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TL;DR: Live stream Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks in the NBA for free on Ran.de. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The NBA is back, and it's back with a bang. The Boston Celtics are hosting the New York Knicks in an absolutely massive season opener, and you can see how things unfold without spending anything.

The defending champions will be confident of starting strongly behind the support of their fans, but the Knicks have been circling the top teams for a few years now. This could be the year that they make the jump, bolstered by the addition of Karl-Anthony Towns.

If you want to watch Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks in the NBA for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks?

Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks in the NBA starts at 7:30 p.m. ET on Oct. 22. This game takes place at TD Garden.

How to watch Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks for free

Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks is available to live stream for free on Ran.de.

Ran.de is geo-restricted to Germany, 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 Germany, meaning you can unblock free live streams of the NBA from anywhere in the world.

Live stream Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks for free on Ran.de 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 Germany

4. Visit Ran.de

5. Watch Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks 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 of the NBA without actually spending anything. This obviously isn't a long-term solution, but it does give you enough time to live stream Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks before recovering your investment.

What is the best VPN for the NBA?

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

• Servers in 105 countries including Germany

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A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for $99.95 and includes an extra three months for free — 49% off for a limited time. This plan includes a year of free unlimited cloud backup and a generous 30-day money-back guarantee.

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Look, I'm not even mad.

Apple's new iPad mini, now in its seventh generation, looks the same as the last one, and while it brings a number of small upgrades across the board, none of them will knock you off your feet.

It's hard to blame Apple for not doing more, though. Even though it launched three years ago, the 6th generation iPad mini was a massive upgrade that brought a completely new design, with a larger display, new Touch ID, and a new camera, among other improvements. The 7th generation iPad mini merely builds on that same design, but brings a new chip, more starting storage, and compatibility with Apple's (yet unreleased) Apple Intelligence features.

Apple iPad mini 7 price

The price for the Apple iPad mini 7 is the same as before, starting at $499 for the Wi-Fi version with 128GB of RAM, and $649 for the Wi-Fi + Cellular variant.

If you want 256GB of storage, you'll have to add $100 to the starting price, and if you want to max it out at 512GB of storage, that'll cost you another $200 compared to the starting price. You can also add the Apple Pencil Pro to the mix for $129, and Apple's Smart Folio cover will cost you an additional $59.

Apple iPad mini 7 design

You'll need a keen eye to notice the differences between the iPad mini 7 and the previous one, but they do exist. The choice of colors is now Space Gray, Blue, Purple (lighter than before), and Starlight. The Pink variant is no longer available. Apple sent me a Starlight-colored unit, so I can't say how the new colors look in person. I did get the Smart Folio in Sage, which to my eyes appeared more like lime, and I liked the color a lot.

The iPad mini 7 I reviewed was in Apple's old Starlight color, but I really digged the Smart Folio's Sage color. Credit: Stan Schroeder / Mashable

There's another minor difference here: The previous version had an "iPad" inscription on the back, whereas the one on the new one says "iPad mini." Nice if you, like me, are a fan of the iPad mini.

Other than these details, no one will be able to tell that you have the brand new iPad mini. Sorry.

Apple iPad mini 7 specs

The new iPad mini is powered by Apple's A17 Pro chip (the same one that powers the iPhone 15 Pro), which gives it some gaming-related features like hardware-accelerated ray tracing, and enables (upcoming) AI features. Starting storage is 128GB, and you can now get the iPad mini with 512GB of storage, which wasn't available until now. There are also indications that the new iPad mini has 8GB of RAM, which doubles the previous model's 4GB of RAM.

Other tidbits include faster USB-C data transfer, Bluetooth 5.3 support, and Wi-FI 6E connectivity — all meaningful upgrades, though most users probably won't notice much of a difference. The cameras — a 12-megapixel shooter on the back, and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera on the front — are mostly the same as before, with the most notable upgrades being Smart HDR 4 support.

The camera is mostly the same, but Apple Pencil Pro support is new. Credit: Stan Schroeder / Mashable

The big takeaways here are the big RAM increase and 128GB of starting storage, which is a huge upgrade as 64GB (the starting storage on the previous generation) was just cutting it way too close for comfort if you have a couple of games installed.

The new chip is a big improvement over the previous version's A15 Bionic, but it's a pity that the new iPad mini doesn't have Apple's latest mobile processor, the A18 Pro which is found in the new iPhone 16 Pro. The company probably decided to cut costs on this one, but it does make the new iPad mini just a little less future-proof.

I tested my unit with a combination of news apps, Chrome, Books, X, and Blizzard's Hearthstone. Everything felt sufficiently fast but don't expect iPad Pro performance; this is still a phone chip running things, and even a fairly simple game such as Hearthstone will push it pretty hard on high settings.

Apple iPad mini 7 battery life

I didn't have the iPad mini 7 long enough to properly test battery life, but Apple rates it the same as before (19.3 Wh battery, up to 10 hours of surfing on Wi-Fi, and up to nine hours of surfing on cellular), and I didn't notice much of a difference compared to the previous version.

For a day, I used the iPad mini as a secondary display, next to my 16-inch M1 MacBook Pro, and it did struggle to keep up. But in more typical usage — which for me is light reading and a bit of gaming, mostly at home — battery life was never an issue.

Apple iPad mini AI support

Apple made its life incredibly complicated with the belated launch of Apple Intelligence. The company's most important product, the new iPhone 16, launched without it. As for the iPad mini, it will launch at the same time as iOS 18.1 which brings some AI features, but it wasn't available at testing time.

SEE ALSO: 5 most useful features of iOS 18 public beta — and how to use them

To complicate matters further, Apple Intelligence isn't currently available in Europe and China, and it won't be arriving there until 2025 (the UK is the exception here; Apple says AI is arriving there in December). Being in Europe, I have no access to it (unless I go through a number of convoluted steps to enable it), and it would be unfair to test a new device running beta software.

This means that all I can say about AI is that this is the first and currently only iPad mini that supports it, and that it is coming soon (in the U.S.). Features will include Writing Tools, which can rewrite, proofread, and summarize your texts, a smarter Siri, Clean Up tool for photos, Genmoji, and integrated ChatGPT, among other features.

When AI launches, the iPad mini will get some cool writing enhancements. Credit: Stan Schroeder / Mashable Apple iPad mini Pencil Pro support

The iPad mini 7 supports Apple Pencil Pro, with all the bells and whistles such as hover and squeeze. I don't have a need for Apple Pencil, and it seems to me that a heavy user would also prefer a larger canvas to draw on, so an iPad Pro would be a better option. Furthermore, the asking price of $129 for the Pencil Pro is a bit steep when compared to the $499 price of the entry-level iPad mini.

Still, there's absolutely nothing wrong with this feature. I tested the Pencil Pro with the new mini, and it worked as advertised, and it's nice to have the option to use the company's best Pencil together with its smallest tablet.

Is the iPad mini 7 worth getting? It says "iPad mini" on the back now. Nice. Credit: Stan Schroeder / Mashable

Absolutely.

If you're new to the iPad, and you want the most compact one around (or any compact tablet), the new iPad mini 7 is the best choice. If you already rock the iPad mini 5th generation or earlier, it's also a no brainer; the new one looks better and is a lot more powerful. And if you own the previous, 6th generation iPad mini, it could also be worth upgrading, but if it's still fast enough for you and you don't care much about the AI features, you'll be OK if you sit this one out.

Cate Blanchett and Denis Ménochet discuss why the title of their film 'Rumours' is a reference to the legendary Fleetwood Mac album and the significance of this film during the current political climate.

The days of Tom Hanks having to issue Instagram warnings about fake AI videos of himself may hopefully be coming to an end.

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is now working on facial recognition techniques to try and curb the rise in "celeb-bait scams", as well as help users recover their accounts quicker.

SEE ALSO: Ray-Ban Meta Glasses can be used to dox strangers via facial recognition, according to Harvard students. Here's how to protect yourself.

"We’re testing a new way of detecting celeb-bait scams," wrote Meta in a blog published on Monday. "If our systems suspect that an ad may be a scam that contains the image of a public figure at risk for celeb-bait, we will try to use facial recognition technology to compare faces in the ad to the public figure's Facebook and Instagram profile pictures. If we confirm a match and determine the ad is a scam, we’ll block it. We immediately delete any facial data generated from ads for this one-time comparison, regardless of whether our system finds a match, and we don’t use it for any other purpose."

The post went on to say that Meta has had success in early testing phases with a small group of celebrities. "In the coming weeks, we’ll start showing in-app notifications to a larger group of public figures who’ve been impacted by celeb-bait letting them know we’re enrolling them in this protection. Public figures enrolled in this protection can opt-out in their Accounts Center anytime."

As well as combatting scams, Meta confirmed it's also testing out video selfies as a means of aiding access recovery for anyone with a compromised account, not just famous people. "The user will upload a video selfie and we’ll use facial recognition technology to compare the selfie to the profile pictures on the account they’re trying to access," wrote Meta. "This is similar to identity verification tools you might already use to unlock your phone or access other apps."

The company confirmed that facial recognition data is immediately deleted after the comparison is made.

ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is often misunderstood. ADHD isn't a product of laziness, stupidity, or "bad parenting," as former Mashable reporter Jess Joho wrote. Rather, it's a brain disorder that can impact executive function, attention, hyperactivity, emotional regulation, and more. For ADHD singles trying to use dating apps, the condition can have a huge impact on their ability to find a partner.

That's what Hinge found in its new Love and ADHD D.A.T.E. report, with survey findings from over 60,000 global users, including 9,000 with ADHD. A majority (82 percent) of Hinge users with ADHD are seeking a relationship, but 75 percent feel misunderstood by their matches. Two areas where ADHD daters may struggle are responding to potential dates and navigating small talk, according to the report.

SEE ALSO: TikTok's retro dating dance trends harken back to the days of courtship ADHD daters (not) responding to matches

Forty-three percent of Hinge daters with ADHD often forget to respond to matches, and 32 percent feel misunderstood when matches assume they're not interested due to slow responses. This might be compounded by the fact that 71 percent of Hinge daters expect their matches to respond within a day, and those who do are more likely to go on a date.

When asked what makes it hard to respond to matches, 45 percent of respondents forget, and the same amount said a conversation feeling repetitive and boring makes it difficult. Meanwhile, 40 percent said feeling overwhelmed is another barrier.

"I wish my matches understood that when I forgot to respond, it wasn't due to a lack of interest — it was just that my brain often got overwhelmed or distracted," said content creator Tarah Clark, who was quoted in the report. "When someone sent a gentle reminder, I appreciated it. A follow-up message helped bring the conversation back to the forefront of my mind, and I was always happy to continue chatting."

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Hinge's director of relationship science, Logan Ury, shared some tips for daters with ADHD in terms of responsiveness:

• Be upfront about your communication preferences from the start.

• Reduce friction — meaning, make it easier for yourself to respond. If you're more responsive on iMessage than Hinge, for example, exchange numbers with a match.

• Set reminders.

• Shift to talking on the phone or FaceTime. This can help prevent a prolonged "talking stage."

Ury also shared tips for neurotypical daters:

• Don't make assumptions. You don't know why someone isn't responding!

• Keep an open mind.

• Appreciate honesty.

• Get on the same page. If you don't know how to read someone's behavior, ask them about it.

ADHD dating and dreaded small talk

Daters with ADHD were 31 percent more likely than neurotypical daters to report that they don't like making small talk. Small talk — about someone's day or the weather — can feel boring and unstimulating. They were also 38 percent more likely than neurotypical daters to find it difficult to keep conversations going, with half of ADHD daters preferring to get to know a match in person.

SEE ALSO: Flirting IRL is having a major pop culture moment

"So much of my personality is physical — my big facial expressions, how my body moves when I speak, how I always need to be doing something with my hands. It feels easier to me when I can connect in-person," said BookTokker Alexis Anunson, who was quoted in the report.

Here are Ury's tips for ADHD daters on navigating small talk:

• Showcase your interests on your profile. Talking about what you care about can be more exciting than discussing your day-to-day.

• Keep a list of questions on your phone to ask matches.

• Get to a date faster (when you're both comfortable).

And for neurotypical daters:

• Bond over shared interests.

• Be open to exploring something new.

• Embrace the differences of others.

For LGBTQ daters with ADHD specifically, 64 percent worry about saying the wrong thing. "Often, there are stigmas associated with being either LGBTQIA+ or having ADHD, but for people who are at the intersection of those identities, even messaging a match can cause anxiety," commented Hinge's love and connection expert Moe Ari Brown.

Brown encourages these daters to celebrate themselves, honor their strengths, and find ways to communicate that work for them. Similarly to Ury's example, if messaging overwhelms you, try a phone or FaceTime date instead.

While three in four ADHD daters feel misunderstood by matches, Hinge found that 63 percent of neurotypical daters do, too. Maybe with these tips, we can all move forward with fewer assumptions about the people in our phones.

Steve Martin and Martin Short appeared on "Late Night" and roasted host Seth Meyers.

Elon Musk is getting sued again, this time by the production company behind Blade Runner 2049.

Alcon Entertainment filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Monday with the U.S. District Court, naming Musk, Tesla, and Warner Bros. Discovery, and accusing them of using copyrighted images to create AI-generated stills to promote Tesla's new "robotaxi" aka "Cybercab".

The complaint alleges the defendants requested permission to use a still from Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 to promote the fully autonomous electric vehicle at the livestreamed "We, Robot" event at the Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, California on Oct. 10. However, Alcon said it refused permission and "adamantly objected" to the use of the image or "suggesting any affiliation between Blade Runner 2049 and Tesla, Musk or any Musk-owned company."

Then, the company alleges, Musk and Tesla "used an apparently AI-generated faked image to do it all anyway."

SEE ALSO: Musk is gutting X's blocking feature — why this change is dangerous

Alcon's filing accuses Musk and Tesla of feeding the requested image from Blade Runner 2049 along with images from the same scene into an AI image generator and "directed the AI to make a lightly stylized fake screen still", which it then displayed at the globally livestreamed event for 11 seconds (for which the production company says Musk had "no credible reason").

The images, Alcon describes, are taken from the "most memorable sequences" of Blade Runner 2049, when Ryan Gosling's character K arrives in the desert ruins of Las Vegas — it's the area that's bright orange thanks to nuclear destruction. "The sequence follows K as he leaves the spinner and walks in his trench coat or “duster” toward and through the misty orange urban desert ruins, often viewed by the camera from behind or in silhouette," Alcon describes.

You can see in the Tesla presentation below around the five-minute mark that Musk indeed names Blade Runner onstage during his keynote while an undeniably Blade Runner-esque image is on screen, with the words "Not This" appearing in the upper left corner. "You see a lot of sci-fi movies where the future is dark and dismal. It's not a future you want to be in," Musk said. "Like, I love Blade Runner but I don't know if we want that future. I think we want that duster he's wearing but not the bleak apocalypse."

Alcon has described Musk and Tesla's copyright infringement as "a bad-faith and intentionally malicious gambit" to "make the otherwise stilted and stiff content of the joint WBDI-Tesla event more attractive to the global audience and to misappropriate Blade Runner 2049's brand to help sell Teslas." The company also said Musk's use of Blade Runner 2049 imagery was "hardly coincidental" as "the only specific Hollywood film which Musk actually discussed to pitch his new, fully autonomous, AI-driven cybercab" — given the film prominently features a futuristic, AI-powered, driverless car.

But the suit gets more personal than mere copyright in the filing, with the company calling Musk "problematic" himself, and declaring it "did not want Blade Runner 2049 to be affiliated with Musk" or any of his companies. "Any prudent brand considering any Tesla partnership has to take Musk’s massively amplified, highly politicized, capricious and arbitrary behavior, which sometimes veers into hate speech, into account," the filing reads.

Alcon also pointed out it was in negotiations with car brands around its in-production Prime Video Blade Runner 2099 TV series, and that Musk's actions could "cause confusion among Alcon’s potential brand partner customers."

The production company is seeking damages for "economic theft" and aims to "to pry Musk and his co-Defendants away from Alcon’s Blade Runner 2049 brand and goodwill" under the United States Copyright Act and the Lanham Act.

Mashable has reached out to Alcon Entertainment, Tesla, and Warner Bros. Discovery for comment.

We know you're here to find out about the best VPNs for the Fire TV Stick, but first we should explain that the Fire TV Stick is, well, a little stick that you can plug into your HDTV to stream over 10,000 apps, games, and Alexa skills, including Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, Netflix, and more. You can also use it to gain access to millions of websites like YouTube, Facebook, and Reddit.

As an added bonus, you can launch apps and control your content with the Alexa Voice Remote that comes included with your purchase. Just ask for the content you want and Alexa responds. It's as easy as that.

Amazon Prime members get access to even more content options. They get unlimited access to Prime Video, which features thousands of movies and TV episodes at no additional cost. Plus, Prime members can add over 50 premium channels such as Discovery and Eurosport Player.

With all of that content, how could there possibly be a problem? Well, a lot of the shows and movies are just out of reach due to geo-blocking, meaning that certain programmes are only available from a particular location. This can be down to content licensing agreements and broadcast rights, and there doesn't immediately seem to be anything you can do about it. Well friends, we have a solution to this annoying issue.

An effective way of getting around content blocking is to use a VPN. These services can hide your real location when you're online, meaning you enjoy everything that the Fire Stick has to offer without any restrictions.

What is a VPN?

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) provide protection for your online information by creating a private network that hides your real IP address. All of your activity is untraceable and secure, because all of your online traffic passes through an encrypted tunnel. Nobody can view or access anything within the tunnel, meaning everything is protected against online threats like hackers, viruses, and malware.

Do you need to use a VPN?

VPNs are effective security tools that provide protection for your sensitive information. The online world can be a dangerous place, so it's important to stay safe out there. Investing in a VPN is a quick and easy way of protecting your data and identity. VPNs might be designed for cybersecurity, but there is another reason you might consider subscribing to a service. These tools can be also be used to access blocked sites.

VPNs hide your real IP address and connect you to a server in another country, meaning you can watch all your favourite content from that location. There is so much content out there that can be accessed with the help of a VPN, and it all comes down to bypassing geo-restrictions. VPNs are kind of like keys to the online world, granting you access to more of the shows and films you love. 

What is the best VPN for the Fire TV Stick?

At this point you're probably sold on the idea of using a VPN with your Fire TV Stick, but which VPN is the best option for you? We have tried to help you out by highlighting a selection of the very best VPNs, including popular services like ExpressVPN and PureVPN.

There should be something for every user and every budget in this list, and all you need to do is pick a favourite. Consider all of these options and weigh them up against your set of preferences. The top choice should become clear.

These are the best VPNs for the Fire TV Stick in 2024.

It's important to stay secure when browsing online, and while you can take measures to be aware of where you're browsing and what you're doing, using a VPN is the best way to guarantee your cybersecurity.

What is a VPN?

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) provide protection for your data and identity when you're online by creating a private network that hides your real IP address. This means that all of your activity is untraceable and secure. Try thinking about VPNs as encrypted tunnels through which all of your online traffic passes through. Nobody can see into the tunnel, and everything inside the tunnel is protected against online threats like viruses, hackers, and malware.

Do you need a VPN?

A good quality VPN will block any nefarious traffic coming your way, while also keeping your browsing history private from your ISP and anyone else trying to snoop on your activities. Using a VPN also means you can conduct activities such as checking your online banking while connected to public WiFi, without worrying that you're leaking valuable information. 

If you're looking for a VPN for Windows, you'll need a fast service that remains secure. A "no logs" policy and a kill switch are also vital. These ensure that your VPN doesn't track what you do, and that your connection drops if the VPN connection fails, respectively. For Windows 10, it's also useful to have an app that's simple to use.

What is the best VPN for Windows?

We have tracked down all the best VPNs for Windows 10, and stuck to VPN services that have apps that are easy to get to grips with, while still offering advanced features for those who want to dip under the surface to make tweaks. You can pick from leading services like CyberGhost VPN, Private Internet Access, and ExpressVPN.

These are the best VPNs for Windows in 2024.

SAVE $150: As of Oct. 22, the Apple iPad Mini (6th Gen) is on sale for $349.99 on Amazon. That's the lowest-ever price on Amazon.

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There's always a lot of excitement when Apple announces a new model. Most recently, the tech-obsessed have been digging into the specs of the new Apple iPad Mini, with most of the discussion centering on the addition of AI smarts.

That's great, but we're not here to talk about that. We're here to talk about the deals that drop on older models following the release of a new model. Savvy shoppers know that the best time to shop on Apple is just after pre-orders on a shiny new model are available.

SEE ALSO: The new iPad mini is already on sale at Walmart — save $15 on preorders

As of Oct. 22, the Apple iPad Mini (6th Gen) is on sale for $349.99 on Amazon. This deal saves you $150 on list price. And better yet, this is the lowest price we've ever seen on Amazon. This deal is available on Pink, Purple, Starlight, Space Gray colorways. The choice is all yours.

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SAVE $620: As of Oct. 22, the MassaMAX 2024 4D massage chair is on sale for $1,849 at Amazon. That's a 25% saving on list price, and the lowest its ever been on Amazon.

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Is there anything more relaxing than treating yourself to a massage? An hour of total relaxation, peace, and, if you opt for the sporty variety, agonizing pain (we know, it's worth it in the end). If you want to invest in your relaxation and take that feeling back home, check out this deal on the MassaMAX 2024 4D massage chair.

As of Oct. 22, this incredible massage chair is reduced to $1,849 from $2,496. Not only that, but it's the lowest it has ever been priced at Amazon, so you know you're getting a great deal.

This massage chair features advanced air-soothing airbags and 4D massage technology. This aims to mimic the experience of a real-life, human massage. As well as this, it has three different levels of airbag pressure, five techniques, and 32 airbag points. It also features an interesting zero-gravity design. This allows for different inclination angles as, according to MassaMAX, when the knees are higher than the chest, it can help reduce spinal compression and improve blood circulation.

SEE ALSO: The best massage guns for percussive therapy

If that wasn't enough, you'll also get foot rollers, an airbag massage that soothes the legs, and a backrest that can stretch the whole upper body.

Tech-wise, it features voice control, a TFT touch screen for ease of use, as well as a Bluetooth speaker so you can play your favorite music when relaxing. Just tell your chair what you want, and the AI will kick in and start the program. There are 15 preset automatic massage programs available, and customization options let you create a personalized experience.

If you're feeling relaxed just reading about this chair, head to Amazon as this is a limited-time deal.

The literary establishment welcomes Feeld, a very sex-positive dating app, at a party on the Upper East Side.

FREE E-BOOKS: On Oct. 22, hundreds of e-books are completely free on Amazon for Stuff Your Kindle Day. Shop historical romance books for free today.

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Stuff Your Kindle Day is back and we couldn't be happier. There are few things in life better than free books, especially when there's no catch.

For those not in the know, Stuff Your Kindle Day is an author-driven event hosted that started as an initiative to encourage readers to check out novels by indie authors. It only lasts for one day, but when you "purchase" a book, it's yours forever.

The books available span several genres, but romance is very much at the forefront. That doesn't mean there's no variety though. There is a wide range of subgenres spanning nearly every topic on offer, with something for every bookworm.

SEE ALSO: Amazon Kindle vs. Kindle Paperwhite: Which one is for you?

If historical romances are your thing, you're in luck. Check out some of these incredible options you can download for free.

Best historical romance to shop during Stuff Your Kindle Day

• Kissing The Contessa by Sapphire Lebesque — $0 $2.99

• Mistress In Disguise by Sapphire Lebesque — $0 $1.49

• The Fiercest Knight In Surrey by Anne Knight — $0 $2.99

• Rosalyn by Carrie Lomax — $0 $3.99

• Seductive Silence by Larissa Lyons — $0 $3.99

• Quinn by Kathryn LeBlanc — $0 $2.99

• Etched In Stone by Veronique Wallrapp — $0 $5.99

• POX by Angela Pearse — $0 $4.99

• The Duke Of Devastation by Michelle Mignone — $0 $4.70

• Love's Arrival by Amanda Speights — $0 $9.95

• Rebel Mine by Lyn Horner — $0 $3.99

• What A Duke Desires by Merry Farmer — $0 $4.99

During JD Vance’s brief career as a venture capitalist, few startups attracted his support more than AppHarvest, a now bankrupt plan to build greenhouses across Appalachia.

Scientists didn't build the James Webb Space Telescope simply to find answers. They've sought new questions and mysteries.

And they've just found another.

Using the Webb telescope to peer back into the earliest periods of the universe, researchers spotted a handful of some of the brightest objects in the cosmos — quasars — adrift in the empty voids of space, isolated from other galaxies. This is strange. Quasars are black holes at galactic centers, millions to billions times more massive than the sun, that shoot potent bursts of energy into space (from material falling toward or rapidly spinning around black holes). The prevailing, and logical, theory was that such massive, hungry objects could only form in regions of dense matter.

But that's not always the case.

"Contrary to previous belief, we find on average, these quasars are not necessarily in those highest-density regions of the early universe. Some of them seem to be sitting in the middle of nowhere," Anna-Christina Eilers, a physicist at MIT who led the research, said in a statement. "It’s difficult to explain how these quasars could have grown so big if they appear to have nothing to feed from."

SEE ALSO: NASA scientist viewed first Voyager images. What he saw gave him chills.

The research was recently published in a science journal called the Astrophysical Journal.

In the image below, you can see one of these isolated quasars, circled in red. Astronomers expect to find quasars amid regions flush with other galaxies. There, bounties of cosmic matter could support the creation of such giant and luminous objects. (In fact, "a quasar’s light outshines that of all the stars in its host galaxy combined," NASA explains.)

An isolated quasar in deep space, circled in red. Credit: Christina Eilers / EIGER team

In this research, astronomers endeavored to view some of the oldest objects in the universe, created some 600 to 700 million years after the Big Bang. For perspective, our solar system wouldn't form for another 8.5 billion years or so.

The Webb telescope, which orbits 1 million miles from Earth, captures profoundly faint, stretched-out light as it existed eons ago. This light is just reaching us now.

"It’s just phenomenal that we now have a telescope that can capture light from 13 billion years ago in so much detail," Eilers said. "For the first time, JWST enabled us to look at the environment of these quasars, where they grew up, and what their neighborhood was like."

"It’s just phenomenal that we now have a telescope that can capture light from 13 billion years ago in so much detail."

This latest cosmic quandary is not just about how these quasars formed in isolation, but how they formed so rapidly. "The main question we’re trying to answer is, how do these billion-solar-mass black holes form at a time when the universe is still really, really young? It’s still in its infancy," Eilers said.

Although the Webb telescope is designed to peer through the thick clouds of dust and gas in the universe, the researchers do say it's possible that these enigmatic quasars are in fact surrounded by galaxies — but the galaxies are shrouded. To find out, more observation with Webb is necessary.

An artist's illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope observing the cosmos 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA-GSFC / Adriana M. Gutierrez (CI Lab) The Webb telescope's powerful abilities

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into the deepest cosmos and reveal new insights about the early universe. It's also examining intriguing planets in our galaxy, along with the planets and moons in our solar system.

Here's how Webb is achieving unparalleled feats, and likely will for decades to come:

- Giant mirror: Webb's mirror, which captures light, is over 21 feet across. That's over two-and-a-half times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope's mirror. Capturing more light allows Webb to see more distant, ancient objects. The telescope is peering at stars and galaxies that formed over 13 billion years ago, just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. "We're going to see the very first stars and galaxies that ever formed," Jean Creighton, an astronomer and the director of the Manfred Olson Planetarium at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, told Mashable in 2021.

- Infrared view: Unlike Hubble, which largely views light that's visible to us, Webb is primarily an infrared telescope, meaning it views light in the infrared spectrum. This allows us to see far more of the universe. Infrared has longer wavelengths than visible light, so the light waves more efficiently slip through cosmic clouds; the light doesn't as often collide with and get scattered by these densely packed particles. Ultimately, Webb's infrared eyesight can penetrate places Hubble can't.

"It lifts the veil," said Creighton.

- Peering into distant exoplanets: The Webb telescope carries specialized equipment called spectrographs that will revolutionize our understanding of these far-off worlds. The instruments can decipher what molecules (such as water, carbon dioxide, and methane) exist in the atmospheres of distant exoplanets — be they gas giants or smaller rocky worlds. Webb looks at exoplanets in the Milky Way galaxy. Who knows what we'll find?

"We might learn things we never thought about," Mercedes López-Morales, an exoplanet researcher and astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics-Harvard & Smithsonian, told Mashable in 2021.

Already, astronomers have successfully found intriguing chemical reactions on a planet 700 light-years away, and have started looking at one of the most anticipated places in the cosmos: the rocky, Earth-sized planets of the TRAPPIST solar system.

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As Anadol tells Mashable, he hopes his museum encourages patrons and tech companies to prioritize sustainability. The artist — who is one of the preeminent leaders of AI art and has exhibited pieces at MoMa and the Centre Pompidou-Metz in France — answered more of our questions on his vision for Dataland and his optimistic view of AI's potential.

Mashable: Let’s start with the basics. How do you define AI art?

Refik Anadol: For me, AI art is much more than a tool — it’s a creative collaboration between human imagination and machine intelligence.

When I work with algorithms and data, I’m not just trying to generate something new; I’m exploring the limitless possibilities that arise when humans and machines come together to create. It’s a practice that breaks down the boundaries of traditional art. It offers fresh perspectives on how we perceive creativity and the role of technology in shaping our world. This fusion of human intuition and machine intelligence allows us to push the boundaries of artistic expression and see the world in ways we’ve never imagined before.

Tell us a bit about Dataland’s AI model, the Large Nature Model. How does it differ from most previous models, and how does it work?

The Large Nature Model is unique because it is the world’s first AI model trained solely on data from the natural world, using information from institutions such as the Smithsonian and London’s Natural History Museum. Unlike other large language AI models that are trained on human intellect and reasoning, this model is trained on nature’s inherent intelligence. The goal of our model is to capture the essence and complexity of the natural world and to generate unique art pieces.

The model also emphasizes ethical data collection and transparency. As the creators of the model, we secured permission for all of the scientific materials we used to train the model and ensured that the model was trained using renewable energy. The Large Nature Model also goes beyond visual art by incorporating other sensory elements, such as sound and scent.

The future home of the Dataland museum in Los Angeles. Credit: Courtesy Dataland How did the collaborations with institutions like the Smithsonian and the Natural History Museum of London come together? Was there any resistance to them allowing their data to be used?

Collaborations with institutions like the Smithsonian and the Natural History Museum of London began with a shared passion for blending art, technology, and archival data. I wouldn’t say there was resistance, but, instead, an eagerness on their part to learn more about the ethical applications of AI before fully collaborating, and we deeply appreciated that.

Every institution should question and learn — this push for greater digital literacy benefits everyone. It also challenges practitioners like myself to rethink, revise, and clarify our approaches, ensuring that the use of AI is both responsible and purpose-driven.

By presenting a creative vision aligned with their educational missions and addressing concerns around data sensitivity, any initial hesitation was transformed into trust. These collaborations not only advanced the field of AI art, but also helped enhance public engagement with the institutions’ collections, showing the powerful potential of data when used thoughtfully and ethically.

Dataland presents AI as an advancement to be celebrated as well as studied. What do you say to those who only have negative or fearful impressions of the technology?

At Dataland, we truly believe that AI is an incredible opportunity — something to be celebrated, explored, and studied. I understand that some people may have fears or negative impressions of the technology, and that’s exactly why we created Dataland as a space for open dialogue and discovery. It’s a place where we can explore AI’s immense potential to enhance creativity and connect us with new forms of art, rather than seeing it as something to be feared.

We believe in the power of education, transparency, and ethical data practices. By showing how AI can be used responsibly, in ways that are environmentally conscious and human-centered, we hope to shift perceptions. Our goal is to demonstrate that AI isn’t here to replace human creativity, but to collaborate with it — opening up entirely new artistic possibilities.

It’s my hope that DATALAND can inspire people to see AI not just as a tool, but as a creative partner that can unlock new ways of thinking and engaging with the world around us.

SEE ALSO: An entire NFT museum is on the market With the Large Nature Model and your studio’s eco-friendly servers, Dataland puts environmental concerns front and center. How can tech companies be convinced to make sustainability a priority?

At Dataland, we believe that environmental sustainability must be at the heart of technological progress, especially with innovations like AI that impact the entire globe. With the Large Nature Model and our studio’s eco-friendly servers powered entirely by renewable energy, we’re committed to demonstrating that technology can coexist with environmental responsibility.

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