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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. Like Wordle, Connections, and the Mini Crossword, Strands can be a bit difficult to solve some days. There’s no shame in needing a little help from time to time. If you’re stuck and need to know the answers to today’s Strands puzzle, check out the solved puzzle below. How to play Strands You start every Strands puzzle with the goal of finding the “theme words” hidden in the grid of letters.…
During the September 2024 State of Play presentation, Sucker Punch Productions announced Ghost of Yotei, a follow-up to 2020’s Ghost of Tsushima. It’ll be coming to the PlayStation 5 sometime in 2025. The game follows a new female hero named Atsu and takes place in 1603, more than 300 years after the events of Ghost of Tsushima. The setting is Mount Yotei, which is part of Ezo, now known as Hokkaido. In 1603, Mount Yotei was outside of Japan’s rule, and it features a vast array of different environments including grasslands and tundra. The story also seems to shy away…
There’s no better way to start the day than with a piping hot, caffeinated beverage. While there are plenty of great coffee maker deals to take advantage of, we’d like to draw your attention to this fantastic markdown on the king of all beverage stations, the espresso maker: Right now, when you order the Philips 3200 Series Fully Automatic Espresso Machine on Amazon, you’ll save $400. At full price, this model sells for $900. Our guess is we’re going to start seeing a lot more sales like this one as we get closer to Amazon’s October Prime Day sales event.…
Over his three previous missions to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Pettit earned a reputation for having a keen eye when it comes to photographing Earth and beyond. Since arriving at the ISS on his fourth orbital mission earlier this month, Pettit, who at 69 is NASA’s oldest active astronaut, has wasted little time in grabbing the station’s cameras to capture and share fresh dazzling imagery shot from 250 miles above Earth. In his latest work posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, Pettit shared some sublime and highly artistic shots showing moonlight reflecting off of locations…
You’ve probably heard of virtual private networks before but might be a little murky on exactly what a VPN does and why you might need one. In short, a VPN helps you protect your privacy by disguising your location and preventing advertisers from building a profile of your online habits. A convenient side effect of changing your apparent location is being able to view websites in other countries as if you were a resident. To pull off these feats, the best VPNs maintain thousands of high-performance servers strategically placed around the world. While it’s common for servers to store logs…
OpenAI announced via Twitter on Tuesday that it will begin rolling out its Advanced Voice feature, as well as five new voices for the conversational AI, to subscribers of the Plus and Teams tiers throughout this week. Enterprise and Edu subscribers will gain access starting next week. Advanced Voice is rolling out to all Plus and Team users in the ChatGPT app over the course of the week. While you’ve been patiently waiting, we’ve added Custom Instructions, Memory, five new voices, and improved accents. It can also say “Sorry I’m late” in over 50 languages. pic.twitter.com/APOqqhXtDg — OpenAI (@OpenAI) September…
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered – Announce Trailer | PS5 & PC Games PlayStation officially revealed its next PlayStation 4-era remaster at its September State of Play on Tuesday. Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered will be the latest first-party title to get a fresh makeover for PlayStation 5 and PC, and it’ll be released October 31. There haven’t been a ton of changes here, although it’s gotten a big visual upgrade. A PlayStation spokesperson noted during the presentation that it’s been brought up to the standards set by its sequel Horizon Forbidden West, with redone character models, textures, assets, and cameras. Sony…
The most announcement-filled week of gaming has wrapped up. From Summer Game Fest to the Xbox Games Showcase and Ubisoft Forward, there was a ton of big gaming news. Many of the games revealed are coming to PlayStation 5, too. On top of that, Sony’s Days of Play initiative is still in full swing, which means some more PS2 games finally got PS4 and PS5 ports for the first time in several years. As a result, there’s no shortage of relevant games in the PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra catalog to check out if you’re looking for something to play…
While you can’t put a price on the peace of mind offered by a great home security system, you can certainly be dissuaded by how much these bundles cost. Fortunately, we’re always on the lookout for security camera deals, and we came across this fantastic offer: For a limited time, you’ll be able to save up to 25% on select Lorex home security systems when you order through the manufacturer. These discounts will be in effect from September 25 – October 5. Lorex 4K (16 Camera Capable) 4TB Wired NVR System — $713, was $950 This Lorex NVR setup comes…
Some Google Play apps and unofficial mods of popular apps are being targeted by attackers to spread a dangerous malware, according to security researchers. The purported Necro trojan is capable of logging keystrokes, stealing sensitive information, installing additional malware, and remote execution of commands. Two apps in the Google Play app store have been spotted with this malware. Further, modded (modified) Android application packages (APKs) of apps such as Spotify, WhatsApp, and games like Minecraft were also detected distributing the trojan.Google Play Apps, Modded APKs Used to Spread Necro TrojanThe first time a trojan from the Necro family was spotted was…