NYT Strands today: hints, spangram and answers for Monday, September 16
Strands is a brand new daily puzzle from the New York Times. A trickier take on the classic word search, you’ll need a keen eye to solve this puzzle.
Sony has contracted AMD for PlayStation 6, report claims
Sony has contracted AMD to design and fabricate the PlayStation 6’s chip, due to the company’s prioritisation of backwards compatibility, it’s claimed.
AMD is set to finally join Nvidia with FSR 4, using AI to power frame generation, though no word on upscaling yet
FidelityFX Super Resolution, AMD's answer to Nvidia's DLSS, has been around for a little over three years now and it's been a real boon to all kinds of GPUs, including Nvidia's GeForce models. The latest version, FSR 3.1, offers a shader-based upscaler and frame generation system but the tech world hyped on AI, AMD has decided it can't ignore it any longer and has announced that the next iteration will be AI-based, for frame generation at least.
Valve developer has to keep reminding players that Deadlock's anti-cheat system is coming and 'very high priority', since it's leaning mostly on player reports right now
Deadlock is getting anti-cheat software. This is a piece of information you might think is news, based on reactions to a message by beleaguered Valve developer Yoshi on the game's official Discord server. «Yeah we are working on anticheat,» Yoshi writes to an inquiring mind, after discussing the game's ability to bind multiple actions to a key (which allows for some very silly stuff).
Don’t ignore this underrated game in Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is out now, and it contains six excellent fighting games starring iconic comic and game characters. There is one oddball game in the collection, though: The Punisher.
Nintendo Switch 2 Is the Official Name of the Next Nintendo Console; Has Entered Full Production – Rumor
The Nintendo Switch 2 console has entered full production, and the unofficial name that has been used so far for the system may be the official one, according to rumors circulating online.
Genshin Impact 5.3 Leaks Say Mavuika Is Finally Breaking A Four-Year Trend
The new 5.3 leaks about Mavuika’s gameplay kit indicate she may break a four-year trend in the game. Mavuika has presented herself as the Pyro Archon for the region of Natlan in HoYoverse’s popular action RPG, and the one responsible for the salvation of the Nation of Pyro due to its foreseen calamity at the hands of the Abyss. Of course, Mavuika is getting aid from several allies, including several Natlan characters in and the Traveler, but she is soon to become a fully playable character.
NYT Connections: hints and answers for Monday, September 16
Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.