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TL;DR: Walmart has dropped the Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes Mini Tin Display for $129.70. You need to be signed up to Walmart+ to shop this exclusive deal.

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Walmart is dropping exclusive Pokémon TCG collectibles for Pokémon Day 2026. These drops take place at 10 a.m. ET on Feb. 23-26. You need to be signed up to Walmart+ to shop these exclusive deals, so make sure your membership is active before the next deal goes live.

The week started off strongly with Ascended Heroes ETBs going for just $59.99 on Walmart. That's considerably cheaper than you could find over on TCGplayer, giving collectors reason to believe that what's to come will offer real value.

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On Feb. 24, Walmart has dropped the Ascended Heroes Mini Tin Display for just $129.70. A Walmart+ membership is required and you're limited to five orders per account. Stock will move fast now it's live, with a lot of shoppers reporting that they missed out on the first drop. It's always a battle to secure stock before bots and scalpers, but these drops seem particularly brutal.

In each Ascended Heroes Mini Tin, you’ll find two Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes booster packs, one sticker sheet, and a Pokémon art card showing the art from this Mini Tin. With this display bundle, you get 10 units.

Act fast to score the best Pokémon Day deals on Walmart this week.

Keeping your computer free of digital clutter is an important part of maintenance, while also making sure you always have space for new files and programs. Here are some simple commands that will let you clean up your Ubuntu system from the terminal, no GUI required—well, with one exception.

Jane Austen fans, set your sights to dining at Rosings ninefold, as Netflix's adaptation of Pride and Prejudice has a teaser.

In the 40-second video above, we get our first look at Emma Corrin as Elizabeth Bennet and Jack Lowden as Mr Darcy, the Regency romance protagonists to rival them all. We spy Lizzie embracing the dawn (very Joe Wright version-coded), Darcy on horseback, Darcy seemingly at his grand home of Pemberley watching a carriage leave (very hand flex-coded), flashes of ballroom yearning, and some Gladiator-style hand shots. I wish to say something sensible about the latter, but I know not how.

But that's all we get. Has Netflix no consideration for my poor nerves?

SEE ALSO: 11 Jane Austen movie and TV adaptations we ardently admire and love

Looks like we'll have to wait for the full trailer to see the rest of the cast, which includes Olivia Colman and Rufus Sewell as Mrs and Mr Bennet, Fiona Shaw as Lady Catherine de Bourg, Freya Mavor as Jane Bennet, Daryl McCormack as Mr. Bingley, Louis Partridge as Mr. Wickham, Jamie Demetriou as Mr. Collins, Rhea Norwood as Lydia Bennet, Siena Kelly as Caroline Bingley, and newcomers Hopey Parish and Hollie Avery as Mary and Kitty Bennet, respectively.

Written by Dolly Alderton (Everything I Know About Love) and directed by Euros Lyn (Heartstopper), the upcoming series will have six episodes, the same number as the iconic 1995 BBC adaptation starring Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, and a pond-soaked shirt.

You've still time to plan your feast of exemplary vegetables, as Pride and Prejudice hits Netflix in autumn 2026.

Whether or not their parents realize it, nearly two-thirds of American teens say they use artificial intelligence chatbots for activities including homework help, research, video creation, fun and entertainment, casual conversation, and emotional support or advice, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.

The study's survey of 1,458 U.S. teens and their parents last fall also revealed that the young participants had considered the complex tradeoffs of using AI. Nearly a third of respondents said that AI will positively affect society over the next two decades while a quarter of them believed it would have a negative impact.

The optimistic survey participants believed AI would lead to gains in efficiency, productivity, and learning. Those with a less hopeful outlook noted the risks of over-reliance on AI, job and creativity loss, and the threat of not being able to discern what's real and what's AI-generated.

SEE ALSO: Open AI, Google, and Anthropic all offer AI tutors for students. Do they work?

"It will meet the needs of almost everything," said one anonymous male survey respondent. "Answers to the hardest questions. No need for research!”

A skeptical teen girl had a different take: "People will be afraid to be creative, or won’t see a need for it anymore. It makes people lazy and takes away jobs."

Overall, 36 percent of teens thought AI would benefit them personally whereas 15 percent expected the technology would have a negative influence on their lives. A third anticipated both positive and negative outcomes.

Colleen McClain, a senior researcher at the Pew Research Center, told Mashable that the findings contrast the center's past research on adults, who tend to be more pessimistic about the long-term implications of AI adoption.

"We see teens are, yes, kind of navigating this rapidly changing world," McClain said. "They're making up their minds about how they feel, but they have some predictions for society into the future."

The reality of how teens are using AI

Nikki Iyer, co-chair of the youth-led advocacy coalition Design It For Us, said she felt the report reflected what she sees in her day-to-day life as both an organizer and a third-year college student at the University of California, Berkeley.

She was unsurprised that 54 percent of the teens surveyed said they used AI for homework help.

"If you walk around the cafe, odds are you will see probably [that] percentage," consulting a chatbot for schoolwork, Iyer said.

Yet, only 1 in 10 surveyed said they completed all or most of their assignments with the technology's support.

The finding starkly highlights one of Iyer's personal concerns about youth AI use: Cognitive outsourcing and the possible decline in critical thinking as a result. She believes AI literacy is essential for avoiding the pitfalls of over-reliance on the technology for thinking tasks.

The survey also illustrated emerging differences between teens depending on their race, ethnicity, and income.

Black and Hispanic teens, for example, were more likely to use chatbots in general and for schoolwork compared to white teens. Additionally, 21 percent of Black teens said they turned to AI chatbots for emotional support or advice compared to about one in 10 Hispanic and white teens.

Income also appears to be associated with how often teens use AI for schoolwork. Twenty percent of teens living in households making less than $30,000 a year said an AI chatbot helped them do most or all of their homework. Only 7 percent of teens in higher-earning households reported the same behavior.

AI and youth exploitation

Iyer, 20, acknowledges that AI could benefit student learning, but she wants to ensure the balance of power tilts away from design choices that undermine young people's agency and attention span.

"I think the problem comes when we are serving AI, and we are being exploited by AI, and AI is using us to fulfill a mission of a corporation," she said.

Iyer believes it's critical for young people to help shape the future of AI through organizing, lobbying, and providing direct feedback to designers who create AI products. Design It For Us has previously backed AI safety, transparency, and accountability legislation in New York and California.

Notably, the Pew Research report didn't ask whether teens seek mental health advice from chatbots or use them for romantic role-play.

Parents of teens who consulted ChatGPT about their mental health and suicidal feelings prior to taking their own lives have sued OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, alleging that the product coached their child on how to die. OpenAI has denied the allegations in one of the cases.

Separately, the online safety platform Aura, which monitors teen users as part of its family or kids membership, recently published a report showing how tweens and teens engage in romantic role-play with chatbots.

Sexual and romantic conversations with chatbots peaked at age 13, amounting to 63 percent of their exchanges. Those messages often turned violent. But Aura also found that role-playing decreased significantly after age 15.

Earlier this year, Character.AI, a chatbot platform popular with teens, settled lawsuits filed by bereaved parents alleging that the company's chatbots contributed to their children's suicide deaths. In some cases, those chatbots exchanged sexually explicit messages with the teen users. Character.AI stopped permitting teens to engage in open-ended conversations with chatbots in late 2025.

The Pew Research study also suggests that parents are unaware of their children's AI use. Though two-thirds of teens reported using chatbots, their parents offered a much lower estimate of that figure, at 51 percent.

"We do find that some parents are relatively in the dark," McClain said.

Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

Generative AI is doing a lot of harm – environmental, privacy-related, potentially even affecting the brain activity of those who use it all too often. So the demise of a punctuation mark may seem to pale in comparison, but this doesn’t mean that it doesn’t matter. In this video, we explore whether ChatGPT is killing the em-dash, its centuries-old tradition in English writing, and what the future of the 'ChatGPT hyphen' could look like.

Haunted houses are out. Liminal spaces are in.

That's the case in A24's upcoming horror movie Backrooms, directed by Kane Parsons. Backrooms adapts Parsons' viral 2022 YouTube short films of the same name, which were in turn inspired by the internet urban legend of the Backrooms.

SEE ALSO: 'Scream' 7 trailer: Ghostface targets Sidney and her daughter

The term "the Backrooms" originated in 2019, when an anonymous 4chan user used it to describe an eerie photo of an empty HobbyTown. They said that if you leave, or "noclip" out of, reality, you'll arrive in the Backrooms, a nightmare of moist carpet smell and buzzing fluorescent lighting.

That description has since become a copypasta, and it's inspired the internet to create more Backrooms lore. Now, there are levels to the Backrooms, as well as strange entities that inhabit them.

Parsons' original short film brings this lore to life through harrowing found footage of endless hallways and rooms. Based on the feature-length Backrooms' teaser, it looks like the original film will continue to do just that.

The teaser descends through a variety of iterations of the same, unremarkable room. Each time it goes down a level, though, something feels off. A couch melts into the floor. Windows open onto wall. The door vanishes, then takes a weird shape. All the while, a voiceover reveals that this space "remembers" these rooms as it builds them.

"And the more it remembers something, the less it does," the teaser reveals. Consider us spooked.

Backrooms stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell.

Backrooms hits theaters May 29.

I’ve used Netflix for years, and more than once I've found myself staring at the home screen wondering what happened. Rows full of shows I'd never watch, genres I barely touch, and recommendations that felt like they belonged to someone else entirely. For a while, I chalked it up to "the algorithm being weird." But the more it happened, the more I realized something else was going on.

I have installed Linux on enough laptops, workstations, and hand me down machines to notice a pattern. Most breakage is boring and predictable (most, not all of it). A bad update, a cluttered system, a misbehaving startup service, or a missing backup are usually the real cause. After watching myself repeat the same recovery steps for years, I eventually built a routine that keeps my systems steady and quiet.

3D printers don’t come with everything you need to get started or maintain the hobby. In addition to some filament, you’ll want to get your hands on a few extra tools and add-ons to set you up for success.

We know the NAND in our SSDs can vary, so logically, you might've wondered whether you can actually grab the best grade of NAND there is—SLC and, at second place, MLC. Yet, it seems to be impossible.

Laptops are the most popular type of PC in the world, and Windows is the most popular laptop operating system. Which means that if Linux is ever going to become a dominant desktop operating system, it will have to make serious inroads into the laptop market.

Windows security has improved over the years. Microsoft Defender is competent, SmartScreen does real work behind the scenes, and most modern threats aren’t slipping through the cracks the way they once did. Even so, I still don’t consider a Windows install “finished” once setup is complete. Not on my own machines, and definitely not on the PCs I manage for my family. Security, at least the way I approach it, isn’t a box you check. It’s a baseline you build. I’ve written before about why you can’t just install a password manager and assume you’re safe. That’s one layer, and an important one, but it’s not the whole picture.

TL;DR: The Samsung 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9 Dual 4K gaming monitor has dropped to $1,499.99 at Amazon, a massive $800 discount and includes a free game code for Resident Evil Requiem.

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If you’ve been waiting for one of Samsung’s most outrageous ultrawide gaming monitors to dip to a more affordable price, you should know that for a limited time, you can get a code for one of 2026’s most anticipated games thrown in for free.

As of Feb. 24, the 57-inch Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 (G95NC) is down to $1,499.99 at Amazon, slashing $800 off its $2,299.99 list price. That’s a 35% discount on what Samsung calls the world’s "first Dual UHD monitor" — and includes a free code of Resident Evil Requiem on PC.

What’s more, this is the lowest-ever price we’ve seen for this monitor — as confirmed with price tracker camelcamelcamel. Resident Evil Requiem is among the most hyped games of the year, out in just three days at the time of writing on Feb. 27. Normally priced at $69.99 on Steam, this is a seriously nice sweetener.

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A display of this size is essentially two 4K monitors fused into one massive 7680x2160 panel with a dramatic 1,000R curve. The immersive wraparound design is paired with a 240Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time via DisplayPort 2.1, making it a powerhouse for competitive gaming and high-end PCs that can push it to its limits.

In addition, Samsung’s Quantum Matrix Mini-LED technology and VESA DisplayHDR 1000 certification help the Neo G9 deliver striking brightness, deep contrast, and improved local dimming across its enormous screen. AMD FreeSync Premium Pro also supports fast-moving scenes that look smooth and tear-free.

The limited-time Amazon promotion on the included PC code for Resident Evil Requiem is running through Aug. 23, 2026, while supplies last. After your monitor ships, Amazon will email redemption instructions within two business days. 

In case you’re also shopping for an OLED monitor, the 49-inch Samsung Odyssey G9 is also close to its best-ever price on Amazon. For a smaller alternative, the 27-inch Samsung Odyssey G5 is still $200 off.

Following the latest release of the Epstein files, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on his birthday in relation to misconduct in a public office — and the photo taken of him after he was released under investigation is truly one for the history books.

"I think it might be one of the best photos ever taken," says John Oliver in the Late Night with Seth Meyers clip above. "I know it's early in the year, but you know towards the end of the year they do Photo of the Year, and it's often of like a frog leaping off a lily pad, or you know an eagle in flight with something in its mouth. Sure...but is it gonna be better than that?"

The image, taken through the windshield of a Range Rover, shows Mountbatten-Windsor slumped in the backseat, leaving police custody.

"That thousand yard stare with Dr Evil hands, it's just...there's nothing I don't like about it," Oliver says. "What's been so confounding about the Epstein files is seeing people who feel they're untouchable not being touched. And I think seeing someone like that in that position is why I love that image so much. I think it's high art."

Elsewhere, Stephen Colbert had similar thoughts.

HDMI has become the vanilla flavor of the display connection world, so you'd be excused for not following how the technology has developed from the early days of "HD Ready" 720p signals. Modern HDMI cables carry an immense amount of data, which can be a real challenge to transmit over copper wires—so why not ditch them?

SAVE OVER $200: As of Feb. 24, the TCL 75-Inch Class QM6K Mini LED QLED 4K TV has dropped to $797.99 at Amazon. This is $202 off its list price of $999.99.

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If this is the year you've been hoping to upgrade to a massive TV, Amazon has some discounts worth considering. The sleek TCL 75-Inch Class QM6K Mini LED QLED 4K TV is among them, which offers great picture quality alongside a huge screen size.

As of Feb. 24, the TCL 75-Inch Class QM6K Mini LED QLED 4K TV is on sale for $797.99 at Amazon. This is just over $200 off its full list price of $999.99, but it's marked as a limited-time deal right now. That means it might not stay at this discounted price for long, so you'll want to be quick to add it to your digital shopping cart.

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And what better way to watch all of the great shows and films on streaming this year than on this massive 75-inch TCL screen? It's not just its screen size that's worth celebrating, though. It also boasts 4K resolution and QD-Mini LED technology that make images on screen really shine with crisp clarity and vibrant colors. It even supports Dolby Vision technology for an added visual boost, along with Dolby Atmos audio that treats your ears to high-quality sound.

Picture quality comes through smooth thanks to a 144hz Refresh Rate and up to 288hz Variable Gaming Refresh Rate. On top of all that, it's a smart Google TV, so you can easily access your favorite streaming apps from the home screen.

Again, this limited-time deal may not be available for long. Act fast to save on the TCL 75-Inch Class QM6K Mini LED QLED 4K TV at Amazon.

TL;DR: Live stream England vs. Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 for free on ICC.TV. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The 2026 T20 World Cup continues with Super 8 action. England won their opening game from this stage of the competition against Sri Lanka, putting them in a strong position to qualify for the semi finals. Next they face Pakistan, a team that "drew" their game against New Zealand after the match was abandoned due to rain.

You get the sense that neither side has really hit top form. England struggled to wins over Nepal, Italy, and Scotland in the group stage, and Pakistan came close to losing out to the Netherlands in the first game of the tournament. Could this be the moment for these teams to find something extra? Pakistan need it most, as a defeat here would make it almost impossible for them to progress.

If you want to watch England vs. Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is England vs. Pakistan?

England vs. Pakistan in the 2026 T20 World Cup starts at 8:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 24. This game takes place at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.

How to watch England vs. Pakistan for free

England vs. Pakistan in the 2026 T20 Cricket World Cup is available to live stream for free on ICC.TV.

This free live stream on ICC.TV is only available in select regions (see full list of territories here), but anyone can live stream the T20 Cricket World Cup for free with a VPN. These helpful tools can hide your IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in a location with free access. This simple process bypasses geo-restrictions so you can live stream on ICC.TV from anywhere in the world.

Live stream England vs. Pakistan in the 2026 T20 Cricket World Cup for free by following these simple steps:

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

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

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

4. Visit ICC.TV

5. Watch the 2026 T20 Cricket World Cup for free from anywhere in the world

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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but leading VPNs do tend to offer free-trial periods or money-back guarantees. By leveraging these offers, you can gain access to free live streams without committing with your cash. This is obviously not a long-term solution, but it does give you time to watch every game from the 2026 T20 Cricket World Cup before recovering your investment.

What is the best VPN for ICC.TV?

ExpressVPN is the best service for bypassing geo-restrictions to stream live sport on ICC.TV, for a number of reasons:

• Servers in 105 countries

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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).

Watch the 2026 T20 World Cup for free with ExpressVPN.

Creating backups of my files has always been a hassle for me, and I've lost a lot of data on multiple occasions because of it. Turns out it's because I was working hard instead of smart. Instead of copy-pasting folders between my PC and external drive, I could just use a tool that sends over only the file changes. It takes seconds to back up files with this approach and I can do it by running a single command.

TL;DR: The Magic: The Gathering Bloomburrow Play Booster Box is now down to $139.25 at Amazon, shaving nearly $65 off its $203.40 list price.

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We’ve been lucky enough to see a good share of Magic: The Gathering discounts on Amazon lately, but this one might top the rest, as it gives you 32% off a staggering 36 packs. As of Feb. 24, the Magic: The Gathering Bloomburrow Play Booster Box has dropped to $139.25 at Amazon, knocking nearly $65 off its $203.40 list price. 

This deal almost brings the Play Booster Box to its TCGplayer market price. Price tracker camelcamelcamel has also confirmed this is the lowest price we’ve seen this year.

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As an expansion to the beloved trading card game, Bloomburrow trades sprawling interplanar warfare for a cozy, storybook-inspired setting where mice, frogs, bats, birds, squirrels, and other woodland creatures defend their valley from raging elemental forces. It’s a tonal shift that resonated with longtime fans and newcomers alike.

The Play Booster Box includes 36 Play Boosters for a total of 504 cards. Each pack contains 14 Magic cards, 1-4 rares or mythics, 3-5 uncommons, 6-9 commons, and at least one Traditional Foil card. There’s also a chance at foil lands, Borderless Mythic Planeswalkers (in under 1% of boosters), and exclusive Art cards. At roughly $3.86 per pack, this is one of the most affordable ways to draft Bloomburrow right now. 

As for MTG deals on other expansions, you can still save $7 on Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy Play Boosters. For more boxes of packs at a great price, you can get the MTG Lorwyn Eclipsed Play Booster Box for $124.98 on Amazon.

I don't even want to think about the amount of time that I've put into Home Assistant. It's been years in the making, and losing all that effort would be heartbreaking. I take regular backups, but even this may not be enough to keep my Home Assistant instance safe.