for a specific task.

Evaluating PlugMem

To test PlugMem, we evaluated the same memory module on three benchmarks that each make different demands on memory:

• Answering questions across long multi-turn conversations
• Finding facts that span multiple Wikipedia articles
• Making decisions while browsing the web

Across all three, PlugMem consistently outperformed both generic retrieval methods and task-specific memory designs while allowing the AI agent to use significantly less memory token budget in the process.

Measuring memory by utility, not size

We wanted to evaluate whether the right information was reaching the agent at the right moment, without overwhelming the model’s context window, which has limited capacity. To do this, we introduced a metric that measures how much useful, decision-relevant information a memory module contributes relative to how much context it consumes.

When we plotted utility against context consumption, PlugMem consistently came out ahead: it delivered more decision-relevant information while consuming less of the AI agent’s context than other approaches, as shown in Figure 2. These results suggest that transforming experience into knowledge—rather than storing and retrieving raw logs—produces memory that is more useful and efficient.

Figure 2. Across all three benchmarks, PlugMem delivered more useful memory with less of the agent’s context window. Why general-purpose memory can outperform task-specific designs

General-purpose memory modules can outperform systems tailored to specific tasks because the decisive factor is not specialization but whether memory can surface the right knowledge precisely when the agent needs it. Structure, retrieval, and reasoning each play a distinct role, and getting all three right matters more than optimizing for a single use case.

PlugMem is not meant to replace task-specific approaches. It provides a general memory foundation upon which task adaptations can be layered. Our experiments show that combining PlugMem with task-specific techniques yields further gains.

Toward reusable memory for agents

As AI agents take on longer and more complex tasks, its memory needs to evolve from storing past interactions to actively supplying reusable knowledge. The goal is for agents to carry useful facts and strategies from one task to the next rather than starting from scratch each time.

PlugMem represents a step in that direction, grounding memory design in cognitive principles and treating knowledge as the primary unit of reuse. As agent capabilities expand, knowledge-centric memory may prove to be a critical building block for the next generation of intelligent agents.

Code and experimental results are publicly available on GitHub (opens in new tab) so that others can reproduce the results and conduct their own research.

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The post From raw interaction to reusable knowledge: Rethinking memory for AI agents appeared first on Microsoft Research.

Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta has never led her own TV series or movie in 35 years, not since Postmortem hit shelves in 1990. Finally, the famed forensic crime writer's iconic protagonist has made her screen debut, with Nicole Kidman and Rosy McEwen taking on the chief medical examiner in Scarpetta.

Written by Liz Sarnoff (Lost, Deadwood, Barry) and directed by David Gordon Green (the modern Halloween trilogy) and Charlotte Brändström (The Rings of Power), the Prime Video series leans on its '90s and '00s roots to show off Cornwell's legacy in the forensic thriller genre.

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Like Mare of Easttown and to an extent True Detective, Scarpetta is a crime procedural that blends murder investigation with complicated family drama, with this impeccable cast — Kidman, McEwen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bobby Cannavale, Ariana DeBose, Simon Baker — bringing out the best in the latter. If you're a fan of forensic thrillers with familial feuds, dive into the Scarpetta files.

Scarpetta takes the forensic thriller back to '90s and '00s basics Jake Cannavale as Peter Marino, Rosy McEwen as Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Credit: Connie Chornuk / Prime

If Scarpetta feels like it hits the notes of many a modern forensic crime thriller, just remember Patricia Cornwell changed the game for the genre in the '90s and '00s, making her mark amid contemporaries like Kathy Reichs and Jeffery Deaver. Without Cornwell's early '90s books like Postmortem or Body of Evidence, there's no CSI, no Bones, no Cold Case, no Dexter. And Sarnoff knows it; her script has a young Scarpetta directly quoting from Postmortem in an early scene — "Out there, somewhere, is a man..." — and Cornwell herself makes a cameo in the first episode.

Revolving around Dr. Kay Scarpetta (Kidman/McEwen), the series bounces between three time periods — the '70s, '90s, and the present — charting moments from Scarpetta's tragedy-marked childhood, through her first case as Virginia's first female chief medical examiner, and her return to the job in the present. When murder victims turn up bearing the same hallmarks as Scarpetta's big career-defining case from 28 years ago, the possibility that she might have pinned the wrong suspect becomes very real.

Nicole Kidman as Scarpetta. Credit: Connie Chornuk / Prime

In both Kidman and McEwen's talented hands, Scarpetta is a methodical, smart, and sangfroid chainsmoker, highly skilled as chief medical examiner, scrutinising causes of death and throwing the book at chauvinist colleagues. She's not a hard boiled detective who flies off the handle and cuts corners — that's her charming but combustible partner Pete Marino (Cannavale Sr. in the present, Cannavale Jr. in the past). Instead, she's a by-the-book forensic pathologist urging her colleagues to wear sanitary equipment and refrain from using slurs. The comparisons between her and another scrupulous '90s investigator, The X-Files' Dana Scully, are not subtle, from the suits and tees Kay dons to a literal collation of the two's similarities in episode 6.

When Scarpetta and Marino walk through crime scenes, the series leans on the 2000s blue-toned flashback technique favoured by shows like CSI and Cold Case, which can feel a little dated. The same goes for the series' lack of real background for half of the serial killers' victims — we only get to know small details about women recently murdered, the rest relegated to mere Post-Its and photos on a red yarn wall, while the search for the killer's identity is foregrounded. At one point Scarpetta even insists "we don't know them" when a lab technician indicates humanising the victims, however she often corrects sexist victim-blaming language from her colleagues.

Bobby Cannavale as Pete Marino and Nicole Kidman as Scarpetta. Credit: Connie Chornuk / Prime

The series also leans slightly into the psychological cat-and-mouse game that defined '90s forensic fiction and the flurry of '00s crime adaptations that came with it: The Bone Collector, Kiss the Girls, Red Dragon. Fittingly, Scarpetta's 1998 storyline feels the most aligned to this specific trend, with the medical examiner finding herself in increasingly dangerous waters.

Scarpetta also hits every note in the genre Alexis Nedd described for Mashable as "curmudgeonly detective solves a dead girl case while their personal/romantic life falls apart". We're talking the near-constant presence of enormous glasses of wine, requisite pondering-in-the-shower scenes, and open disdain for the press (especially Sosie Bacon's Abby). The fact that Scarpetta doesn't go for early morning runs is one of the few hallmarks of the subgenre missing from her characterisation.

Being a Blumhouse production, the detail in Scarpetta's autopsy scenes can be gruesome, so squeamish viewers may want to look away. However, it's this level of detail that makes it the Patricia Cornwell adaptation it is, with the author's inclusion of forensic detail her signature stamp on the genre.

Featured Video For You 'Crime 101's Chris Hemsworth and Halle Berry play our new mash-up game Scarpetta's cast is criminally talented Bobby Cannavale as Marino and Ariana DeBose as Lucy Scarpetta. Credit: Connie Chornuk / Prime

Brimming with top tier talent, the Scarpetta cast is the show's sharpest weapon, led by Kidman in full, glorious, intellectual-internalised-rage mode. The physicality shared between Kidman and her '90s era counterpart, played by McEwen, is wildly convincing; the same goes for the always compelling Cannavale as Pete Marino and his '90s self, played by the actor's son, Jake Cannavale. And though this casting might be a little on the nepo baby nose, you can't argue it's not effective, especially when the Cannavales take full advantage of their lion's share of one-liners like, "Looks like our very own Ted Bundy just bought himself a polygraph."

While Bobby Cannavale almost steals the spotlight himself as the wise-cracking, deeply loyal Marino, he's battling with two fellow castmates for it: Jamie Lee Curtis and Ariana DeBose.

If there's a scene with Curtis in it, pray for her scene partners. As Kay's polar opposite, her rambunctious, flamboyant, and unfiltered sister Dorothy, Curtis is incredibly fun to watch, clad in sequins, leopard print, and dropping red hot home truths. Though they both crave control, Kay's disdainful composure clashes with Dorothy's provocative combativeness. Honestly, break out the popcorn for Kidman and Curtis (who somehow have never starred together in anything?) arguing like only sisters can, with Curtis' Dorothy demanding attention like a town crier and earnestly dropping dialogue like, "My own stallion-like spirit feels diminished by her."

Jamie Lee Curtis as Dorothy Scarpetta. Credit: Connie Chornuk / Prime

DeBose, meanwhile, is superb as Lucy, Dorothy's tech savvy daughter who basically grew up parented by Kay. She's mourning her late wife (Janet Montgomery) by turning her into an AI companion. This light eyeroll of a plot device would feel like product placement for artificial intelligence's "good side" if DeBose wasn't such a talent, with her performance (as well as Curtis and Kidman's) actually making me believe this Black Mirror-style connection.

Like its protagonist, Scarpetta isn't perfect, but it's steeped in nostalgia and respect for the author who drove forensic fiction through the hallmarks we now take for granted as commonplace. With a cast this brilliant and a cliffhanger ending, Scarpetta's first season feels like the beginning of a series, Cornwell-style.

Scarpetta is streaming on Prime Video March 11.

Silver, Blush, Citrus, and Indigo — those are the four colors that Apple's brand new affordable laptop, the MacBook Neo, now comes in.

And according to a report from Bloomberg's Apple insider Mark Gurman, Apple may also be looking into bringing a new color palette to the iMac. Gurman says that Apple plans on launching a new iMac later this year.

Apple first upgraded the iMac to its Silicon chipset in 2021 with the M1 iMacs. The company then skipped the M2 chips altogether in the iMac, and the desktop went without an upgrade in 2022. Apple then released the M3 iMac in 2024. 

Apple last upgraded its popular desktop line of computers in 2024 with the release of the iMacs with the M4 chip.

The current M4 iMac lineup is currently available in seven different colors: Green, Yellow, Orange, Pink, Purple, Blue, and Silver. 

According to Gurman, Apple is looking at a "refreshed color palette" for the iMac, which was historically known for its signature aquamarine blue.

As you can see, the current iMacs offerings come in the classic base colors, whereas Apple has opted to offer specific color shades with the MacBook Neo line. It's unclear, though, if Apple is looking to offer the exact same Neo color options for iMac as well. 

Not much is known about the iMac refresh quite yet. It is more than likely that the new iMac will come with Apple's new M5 chipset. 

Color options aside, it will be interesting to see where Apple goes in regards to pricing for the new iMacs. The all-in-one display and computer has traditionally targeted a more affordable price point. Apple raised its M5 MacBook Pro prices across the board when it launched the devices last week. The current base iMac retails for $1,299. 

TL;DR: The Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Perfect Order Booster Bundle is available to preorder for $59.99 at Amazon. That's below TCGplayer's market value and comes with Amazon's pre-order price guarantee.

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The Mega Evolution Perfect Order expansion doesn't release until March 27, but that hasn't held back shoppers. We knew that these products were going to sell like mad as soon as preorders went live at top retailers, but we didn't expect the wave of activity that struck this week. The Pokémon trading card market is absolutely wild right now. We're just about holding on.

Looking for the best preorder deal on Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Perfect Order Booster Bundles? Amazon is offering excellent value for money.

The Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Perfect Order Booster Bundle is available to preorder for $59.99 at Amazon. That's way below TCGplayer's market value and comes with Amazon's pre-order price guarantee. The guarantee really is a game changer. The price you pay when this product ships will be the lowest price offered by Amazon between the time you placed your order and the end of the release date. So you're covered against future price drops.

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Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Perfect Order Booster Bundles contain six booster packs from the new Perfect Order expansion. And every pack contains 10 cards, so there's a chance to pull Mega Zygarde ex, Mega Clefable ex, Mega Starmie ex, and Meowth ex. We know the chances of pulling something seriously valuable are slim, but you never know.

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SAVE $30: As of March 10, get the Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro + $30 Amazon Gift Card bundle for $249.99 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $279.99. That's a discount of 11%.

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If you've been waiting to pick up a pair of new earbuds, now's the time to shop. There are tons of great picks out there, but if you want excellent sound to pair with your favorite Samsung device (or any other device for that matter), you'll want to head to Amazon for your last chance to save big on your preorder for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro.

As of March 10, get the Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro + $30 Amazon Gift Card bundle for $249.99 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $279.99. That's $30 off and a discount of 11%.

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This bundle deal nets you a pair of Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro earbuds as well as a $30 Amazon Gift Card that will be mailed separately to you in a mini envelope. You'll need to add the bundle deal to your cart, where the discount will be applied, but hurry -- today is the final day this deal is available.

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro are releasing on March 11, and come with a slew of great features, including high-resolution audio, a 2-way speaker, active noise cancellation, and live translation. They come in both black and white colorways, which are eligible for the bundle deal.

If you don't want to be left in the cold with this discount, be sure to lock yours in now before the end of the day. That's $30 additional bucks you can spend at Amazon for your trouble, and all you have to do is wait for the gift card to arrive.

SAVE $22.50: Through March 21, Prime Video subscribers can add Mubi to their streaming lineup for only $7.49 per month for three months. Usually $14.99 per month, that's a total of $22.50 in savings.

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It's no secret that streamflation has priced out tons of subscribers. Streaming services really went overboard with their price hikes over the past few years, but every once in awhile you can still score a sweet discount. I'm always on the hunt for good streaming deals and as of March 10, this Mubi Prime Video add-on is 50% off.

Through March 21, Prime Video subscribers can add Mubi to their streaming lineup for just $7.49 per month for three months. It typically costs $14.99 per month, so over three months you'll save about $22.50.

Rather than subscribing to yet another streaming service separately, getting Mubi as a Prime Video add-on means you'll be charged for it in the same monthly streaming bill as your Prime Video or Amazon Prime membership. Plus, Mubi's content will appear within your Prime Video account. No need to download or open the Mubi app. Prime Video add-ons basically just expand your existing library.

If you've never heard of Mubi, it's a streaming service designed for cinephiles. It prides itself as the place to "discover ambitious films and series by visionary filmmakers — from iconic directors to emerging auteurs." You'll find some classics and mainstream movies, but also plenty of independent and obscure films. Mubi even has its own originals, including two of our favorites from 2025, Die My Love and The Mastermind, as well as one of our favorites from 2024, The Substance. It's also the place where you can watch Twin Peaks in its entirety, and Lili Reinhart's series Hal & Harper.

Streaming deals don't come around often. If you want to diversify your streaming lineup for less, be sure to secure this half-priced Mubi deal by March 21. And remember to cancel before your three-month promo period ends if you want to avoid paying full price.

A viral app to help men stop masturbating exposed thousands of users' data, 404 Media reports.

The app, Quittr, claims to be the "#1 Porn Addiction App to Quit Porn Forever" on its website. It apparently blocks porn websites on one's device, as well as tracks one's "abstinence" from porn. Quittr also has community features like groups, a "panic button" for "emergency nofap help" and even an AI therapist. ("Nofap" began as a Reddit community to stop masturbating, and experts warn against using AI for therapy.)

SEE ALSO: How to unblock Pornhub for free

"Porn addiction," like "sex addiction," isn't recognized by the DSM-5, which classifies mental disorders. While porn-viewing can be compulsive, like other behaviors, research suggests that perceived porn addiction predicted distress over actual porn use itself. Yet, the idea of "porn addiction" persists in the U.S., which lacks comprehensive sex education requirements in many states; only 37 percent of states require sex education to be medically accurate, according to Boston University.

"Porn addiction," like "sex addiction," isn't recognized by the DSM-5, which classifies mental disorders.

Meanwhile, for years, the "nofap" community on Reddit and elsewhere has purported the benefits of not ejaculating, from physical to mental boons, but there is limited research on the veracity of this.

In this environment, Quittr has thrived, with a 4.7 out of 5 rating based on around 29,000 ratings on Apple App Store, and a 4.8 out of 5 rating based on 8,400 ratings on Google Play. Its founders, Alex Slater and Connor McLaren, recently told New York Magazine that the app has been downloaded 1.5 million times and brings in $500,000 per month. (It costs users $30 per year.)

Now, 404 Media reports that Quittr leaked data about hundreds of thousands of users' masturbation habits as well as lied about its security issues.

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A researcher told 404 Media that they scanned apps for a misconfiguration in apps that use the development platform Google Firebase, as that same issue was seen in the Tea app. The researcher found that Quittr had the same problem and contacted the founders about the issue, and while they said it would be fixed in an hour, it wasn't fixed for months.

Apparently, the researcher could access data for more than 600,000 users on Quittr, including 100,000 who identified as minors.

When 404 Media's Emanuel Maiberg called them, they denied there was an issue. But the misconfiguration has since been fixed, according to the report.

TL;DR: Live stream Galatasaray vs. Liverpool in the Champions League for free on TRT 1. Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The Champions League playoff round delivered some moments of real quality, but Galatasaray's battle against Juventus might have been the most entertaining matchup. Galatasaray advanced after two epic contests, and now they meet Premier League champions Liverpool in the Round of 16.

Liverpool's season has been all over the place, but the Champions League could provide an opportunity to make a success of this campaign. Liverpool will look at this draw with confidence. Despite their inconsistent form, they will fancy their chances against Galatasaray. If they want to advance, they'll need to keep a close eye on Victor Osimhen. The elite Nigerian striker can score against anyone.

If you want to watch Galatasaray vs. Liverpool in the Champions League for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Galatasaray vs. Liverpool?

Galatasaray vs. Liverpool in the Champions League kicks off at 5:45 p.m. GMT on March 10. This fixture takes place at Rams Park.

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Happy Mar10 Day to those who celebrate. This year, Nintendo celebrates the 40th anniversary of the iconic game series while gearing up for the release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie on April 1. Let's-a-go, indeed.

SEE ALSO: Dippin’ Dots is giving away free Super Mario Collectible Cups — how to claim yours on Mario Day

The best Mar10 Day deals are mostly on video games, but the selection of top Mario Switch games on sale is massive. The majority can be found from the Nintendo eShop, but there's also a few worth checking out at Amazon. The Nintendo eShop's sale runs through March 15 at 11:59 PT (we anticipate Amazon will likely mimic the sale times).

One easy way to get $5 off anything Mario at GameStop? Show up to any GameStop store dressed as Mario on March 10 and receive $5 in store credit.

Here are the best Mar10 2026 deals we've seen so far:

Best Mar10 Nintendo Switch game deal Super Mario Party Jamboree $39.88 at Walmart
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Name one thing one more timeless than the special blend of fun and abject anger found in every game of Mario Party. You can't! The latest installment of the game, Mario Party Jamboree, is no exception, with Mashable's Alex Perry calling it "mean in all the best ways." This Mario Day deal brings it down to its lowest price ever, both for the original Switch and Switch 2 editions of the game (though for anyone looking to save a little extra money, it's worth noting the original game is compatible on both consoles).

More Mar10 Nintendo Switch game deals

Switch 2

• Super Mario Party Jamboree Nintendo Switch 2 edition + Jamboree TV — $61.98 $79.99 (save $18.01)

Switch

• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Season Pass — $7.49 $29.99 (save $22.50)

• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Gold Edition — $8.99 $89.99 (save $81)

• Mario & Luigi: Brothership — $29.83 $59.99 (save $30.16)

• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 — $29.99 $59.99 (save $30)

• Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door — $29.99 $59.99 (save $30)

• Super Mario Odyssey — $39.98 $59.99 (save $20.01)

• Mario vs. Donkey Kong — $39.99 $59.99 (save $20)

• Super Mario Maker 2 — $39.99 $59.99 (save $20)

• Luigi's Mansion 3 — $39.99 $59.99 (save $20)

• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury — $39.99 $59.99 (save $20)

• Super Mario Party Jamboree — $41.99 $59.99 (save $18)

• Super Mario RPG — $41.99 $59.99 (save $18)

• Donkey Kong Country Returns — $41.99 $59.99 (save $18)

Best Mar10 Lego game deal Opens in a new window Credit: Lego Lego Mario Kart Luigi and Mach 8 $179.99 at Lego.com
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Nintendo and Lego's joint Mar10 Day gift to fans is the Luigi & Mach 8 set — the first ever large scale Lego brick recreation of the Mach 8 kart, totaling 2,234 pieces. The brand new kart has functional steering and the ability to roll off the stand, plus spinning flame exhaust. If you already have the Mario version, you can't not get this one to match.

Through March 16, any Lego purchase of $150 or more (including preorders) unlocks an exclusive free Lego Botanicals Floral Picture Frame 40916 (a $24.99 value).

More Mar10 Lego deals

• Lego Super Mario Battle with Roy at Peach’s Castle 71435 — $49.99 $64.99 (save $15)

• Lego Super Mario Baby Peach & Grand Prix Home Circuit 72036 — $63.99 $79.99 (save $16)

• Lego Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi 71438 — $103.99 $129.99 (save $26)

• Lego Super Mario The Bowser Express Train Toy 71437 — $119.99 $151.99 (save $32)

SAVE $151.99: The Sony ULT Tower 9 Bluetooth Karaoke Party Speaker is on sale at Amazon for $748, down from the list price of $899.99. That's a 17% discount and the lowest price we've seen this year at Amazon.

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Give us a few days and we'll soon be out of the daylight savings time haze. And once that happens, it's time to recognize that we're well on our way to long summer nights in the yard. Dust off the portable projector, whip out the slushy machine, and you've got a springtime party in the works. If your parties could use a major upgrade, check out this deal at Amazon.

As of March 10, the Sony ULT Tower 9 Bluetooth Karaoke Party Speaker is on sale at Amazon for $748, marked down from the list price of $899.99. That works out to a 17% discount that shaves $151.99 off the price. So far, this is lowest price we've seen this year at Amazon.

If you love house parties, you could probably make great use of a party speaker. These steroid-ridden portable speakers will roll around your home, yard, or down the road to become the life of the party. The Sony ULT Tower 9 Bluetooth Karaoke Party Speaker comes with plenty of features that make it perfect for parties all year long. With 360-degree lighting, this speaker really can bring life to any event.

In Mashable's roundup of the best party speakers, the Sony ULT Tower 9 earns a honorable mention. Today's sale of $748 applies to the battery-powered model of this massive speaker which gets up to 25 hours of battery life before it'll need to recharge. Plus, a 10-minute charge gives you 180 minutes of party time.

One of the downsides the Mashable lists about the speaker is its high price. But thanks to today's deal, the battery-powered model is down to the same price as the plug-in version.

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"It has two built-in slots for holding wireless microphones and a karaoke feature in the Sony Sound Connect app," according to the Mashable review. "On top of that, it was top-to-bottom lights, which can be controlled with touch controls or via the app. Typically, we find that bass-boost features throw off the overall sound balance, but that's less of a problem with this behemoth than with other speakers in the ULT line."

Before the perfect spring days begin and you break out the barbecue and invite the neighbors over, upgrade your parties with the Sony ULT Tower 9 Bluetooth Karaoke Party Speaker. It's currently sitting at the lowest price we've seen in 2026 and snagging it now means you can get some practice karaoke rounds in before the first party.

TL;DR: Live stream Monterrey vs. Cruz Azul in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup for free on YouTube. Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The Concacaf Champions Cup rolls on with a number of high-profile fixtures this week, including Monterrey vs. Cruz Azul. This battle between two fierce rivals is one to watch, and you can do so without spending anything. You do need to follow a few steps to unlock a free live stream, but the process is quick and easy.

Expect big performances and a lot of passion from this all-Mexican matchup. If you want to watch Monterrey vs. Cruz Azul in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Monterrey vs. Cruz Azul?

Monterrey vs. Cruz Azul in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup kicks off at 9 p.m. ET on March 10. This fixture takes place at the Estadio BBVA Bancomer.

How to watch Monterrey vs. Cruz Azul for free

Monterrey vs. Cruz Azul in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup is available to live stream for free on YouTube.

This free live stream is available in most locations around the world, but not in North or Central America. Fortunately, fans in these excluded territories can still access this free live stream with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in the UK (or somewhere else with access), meaning you can unblock free live streams of the Concacaf Champions Cup from anywhere in the world.

Live stream Monterrey vs. Cruz Azul 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 the UK (or somewhere else with access)

4. Visit YouTube

5. Live stream Monterrey vs. Cruz Azul for free

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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 watch Monterrey vs. Cruz Azul in the Concacaf Champions Cup without actually spending anything. This clearly isn't a long-term solution, but it does give you enough time to live stream the Concacaf Champions Cup before recovering your investment.

If you want to retain permanent access to 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 YouTube?

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

• Servers in 105 countries including the UK

• 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

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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 Monterrey vs. Cruz Azul in the Concacaf Champions Cup for free with ExpressVPN.

TL;DR: On Mario Day (March 10), the Mario Kart Luigi & Mach 8 is available to pre-order for $179.99 from Lego. This item has a release date of April 1.

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There's so much to get excited about right now from the worlds of Lego and Nintendo. We've got new movies, new products, and new collaborations seemingly dropping every week. And on Mario Day, we're getting an awesome new Mario Kart Lego set. What a time to be alive.

The Luigi & Mach 8 is a set that would look great sat next to the Mario & Standard Kart. Do you need both sets? Sure, it would be fun to race these guys, but Luigi deserves his moment in the spotlight. It's time that he stepped away from his trusted sidekick and made it on his own. And on this special celebration of the Super Mario franchise, this feels like an appropriate moment to give Luigi his flowers.

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This new Luigi set is available to pre-order for $179.99 at Lego. The release date is April 1, but why wait?

The Luigi & Mach 8 features the Mach 8 race car with Luigi in the driver’s seat. The set sits on a buildable stand, and comes to 2,234 pieces in total. It's aimed at adults, but there's nothing stopping you from building this set with some enthusiastic assistants.

Score the new Luigi & Mach 8 from Lego ahead of its April 1 release date.

SAVE $20.11: As of March 10, get Super Mario Maker 2 for Nintendo Switch for $39.88, down from its usual price of $59.99. That's a discount of 34%.

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Every year on March 10, gamers across the world celebrate Mar10 Day, dedicated to all things Mario. And there's no better way to celebrate a venerable series and character than by creating your own Super Mario levels. No, you don't have to be a programmer. All you need is a Nintendo Switch, time, and plenty of creativity. And $20 bucks and some change.

As of March 10, get Super Mario Maker 2 for Nintendo Switch for $39.88, down from its usual price of $59.99. That's $20.11 off and a discount of 34%.

SEE ALSO: Kick off your Mar10 Day celebrations with savings of up to 90% on Nintendo Switch games

This Switch hit is another round of the simple yet insanely fun game maker seen in Super Mario Maker. Create, play, and share your own Mario levels with the world, or just sit back and enjoy a single-player Story Mode with plenty of ways to play built in. You don't have to lift a finger to create if you don't want to, but you'll have tons of fun if you do.

There are tons of ways to create, with plenty of decor, sprites, music, and other fun pieces to make your levels with. You can even chain together multiple areas for a complete "game" that you can share with the world. All you're really limited to is what's in your own imagination. There's only one caveat to sharing: you must be able to complete your level.

Grab your copy now and see what you can make this Mar10 Day, then show the world what you're made of with your own Mario skills.