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AMDs Radeon RX 9070 GRE graphics card is now available to purchase – Engadget

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AMD just released the Radeon RX 9070 GRE grhics card globally after it came out in China last year. The GRE stands for “Golden Rabbit Edition,” though sometimes it’s referred to asthe “Great Radeon Edition.” This mid-range GPU costs $549.

The RX 9070 is designed to offer PC players a budget-friendly entry point into 1440p gaming. It features 12GB of video memory and full support for the company’s Fidelity FX Super Resolution 4.1 (FSR 4.1) upscaling technology. It was built on AMD’s RDNA 4 architecture, which features enhanced AI compute acceleration and next-gen ray tracing cabilities.

That leaves an opening in the market for AMD, as PC gamers still very much exist. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE is an iterative refresh of the pre-existing Radeon 9070, which we called one of the “best midrange GPUs from AMD in years.”

It looks like a decent bit of kit for the money, and it’s always nice seeing grhics cards being sold to assist with gaming and not to exclusively train AI. NVIDIA isn’t quite as active in the gaming space since it started seeing all of that AI money. To that end, more than 90 percent of that company’s revenue comes from its data center segment.

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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 June 1 #820

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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:Shall we gather for lunch?

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Find these in the woods.

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:

BAKE, BAKERY, CAKE, PRAM, MORE, CONE, CONEY, RIOT, TUNE, TUNES

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:

RAMP, MOREL, NETTLE, CHICORY, BLACKBERRY, CHESTNUT

Today’s Strands spangram

The completed NYT Strands puzzle for June 1, 2026.

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Today’s Strands spangram is FORAGING. To find it, start with the F that’s three letters down on the far-left row, and wind across.

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

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

MUSEUM, BEACH, CASTLE, MARKET, MONUMENT, RESTAURANT

Today’s Strands spangram

The completed NYT Strands puzzle for May 31, 2026.

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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.