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I see you, annotators — the readers with color-coded highlighting systems and tabs sticking out of every book. Going digital with an e-reader might not seem like it's for you, but with all the advancements in the market, things are changing. I've seen it all, from the most basic Kindle to a color e-reader and now the Kindle Scribe.
Launched in late 2024, Amazon debuted the next generation of the Kindle Scribe. It's the largest in the brand's lineup and the only model that comes with a pen and the ability to write. I'd spent time with the previous generation of Scribe, so I wanted to see how Amazon improved the device. Unfortunately... it wasn't much.
Here's what I think about the Kindle Scribe and if it's worth it.
Kindle Scribe price and specs Putting the original Kindle Scribe (left) head to head with the 2024 Kindle Scribe (right). Credit: Samantha Mangino / MashableThe 2024 Kindle Scribe is the same size as the previous generation but features a redesigned screen with even borders surrounding the screen.
These are the full specs for the 2024 Kindle Scribe:
10.2-inch display, up to 94 nits brightness, and 300 ppi resolution
USB-C charging port with up to 12 weeks of battery life
Starts at 16GB of storage, with 32GB and 64GB options available
Premium pen included
Comes in tungsten (dark gray) and metallic jade
Not waterproof
Kindles are great e-readers — our favorite, in fact. So, it's no surprise that the Kindle Scribe has the same possibilities. You can access books through the Kindle Store or Libby. Like all Kindles, there's seamless Libby integration to make it easy to read your library books.
But it has something other Kindles don't, the ability to annotate. With an included stylus (called the "premium pen"), you can write using the notebook feature as a digital notebook. Plus, this latest generation of Kindle Scribe allows you to annotate within the margins of books. I used it to annotate long PDFs, write notes in the margins, and handwrite line edits. Once I was done, I could send the annotated document from the Kindle to my email so I could easily send it back to my colleague.
When not in use, the premium pen magnetically attaches to the Kindle Scribe, keeping it within reach.
It's the slowest e-reader in the line-upWhile it offers the same ability as other Kindles to read through a vast array of books, it is noticeably slower than other models in Amazon's line-up. When Amazon announced the new generation of Kindles in late 2024, the Kindle, Paperwhite, and Paperwhite Signature Edition were all touted as the brand's fastest devices, which they certainly are.
While the Kindle Scribe's displays have been redesigned, its processor has not been updated. The Scribe often lags when starting to wake up or switching between journals and books. I also noticed some pauses when turning pages, something I never experience on other Kindles. This is especially disappointing considering the price, which is more than double that of the Paperwhite.
It's nice to write on, but the displays will ghost you After switching to the notebook section of the Kindle, you can still see book covers from my library bleeding through the screen. Credit: Samantha Mangino / MashableWhen it comes to annotating and writing on a Kindle Scribe, I love the tactile feel. The anti-glare screen and premium pen of the Kindle Scribe have a texture that emulates the feeling of writing with pen and paper. It's much different and preferential to the slippery texture of writing on an iPad with an Apple Pencil.
However, while the display has a nice feel, it suffers from a ghosting issue. The back end of the premium pen works as an eraser, so you can flip it over when you want to erase some notes. However, a shadow of your erased writing really lingers. When I exited the notebook I had erased, the shadow lingered even as I opened a new book and tried to read.
It's more expensive than an iPadThe Kindle Scribe is not a tablet. It's an e-reader with the ability to write. Why am I noting this? Because it's certainly priced like a tablet. The Kindle Scribe starts at $399.99 for the 16GB model and tops out at $449.99 for the 64GB model. Considering the recently launched 11th generation iPad with 128GB of storage starts at $349.99, the Kindle Scribe is a terrible value.
A tablet, like an iPad, has so many capabilities, like browsing social media and the web, streaming video, gaming, drawing, and even reading, with access to the Kindle app, Apple Books, and even Libby on there. Meanwhile, you're limited to just reading or writing on a Scribe — no streaming, gaming, or more. If you're looking for a distraction-free reader, maybe that's a draw. But otherwise, it's just too expensive.
Is the Kindle Scribe worth it? Kindles are usually great e-readers, but the Scribe doesn't live up to the rest of the line-up. Credit: Samantha ManginoThere's only one specific circumstance I imagine the Kindle Scribe is worth. If you're an avid annotator and want a distraction-free e-reader, the Kindle Scribe is great. It allows you to write notes in the margins of e-books or annotate PDFs, which you can then view on your computer.
But otherwise, if you're excited by the idea of an e-reader you can annotate on, look elsewhere. For $399.99, the Kindle Scribe isn't worth it with its meager performance and screen ghosting issues.
If you want an e-reader that you can annotate with, check out the Kobo Libra Colour, which costs $229.99. The Libra Colour is $170 less than the base model Kindle Scribe and comes with twice the storage. Or, if you want to spend your money on something that can do more than just read and write, swing for the iPad 11th generation, which is $349.99 — still $50 cheaper than the Scribe.
Amazon Kindle Scribe (2024) $399.99 at AmazonRemaking Ang Lee's award-winning 1993 queer rom-com The Wedding Banquet is no mean feat, but Fire Island's Andrew Ahn makes a masterclass of it.
A wholehearted, hilarious approach to Lee's rambunctious narrative, The Wedding Banquet balances the pressures of cultural traditions and family expectations with the liberation and joy of found family. Boasting a veritable feast of a cast delivering impeccable, funny, and moving performances, the film is a deeply romantic tale about a brilliant ruse that spins out of control. But there's clarity (and love) to be found in the chaos for these wonderful characters.
SEE ALSO: 70 best LGBTQ films to stream right now What is The Wedding Banquet about? Han Gi-Chan, Youn Yuh-jung, and Kelly Marie Tran in "The Wedding Banquet." Credit: Bleecker Street / ShivHans PicturesThe Wedding Banquet centres on two gay couples who are friends, each with major life hurdles ahead of them — and a proposal that could prove a temporary solution to it all. Ahn teams up with Lee's co-writer James Schamus to move the original film's New York-set narrative to Seattle, and the pair expand on the tension between cultural tradition, family, and queer identity in the present day.
Killers of the Flower Moon's Lily Gladstone and The Last Jedi star Kelly Marie Tran play Lee and Angela, lesbians who are struggling with their IVF journey and its towering costs. Wicked star Bowen Yang and Our Song's Han Gi-Chan play gay couple Chris and Min, who are navigating differing levels of commitment and Min's looming student visa expiry. A talented artist who is not out to his wealthy Korean family, Min is faced with a conundrum: become the head of one of his grandparents' companies or be forced to return to Korea. And while Min plans to propose to his love of five years, Chris, Min's grandfather would likely cut him off financially if they got married.
So, for the ultimate win-win, the four decide on a deal: Min and Angela will get a green-card marriage if Min pays for Angela and Lee's IVF expenses with his family's money. With a city hall appointment in the diary, everything's on course. But when Min's grandmother Ja-Young (Pachinko and Minari screen legend Youn Yuh-jung) arrives to meet her grandson's betrothed and help plan the ceremony, the wedding scheme levels up in stress, extravagance, and comedic potential. There's just one hour for the group to "de-queer the house," and Chris, Lee, and Angela are thrown into a flurry of swiftly removing the house's wealth of Tegan and Sara and Elliot Page books, The L Word DVDs, and Lilith Fair posters. Will it work?
The cast of The Wedding Banquet are sublime. Han Gi-Chan and Bowen Yang in "The Wedding Banquet." Credit: Bleecker Street / ShivHans PicturesYou cannot ask for better than the cast of The Wedding Banquet, an ensemble of staggering talent who deliver truly exceptional performances.
Angela and Chris are longtime college friends whose ability to open up rests almost entirely with each other and a lot of tequila, and Tran and Yang bring a relatable fear of decisiveness to their characters. Why make a giant life decision when you can get shitfaced with your best friend instead, right? As Angela, Tran bears probably the greatest emotional arc in the film, slowly spiralling out of control without having the words to describe it all, and Tran's performance here is one of her best on-screen yet. Yang expertly keeps Chris' complete discomfort with commitment on track with hilarious physical comedy in unexpected moments — I would watch Yang unsuccessfully try to quickly get dressed in a panic every day of the week. And one of the unsung comedy heroes of the film is Bobo Le as Chris' party-loving cousin Kendall, a casual observer of the events who allows Chris' softer side out.
Lily Gladstone and Kelly Marie Tran in "The Wedding Banquet." Credit: Bleecker Street / ShivHans PicturesIn contrast, Min and Lee are open books, frustrated by the lack of emotional maturity and commitment from their partners while being extremely loving, patient people. Here, Gladstone's signature radiance and understatement shines through Lee, a character impossible not to fall in love with in their capable hands.
Almost stealing the whole show is Han, whose offbeat and theatrical comedic timing as Min is simply perfect for the rom-com genre. Lines of dialogue that should be throwaway moments are unexpectedly hilarious or deeply romantic delivered by Han, who brings the power of his performance in South Korean gay drama Where Your Eyes Linger to this significantly lighter but just as meaningful role.
Meanwhile, Didi's Joan Chen is outrageously funny and audacious as Angela's mother, May, a woman so publicly enthusiastic an ally and PFLAG member she gets literal awards for it. May's reaction to Angela and Min's wedding ruse subverts many a heteronormative rom-com with outbursts like, "My daughter, marrying a man?... Why did I put years into gay activism if this is what I get?" But Angela holds deep past resentment toward her mother for her private lack of support, and this internalised hurt bleeds into Angela's lack of ability to communicate; she refers to this as her tendency to "simmer" on things.
Joan Chen in "The Wedding Banquet." Credit: Bleecker Street / ShivHans PicturesWhere The Wedding Banquet soars is how the film treats Min's relationship with his grandmother Ja-Young, with a brilliant performance by Oscar winner Youn. She impeccably balances deadpan humour with moments of quiet love and growing empathy, and scenes between Youn and Chen as two contrasting matriarchs are highlights. Over the course of the film, Ja-Young gets to know her grandson not as man she and her husband want him to be, but as he is.
The Wedding Banquet is a beautifully filmed ode to queer love.A film that explores the complexities of cultural and queer identity, The Wedding Banquet sees its characters examining their roots and looking to their futures. But it's also a really beautifully shot ode to queer love and creating a home with found family.
Ahn crafts tender moments of love and intimacy between the two couples in their own ways: handheld close-up shots of toes touching in bed, of brushing teeth together, of gardening in the backyard. The director creates a mellow, loving space in Lee's home for them all, one which Min's grandmother will eventually see for herself. Their lives are so intertwined Angela and Lee are literally sat in the middle of the room during a hilarious and heart-wrenching argument between Chris and Min, and Gladstone's reactions in this scene are deeply relatable.
Ultimately, The Wedding Banquet is a triumph of a romantic comedy, a smart and heartfelt update on Lee's '90s classic that explores the pressures of balancing cultural tradition with LGBTQ identity. Ahn's film leaves ample space for these wonderful characters to mess up, say the wrong thing, and figure out their next steps, all with the support and love of each other. Please let me marry this film.
The Wedding Banquet was reviewed out of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2025 and will hit U.S. cinemas April 18.
For a comic strip starring stick figures, Randall Monroe's xkcd has long been unusually relatable. Never more so than five years ago this month, when the strip offered its iconic response to COVID lockdowns around the world.
"Experts are saying people may need to self-isolate to combat the virus," says a TV reporter in the first panel. A stick figure viewer takes a beat, then announces: "I've been practicing for this moment my whole life."
Introverted homebodies everywhere could relate. But I could relate for another reason. As the pandemic broke out, I had been living the brave new world of working from home for exactly 20 years.
"I have watched, shocked, as the world has basically mandated that my life apply to everyone," I wrote in my diary at the end of March 2020.
SEE ALSO: Remote work helps the environment. Here's how.The times were dire — but for an introverted work-from-home journalist, life actually became easier. Almost every source, for almost every story, was stuck at home too, eager to talk. I didn’t have to drive to a single interview, suggest a lunch spot, pick a bar. Companies had to send their products for review without the interminable in-person demo. The publishing industry suddenly discovered it could instantly send PDFs of upcoming books rather than making reviewers wait for hard copies — the bulk of my once-bulging mailbox.
And there was no longer any FOMO about the endless parade of evening events available to someone who's supposed to keep up with the exhausting luminaries of Silicon Valley. I expressed my feelings with a line from an episode of Doctor Who: "Did you wish really hard?" Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) asks the Doctor in "The Doctor's Wife," after his beloved TARDIS takes human form.
I must have wished too hard, I concluded. And then a much older line, from Aesop, also popped into my head: be careful what you wish for. “Now I’m like a cat," I wrote. "Told that I can’t go out, I scratch at the door that held little interest before.”
Working from home, the first 20 yearsAs the new San Francisco bureau chief for TIME magazine in March 2000 — arriving just in time to witness the dotcom crash — I'd been given a choice. My job was mistitled; the bureau was basically me, and I could work from anywhere in the city. We'll rent you an office downtown, New York HQ said, or you can work from home and we'll put what we would have spent towards your (even then) sky-high San Francisco rent.
Well, I replied, "let me think about that for five seconds." It was a no-brainer, especially for a night owl who hates commuting. I found an architect's home with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge I never would have been able to afford on my own. It was workplace heaven.
And I spent the first few months dealing with a feeling I hadn't expected: crushing guilt at my own good fortune. In the year 2000, according to that year's census, a mere 3.2 percent of people in the U.S. worked from home most of the week. Office dronery was all around me. Driving to Silicon Valley a few times a week, I shuddered at the nightmare of Highway 101.
What about all the other night owls, commute haters, homebodies, or introverts stuck on that clogged freeway at rush hour in both directions? Didn't they deserve what I had? (Perhaps that's when I started wishing really hard.)
There were other challenges to overcome, as months of WFH (we didn't have that acronym yet) turned into years. How not to fall into the dispiriting trap of wearing pajamas all day? Get review products delivered throughout the day, so you always need to be dressed for the UPS guy. How not to overheat your thighs when working with old-school laptops on a couch? Cushions are your friends.
And then there was the question of how not to feel lonely, which I'd sometimes do when I looked up from a raucous conversation in Campfire (a predecessor of Slack) to find that I was not in fact in an office full of jokers. My favorite solution was an IRL one: find artists who wanted to co-work. Obsessed with creating their latest thing, unlikely to want to chat about tech or news, Bay Area artists were great for getting into a state of flow; they also often came with a hard drive of MP3s I could add to my stash.
And then there was the never-ending challenge of how to draw a bright line between work life and home life when they happened in the same place. In part, this was a problem of my position. Any major news event could upend my week at any time; if a major earthquake struck, I had to be ready to hire a helicopter to survey the damage.
Some editors in New York didn't understand time zones, and would call the bureau phone by my bed when they got into work. I became very good at sounding awake at 6 a.m., and a day when I could have coffee before my first call instantly became a very good day.
Regardless, the fact that WFH was more productive, at least for me, became clear when I spent the occasional week at New York HQ. The aimless watercooler and kitchen conversations seemed to eat as much of my day as the commute I was suddenly taking. My diet was worse, not aided by all the sugary goods that office life often presses upon you (who could say no to birthday cake?).
I walked less overall: no afternoon constitutionals around the neighborhood. And desks with no optional couch? C'mon, how are you supposed to work in a vertical position after that much cake?
View this post on InstagramEleven years into my WFH lifestyle, 4.3 percent of Americans were working from home most of the week, up from 3.8 percent a decade earlier. The pace of change was strangely slow; the office lifestyle had America in its grip. Still, I'd moved on to other publications, and acquired a manager who heartily approved of couch working: my cat, Mowgli, who loves to gaze into the screen and supervise the writing process, purring when he likes a paragraph.
This can be so conducive to long productive laptop sessions — more so than coffee, more so than any perk in any office — that cats should probably count as a business expense.
Granted, Mowgli was sometimes less keen on the keyboard part of laptops. Sometimes he would lean his head on it, looking reproachful; other times, more of a helicopter boss, he would use his paw to redirect my hand. When I wrote How Star Wars Conquered the Universe from that couch, Mowgli began trying to push the laptop out of his way with his back.
I gave him a shout-out in the acknowledgements, for being a true Jedi master and helping me find a way to let go of my conscious self and reach out with my feelings.
When the world went WFHThe percentage of WFH workers ticked up over the decades as the internet seeped further into our lives, but never as fast as I expected. Then came the pandemic, the moment I'd been unintentionally preparing for. A quarter of U.S. employees were WFH full time in 2021; by 2023, with the pandemic largely over, that number had ticked up to 28 percent. The trend seemed irreversible (whether it actually is or not is a different story).
SEE ALSO: Remote work helps the environment. Here's how.I tried not to be a WFH hipster as social media filled up with accounts of people learning all the pitfalls I'd dealt with for decades. They also discovered new ways to deal with them, beyond the saving graces of Slack and Zoom. I'll never forget one stylish friend's solution to the pajamas/sweatpants problem, as described in her Facebook post: "I am promoting all my evening gowns to workwear, effective immediately."
It reminded me of the surrealist artist Rene Magritte, who was very deliberate about putting on a suit (and the meticulous mindset that went with it) to go paint in his home studio between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
It was good to be ahead of the game, to know what was most necessary. The more we work from home, the more structure we need: this was clear a month into the pandemic, when I wrote about my new time management system. Paradoxically, the more we work from home, the more loosey-goosey we can be about when we actually do the work.
By 2020 no one in my New York HQ was calling me at 6 a.m. PT anymore, and work became something that could be done on a night owl's schedule; I also wrote about how the pandemic could de-throne the larks.
By that time, the cat-like restlessness with being inside once I was told to be inside, as noted in my diary, was reaching critical levels. And so I began constructing the most epic outing I could imagine: a series of end-of-day hikes that would together comprise the entire Bay Area Ridge Trail, a 250-mile loop through San Francisco and all its surrounding counties.
Because when you've been working at home for decades, regular off-sites become more necessary than ever.
This column/article/etc reflects the opinions of the writer.
March Madness is all about huge matchups between talented young squads of players, and that's exactly what we're getting with Tennessee vs. UCLA. The second and seventh seeds will battle it out for a place in the Sweet 16.
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When is Texas A&M vs. Michigan?Texas A&M vs. Michigan starts at 5:15 p.m. ET on March 22. This second-round game takes place at the Ball Arena.
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NASA's Curiosity rover, while investigating Mars' past, has snapped over 683,790 pictures as it's rumbled over 21 miles of unforgiving desert terrain since 2012, and a recent view shows the space agency's robot overlooking a vast Martian wilderness.
Some 3.7 billion years ago, a large object smashed into Mars, leaving the sizeable, 96-mile-wide Gale Crater we see today. When the region's surface rebounded after the powerful collision, it left a central peak, Mount Sharp, which preserves layers of the intriguing, and watery, Mars past.
SEE ALSO: NASA dropped a new report. It's a wake-up call.From its perch in the foothills of the 3.4-mile-high mountain, you can see over an expanse of plains, called Aeolis Palus, and beyond that the hilly walls of Gale Crater. In the foreground, Martian hills are shadowed in the low sunlight.
This view, captured on March 18, 2025, was the Curiosity rover's 4,484th Martian day, or Sol, on the Red Planet. (A Martian Sol is a bit longer than a day on Earth, at 24 hours and 39 minutes.)
The Curiosity rover's view of the Martian landscape below, captured on March 18, 2025. Credit: NASA / JPL-CaltechToday, the Martian world we see is 1,000 times drier than the driest desert on Earth. But evidence gathered by rovers and spacecraft operated by NASA and other space agencies shows this wasn't always the case. A vast Mars ocean may have blanketed a swath of the world, and lakes once fed gushing rivers and streams.
As Curiosity has scaled Mount Sharp, it has encountered rocks with minerals (sulphates) that show when Mars began to dry out. It has also revealed ripple formations on the surface, which is compelling evidence of small waves breaking on lake shores billions of years ago. Observations like this suggest that Mars once was warm, wet, and quite habitable before it gradually transformed into the extremely dry and frigid desert we see today.
"Taken together, the evidence points to Gale Crater (and Mars in general) as a place where life — if it ever arose — might have survived for some time," NASA explained.
Still today, there's no certain proof microbial life ever existed on Mars. But Curiosity's robotic sibling, the Perseverance rover, has found intriguing rock samples that could potentially show evidence of past microbial activity. (The samples must be robotically returned to Earth to inspect.)
Curiosity is currently headed to a new destination on Mount Sharp, a place home to expansive and compelling "boxworks" formations. From space, they look like spiderwebs. "It’s believed to have formed when minerals carried by Mount Sharp's last pulses of water settled into fractures in surface rock and then hardened," NASA explained. "As portions of the rock eroded away, what remained were the minerals that had cemented themselves in the fractures, leaving the weblike boxwork."
What more might the boxworks reveal? Godspeed, Curiosity.
TL;DR: Get a teeny, tiny NanoPhone on sale for $89.97 through March 30 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Picking out your kid's first phone is kind of like helping them find a good car. Sure, they may want the big, beefy muscle car, but it's nice to start them off with something sensible, reliable, and a little compact. That $999.99 iPhone 16? That's the muscle car they're asking for, but if you want something sensible, reliable, and a little compact, check out the NanoPhone. It's only $89.97 (reg. $199).
The just-right beginner phoneThe NanoPhone may be small, but it works just like any other smartphone. It supports Dual SIM cards, which is really useful for travel. And with 4G and Wi-Fi connectivity, your kid can text, call, stream videos, and even hop on Instagram or YouTube without a hitch. And don't worry about finding a case for a phone this size. It actually comes with one, along with a screen protector and charger.
This little phone looks like an iPhone in all the right ways. That goes for the screen, too. It's a crisp 3.0-inch IPS HD touchscreen. And if your kid ever needs to snap a photo or scan their homework, it has front and rear-facing cameras.
And hey, it’s not just great for kids. This little phone makes a great emergency backup phone for adults, too. Keep it tucked in your wallet or gym bag, and you’ve got a reliable, lightweight backup ready to go whenever you need it.
March 30 at 11:59 p.m. PT is the cutoff to get a NanoPhone on sale for only $89.97.
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Opens in a new window Credit: Mutant Design Lab NanoPhone - A Miniaturized Smartphone Packed with Mega Features! $89.97TL;DR: Ready to start taking your online security seriously? Deeper Connect Air Portable VPN Travel Router allows you to surf the web safely and without restrictions, and right now, it's just $149.97 (reg. $219) through March 30.
It's 2025, and it's time to start beefing up your online privacy. Whether you occasionally use public WiFi or are concerned about identity theft or surveillance, VPN routers are a great way to protect yourself and your loved ones from dangers you can't see.
If you're looking for an affordable VPN router without subscription fees, the Deeper Connect Air is a great choice. It's currently just $149.97 for life, $70 off the usual price, through March 30.
A VPN router packs tons of perksThe Deeper Connect Air takes the intimidation out of VPNs. Unlike an arbitrary login, you plug this VPN router's USB-C output right into your laptop. After that, select a server from over 150,000 options worldwide and start browsing — there's no extra setup required.
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Have you been in the market for a MacBook? If you've set foot in any Apple Store, you may be glad that you waited after seeing the prices — the latest models start at $1,099. Your patience is going to pay off, especially since shopping refurbished can help you get this 2020 MacBook Air for over 60% off.
Let's dive into what specs you'll get in this model:
The M1 chip: This was the first chip Apple developed, and the M1 chip's silicon is even faster than the Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors. It can enhance CPU performance, graphics, and more, making it ideal for students and professionals.
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Opens in a new window Credit: 1min.AI 1min.AI Advanced Business Plan Lifetime Subscription $79.97With nearly identical designs, the setup processes for the Roku and Fire TV sticks should be similar, right?
The Roku was a breeze. I plugged the stick into an HDMI port in the back of my TV to get started. It powers up through a USB charger, and since I have a USB plug on the back of my TV, I just powered it up through that. This was so clutch as it kept all the cords tidy. I just needed to start up the remote and log in, and I was ready to go.
SEE ALSO: The best time to buy a TV: A guide to the times of year that you'll find the best TV dealsBecause I am impatient and occasionally bad at following instructions, I fumbled a step on the setup, but it ultimately proved to be foolproof and had no issue. The setup screen asks you questions about which pre-download apps are for you, so I just had to log in to start streaming. I was watching the latest Love Island within 15 minutes of opening the box.
The Fire TV Stick? That's a whole different story. The stick of the Fire TV Stick is thicker than the Roku's, so much so that I couldn't plug it directly into my TV because it crowded the other HDMI cables I had plugged in. Luckily, Amazon includes an HDMI adaptor for this issue. However, it means the Fire Stick ended up peaking out of the side of the TV, which is not ideal if you're trying to create the ultimate home entertainment center.
That little black tail peeking out on the right? Bane of my existence. Credit: Samantha Mangino / MashableTo power up the Fire TV, I also used the USB plug because I didn't want to string the power cord along the back. Unfortunately, when the Fire TV Stick turned on, it informed me that the USB port wasn't a big enough power source, confounding considering it had no problem powering up the Roku.
Once I begrudgingly connected it to my power strip, it turned on, and the second conundrum came with the Fire TV Stick.
Amazon offers the option of setting up its streaming device with the Fire TV app or the included remote. I chose the app since I hate typing with the remote and on-screen keyboards. But even after following the instructions, the app couldn't find the device over the network, so I had to set it up manually.
SEE ALSO: The best TV deals to shop during Prime Day 2024There is more to the saga. Once I connected my Fire Stick to my network, it powered on and went through one update, which was annoying but acceptable. Until it went through another update… and then another. I sat through 20 minutes of three different updates on the Fire TV Stick. In that amount of time, I was already streaming on my Roku.
It then took me through several screens offering free trials of apps I had no need for before I finally got to the home screen and started manually adding apps.
My partner, who left the room when I started the setup, came in right as I finished and remarked, "You're just now finishing?" My thought exactly.
Winner: Roku
Roku vs. Fire TV: Ease of use Credit: Samantha Mangino / Mashable Credit: Samantha Mangino / MashableI don't love the home pages of either the Amazon Fire TV Stick or the Roku. Both are filled with ads, but one is more flagrant than the other.
Both devices come with lots of pre-downloaded apps I didn't need. Looking at it, I felt my body tense up with the deep desire to organize both pages rather than leave them in chaos.
Organizing the Roku home page was straightforward but tedious. I needed to arrange and delete apps individually, one at a time. The default clicking noises on the Roku was rather grating on the ears, but luckily, I discovered you can change the themes and settings of the home page, which also changes the sounds. Roku's ads stay contained to one side while the apps are neatly organized in the center.
Generally, I like the Roku home page better than Amazon because I would politely describe the Amazon home page as a mess. Unsurprisingly, it prioritizes Amazon Prime programming and ads, so the home page is littered with just that. There's no convenient way to access and view all your apps directly on the home screen. Instead, your app library has to be clicked into, and even then, it needs to be more organized. However, if you watch Prime Video frequently, you'll love the Fire TV Stick as it keeps your most recently watched Prime shows bookmarked at the top, clearly a ploy to keep you watching Prime Video over any other streaming service.
Just one of the many ads slowing down the Fire TV Stick. Credit: Samantha Mangino / MashableThe Fire TV Stick is also so, so slow. Sometimes it's painful! Moving between apps and clicking through options on the home screen is very buggy, with delays between clicks, which is beyond frustrating. If the system wasn't so bogged down by its own ads, it could probably go faster. Plus, after the first time I set up the Fire Stick, every time I powered it on, it required an update. Just a total slog when you want to get to the next episode of Bridgerton ASAP.
Both remotes easily connect to my complete TV system, controlling the volume. They have all the similar controls, including an arrow pad, play/pause, rewind/fast forward, volume, back, and home available as buttons. Each remote also has four buttons to take you directly to apps.
The Amazon Fire TV Stick includes Netflix, Prime Video, DirectTV, and Peacock, while the Roku remote includes Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and Apple TV+. I never found myself using the buttons, but if you do, you can choose the one that prioritizes your preferred streamers.
The Fire TV Stick's advantage over Roku is its voice controls. Both Roku and Amazon Fire TV Stick have voice control buttons, where you can speak into the remote and ask it to search for shows, open apps, or even just hit pause. Fire TV Stick's voice controls work slightly faster and smoother than Roku's. Otherwise, Roku's system is consistently more rapid, organized, and easier to use.
Winner: Roku
Roku vs. Fire TV: Streaming quality For all its faults, the Fire TV Stick delivered a beautiful view of the Love Island villa. Credit: Samantha Mangino / MashableMany usability features can be overlooked if it streams well, and because of that, the Fire Stick almost caught up here.
I don't think my TV buffered once during my entire time using Roku. Even the first time I loaded Paramount+ (a notoriously buggy app, in my opinion), the Survivor episode took a few seconds to load. Still, when the episode started, it was crystal clear. All Roku apps are created equally because no matter what streaming service I was logged into, the picture quality was fantastic with no buffering.
The Fire TV Stick was overall less impressive than the Roku; however, when it came time to stream, it didn't bother me nearly as much as it did in other areas. I gave it the same test, loading up an episode to stream, and at first, it fumbled. Some brief buffering quickly dissipated, and then the picture cleared.
After that initial buffering incident, the Fire TV Stick streamed clearly. The main difference I noted was how each system navigated. The Roku, as expected, moved quickly, while the Fire TV Stick experienced constant lag when trying to pick a show to watch.
Winner: Roku
TL;DR: Live stream Saracens vs. Harlequins for free on ITVX. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.
With the 2025 Six Nations done and dusted, it's time for the rugby world to turn its attention back onto the domestic game. Saracens and Harlequins are right next to each other in the middle of the Gallagher Premiership pack, and they face each other this weekend at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
If you're interested in watching Saracens vs. Harlequins for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.
When is Saracens vs. Harlequins?Saracens vs. Harlequins starts at 3:05 p.m. GMT on March 22. This fixture takes place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
How to watch Saracens vs. Harlequins for freeSaracens vs. Harlequins is available to live stream for free on ITVX.
ITVX is geo-restricted to the UK, but anyone can access this free streaming platform with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in the UK, meaning you can bypass geo-restrictions to access ITVX from anywhere in the world.
Access free live streams of the NFL by following these simple steps:
Subscribe to a streaming-friendly VPN (like ExpressVPN)
Download the app to your device of choice (the best VPNs have apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux, and more)
Open up the app and connect to a server in the UK
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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but top VPNs do tend to offer free-trial periods or money-back guarantees. By making the most of these deals, you can access free live streams of the NFL without actually spending anything. This is obviously a quick fix, but it gives you enough time to watch Saracens vs. Harlequins before recovering your investment.
What is the best VPN for the NFL?ExpressVPN is the best service for bypassing geo-restrictions to stream the NFL live, 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
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TL;DR: Have a scanner on hand at all times with SwiftScan VIP, the app that turns your smartphone into a scanner. Use the code TAKE30 through 30 March and pay just £32.46 (reg. £154.62).
Opens in a new window Credit: SwiftScan SwiftScan VIP: Lifetime Subscription £32.46 at the Mashable ShopIt's surprising how often we need to keep track of a receipt, make a copy, or digitise an important document. Though they're getting harder to track down these days, scanners can really come in handy.
Since most of us don't even have a printer that is easily accessible, SwiftScan is there to fill the massive multitasking-printer-sized void in our lives. And right now you can enjoy a lifetime license for just £32.46 (reg. £154.62) when you use the code TAKE30 at the Mashable Shop through 30 March.
Arm your smartphone with a scannerSwiftScan turns your smartphone or tablet into a scanner, letting you create high-quality scans in seconds via a user-friendly app. It detects the edges of the page for precise scanning and makes scanning multiple pages and turning them into a single document a breeze.
The app actually improves upon our old-school scanners. It enhances the scan quality with colour filters, auto-optimisation, and blur reduction, making it a great option for professionals who need to scan items for work.
Once you're done scanning, turn a page into a PDF or JPG. Then, choose between sending it as a fax or email attachment or uploading it to iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, or another trusted cloud service with seamless integration. Scanned items are also saved and organised by SwiftScan for easy retrieval.
Scanning something you need to work with? SwiftScan also lets you edit PDF files, so you can annotate, redact, or sign after scanning. Your clunky old scanner definitely couldn't do that.
Take a digital copy of anything with this handy lifetime subscription to SwiftScanVIP, now only £32.46 (reg. £154.62) with code TAKE30 through 30 March.
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TL;DR: Save 86% on the award-winning AI photo editor Luminar Neo, which comes with a video training course and six packs of preset photo filters.
Opens in a new window Credit: Skylum The Award-Winning Luminar Neo Lifetime Bundle £69.58 at the Mashable ShopYou've heard of Photoshop, but what is Luminar Neo?
Luminar Neo is an easy-to-use and award-winning AI photo editor that allows everyone to edit their photos with beginner and advanced tools. Instead of spending years mastering Photoshop, spend minutes learning to use this AI photo editing tool.
Now, Mashable readers can get a lifetime pass to this AI Photoshop alternative for just £69.58 (reg. £527.28).
What can Luminar Neo do?Start with the bare-bone essentials like layers, masking, and local adjustments, then explore the more advanced AI-powered editing tools:
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There are three components. First, the Luminar Neo photo editor, which is available for Windows, Mac, or as a plugin for Photoshop or Lightroom.
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Third, six packs of preset photo filters to use with the editor. With just one click, you can instantly transform your photos instead of manually editing them. Try out Frosty Winter or Wintertime this time of year or something like Tender Blushing Skies or Tranquil Dawn Skies this spring.
Is Luminar Neo good for professionals?For photographers who don’t want to spend time learning the intricacies of Photoshop, yes. You’ll have advanced tools and the assistance of AI to fill in any knowledge gaps. Plus, this photo editor doesn’t require any subscription fees. With a one-time purchase, you get lifetime access to Luminar Neo.
How much is Luminar Neo’s lifetime subscription?For everything included in this lifetime bundle — the editing software, video training, and preset filters — you only have to pay £69.58 (reg. £527.28). That's an 86% discount for Mashable readers.
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Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.
Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.
SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable What is Connections Sports Edition?The NYT's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides the publication's sports coverage. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.
If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.
Here's a hint for today's Connections Sports Edition categoriesWant a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:
Yellow: Used in cold weather
Green: Turn the score around in a game
Blue: Baseball actions
Purple: All have the same job in a major soccer league
Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:
Yellow: Equipment for snow activities
Green: Bounce back
Blue: Baseball verbs in past tense
Purple: Names of Premier League managers
Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.
Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.
Drumroll, please!
The solution to today's Connections Sports Edition #180 is...
What is the answer to Connections Sports Edition todayEquipment for snow activities - SKI, SLED, SNOWBOARD, TUBE
Bounce back - COMEBACK, RALLY, REBOUND, RECOVERY
Baseball verbs in past tense - CAUGHT, DOVE, SLID, THREW
Names of Premier League managers - ANGE, ENZO, NUNO, PEP
Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.
Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.
If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.
Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Connections.
If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.
Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.
SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on MashableBy providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.
If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.
SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for March 22 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 22 NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: A good roastThe words are not related to cooking or food.
Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explainedThese words are sounds you might make at a roast.
NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?Today's NYT Strands spangram is vertical.
NYT Strands spangram answer todayToday's spangram is CrackingUp.
Featured Video For You Strands 101: How to win NYT’s latest word game NYT Strands word list for March 22Giggle
Cackle
Shriek
Chuckle
Laugh
Howl
CrackingUp
Looking for other daily online games? Mashable's Games page has more hints, and if you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now!
Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.
Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Strands.
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.
There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.
An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.
If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.
SEE ALSO: Hurdle: Everything you need to know to find the answers Hurdle Word 1 hintOpposite of aunt.
SEE ALSO: Apple’s new M3 MacBook Air is $300 off at Amazon. And yes, I’m tempted. Hurdle Word 1 answerUNCLE
Hurdle Word 2 hintA parasite.
SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for March 22, 2025 Hurdle Word 2 AnswerLEECH
Hurdle Word 3 hintA candelight memorial.
SEE ALSO: NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for March 22 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 22, 2025 Hurdle Word 3 answerVIGIL
Hurdle Word 4 hintTo be alarmed.
SEE ALSO: NYT Strands hints, answers for March 22 Hurdle Word 4 answerPANIC
Final Hurdle hintThe opposite of fell asleep.
SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Games available on Mashable Hurdle Word 5 answerAWOKE
If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.
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