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AMD unveils the $329 Ryzen 7 7700X3D, brings back the 5800X3D for $349 – Engadget

The latter could be a nice upgrade path for folks on AM4 builds.

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First up, the Ryzen 7 7700X3D is a 3D V-Cache chip for the AM5 platform. (The company has pledged to support AM5 through 2029.) The 120W TDP, 8C/16T processor has 104 MB of total cache and a maximum boost speed of 4.5GHz. It should be a solid way to get X3D gaming performance without breaking the bank.

The new Ryzen 7 7700X3D arrives on July 16, priced at $329.

AMD also has a welcome surprise for those still on AM4 builds: the Ryzen 7 5800X3D(initially discontinued in 2024) is back, baby. The company is framing the re-launch as a 10th-anniversary edition to commemorate the AM4 platform’s decade-long run.

The 5800X3D was AMD’s first consumer processor with 3D V-Cache. The 8C/16T chip has 100 MB of total cache, a 4.5GHz boost clock, and a 105W TDP. If you’re still on an AM4 system, its return could be an opportunity to upgrade your rig without having to invest in a new motherboard and crazy-expensive DDR5 RAM. If we’re lucky, it might even be enough to get you through the shortage.

The Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition will be available on June 25 for $349.

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 1, #616

Looking for the most recentregular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.

Today’sConnections: Sports Editionis a tough one. If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t pear in the NYT Games p, but it does in The Athletic’s own p. Or you can play it for free online.

Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Play ball!

Green group hint: Work out.

Blue group hint: City of Brotherly Love.

Purple group hint: Think Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Parts of a baseball roster.

Green group: Gym equipment.

Blue group: Philadelphia Phillies players.

Purple group: Muscle nicknames, plus a letter.

What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for June 1, 2026.

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The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is parts of a baseball roster. The four answers are bench, bullpen, lineup and rotation.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is gym equipment. The four answers are elliptical, leg press, medicine ball and treadmill.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is Philadelphia Phillies players. The four answers are Marsh, Nola, Turner and Wheeler.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is muscle nicknames, plus a letter. The four answers are flat (lat), spec (pec), squad (quad) and whammy (hammy).

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for May 31 #819

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Today’s NYTStrandspuzzle was a bit challenging. Some of the answers are difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about therules for Strands in this story.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visitCNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is:Places to go.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Travel time!

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

MUST, TOUR, TART, ROAM, CATS, CAST, STEAL, MARK, STAR, STARE, REST

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

MUSEUM, BEACH, CASTLE, MARKET, MONUMENT, RESTAURANT

Today’s Strands spangram

The completed NYT Strands puzzle for May 31, 2026.

NYT/Screenshot by CNET

Today’s Strands spangram is TOURISM. To find it, start with the T that’s two letters down on the far-left vertical row, and wind down and then across.

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Lamine Yamal shares pictures teasing the new Beats headphones on the way – Engadget

The Spanish soccer player posted a bunch of images featuring the mystery product.

Lamine Yamal via Instagram

Beats has made a tradition of slipping unannounced products to famous athletes and letting a little mystery drive the hype train, and it’s just done it again with a pair of bubblegum pink (perhs with a dash of lilac?) headphones. Spanish soccer player Lamine Yamal shared a series of pictures and a video on Instagram showing the headphones hanging from his bag and dred around his neck.

It’s hard to tell for sure if they’re on-ear or over-ear, but they certainly pear to be a new design. We reached out to Beats and the company did not provide any information. The headphones sported by Yamal don’t have the flat headband we see on Beats’ current line, instead featuring a more rounded band design with a wider piece at the top that would sit snugly on the head. If you zoom in, they’re actually pretty different from anything we’ve seen from the company before. Consider us intrigued.

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for May 31, #1807

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Today’sWordle puzzleis very tricky. It’s an unusual word unless you’re a musician, and it repeats a letter. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.

Today’s Wordle hints

Before we show you today’sWordleanswer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today’s Wordle answer has one repeated letter.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

Today’s Wordle answer has two vowels, but one is repeated, so you will see that one twice.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today’s Wordle answer begins with E.

Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter

Today’s Wordle answer ends with E.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer can refer to a short musical composition designed to help a musician practice a skill.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is ETUDE.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

The Wordle answer yesterday, May 30, No. 1,806, was SMILE.

Recent Wordle answers

May 26, No. 1,802: COUCH

May 27, No. 1,803: STUFF

May 28, No. 1,804: DIVOT

May 29, No. 1,805: CLANG

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for May 31, #1085

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Today’s NYTConnections puzzleis a toughy. The purple category requires you to see four similar words buried in other words. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Color of this category.

Green group hint: Think 8-ball.

Blue group hint: Their office is the sea.

Purple group hint: Add a letter.