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If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferrined pace. SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for May 17 NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: She's got gameThe words are sports-related. Mashable Top Stories Stay connected with the hottest stories of the day and the latest entertainment news. Sign up for Mashable's Top Stories newsletter By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up! Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explainedThese words are popular women's sports teams.NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?Today's NYT Strands spangram is vertical.NYT Strands spangram answer todayToday's spangram is Basketball Featured Video For You Strands 101: How to win NYT’s latest word game NYT Strands word list for May 17StormFeverWingsDreamBasketballMercuryLibertyLynxLooking for other daily online games? Mashable's Games page has more hints, and if you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now!Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Strands. Topics Strands

Stand aside, Intel and AMD: Qualcomm is once again heading to Computex with big ambitions to reshape the PC market with its own Arm-based chips. CEO Cristiano Amon is scheduled to deliver a keynote at the annual trade show, and we expect plenty of announcements, including new chips and more details about Qualcomm’s strategy around AI PCs. But you’ll need to stay up late if you plan on watching the keynote from the US. The event — which will be live streamed on YouTube from Taipei, Taiwan— is scheduled for Sunday, May 18, at 11 p.m. PT / Monday, May 19 at 2 a.m. ET (video embedded above).It’s been almost a year since Qualcomm began selling Windows Copilot+ laptops built with Snapdragon X processors. So it’ll be interested to hear what the company has learned since then, and how it plans on bolstering its Windows offerings when competition in the PC chip space is intensifying amid rumors Nvidia might expand into the market.Recommended by Our EditorsQualcomm’s PC processors stand out for using Arm architecture, a sharp contrast to the long-dominant x86 processors from Intel and AMD. Although Arm chips can lack software compatibility, the processors can offer impressive performance, including for AI workloads and GPU tasks. Qualcomm has even boasted that its Snapdragon X chips outperform rival processors from Intel, which has caused some bickering. But the company's foray into PCs also highlights growing adoption of Arm chips. Apple famously dumped Intel-based processors to pursue its own Arm-based chips for MacBooks, which have received rave reviews for their high performance and long battery life. On top of all this, reports suggest Nvidia might introduce its own Arm-based chips for Windows PCs at Computex. All of this sets the stage for Qualcomm’s keynote to highlight the escalating rivalry between Arm and x86 in the PC market. Viewers can also expect plenty of talk about generative AI. In a press release, Qualcomm noted that Amon will “share insights on how AI is transforming PC experiences for consumers, enterprises, and in industrial sectors.” This includes demonstrating “how on-device AI is poised to significantly enhance productivity, creativity, and much more.”

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As the CPU designer who stands behind customers like Qualcomm, Arm has never really needed a charismatic brand. But the company has decided upon a new naming scheme that’s easier to remember. Over the last year or so, Arm has chosen the dreadful “CSS for Client” to refer to the processors it licenses for smartphones and PCs. Its CPUs have been known as a “Cortex,” while it has branded its GPUs as Mali. Arm’s customers sometimes to refer back to the Cortex brand, but are otherwise free to call them what they want. What Arm is changing is the name of the platform, to signify what purpose the chips will be used for. Now, for example, an Arm core designed for mobile will be known as a “Lumex,” while an Arm core designed for PCs will be known as “Niva.”Arm will use “Zena” as its automotive brand, “Orbis” for IoT, and “Neoverse” for an infrastructure product. Arm will also take a page from Dell, which ditched its iconic laptop brands for a more generic Pro and Pro Max nomenclature. Now, Arm will use “names like Ultra, Premium, Pro, Nano, and Pico to show performance tiers — making it easier for developers and customers to navigate our roadmap,” the company said. “This platform-first approach reflects the rapid conversion taking place to the Arm compute platform at the system level, not just the core IP,” Arm said. “It allows our partners to integrate Arm’s technology faster, with higher confidence, and with less complexity — especially as they scale to meet the demands of AI.” It’s not clear what the new brands have to do with “AI,” but at least they seem to have a bit more thought behind them. Now can we do something about the corporate logo?

TSMC plans to build or ramp up nine new production facilities in 2025 — the highest in its history — as it accelerates global expansion to meet demand and rising manufacturing complexity.

To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Microsoft has announced a major accessibility upgrade for PowerPoint on Mac: users can now generate captions for embedded videos directly within the app using speech recognition. This development builds upon previous accessibility enhancements from Microsoft. For instance, the company expanded SRT file support in PowerPoint back in January, making it easier for users across platforms to import professionally created or self-made caption files for videos in their slides. Peter Wu, a Principal Software Engineer on the PowerPoint team, emphasized the need, noting that captions are essential for the 5% of the world's population who are deaf or hard of hearing, and that 50% of Americans actually prefer watching videos with captions most of the time. Here is how Microsoft says the new generation feature works: Open a new or existing presentation in PowerPoint on your Mac device and embed a video. Select the video, then select Playback > Edit Captions. You can also find the Edit Captions button in the context menu that appears when you right-click on the video, or in the Accessibility tab that appears when Accessibility Assistant is open. Select the Generate Captions from: dropdown menu under the Closed Captions pane on the right side of your presentation, then select the language spoken in the video. When the captions are done generating, they will appear in the Closed Captions pane. Select a text cue to view that part of the video. Compare the spoken dialogue with the text cue and edit if needed. Translate captions into additional languages by selecting the Translate to: dropdown menu, then selecting the language you want to translate them into. NOTE: The translated captions will appear in the Closed Captions pane when translation is done. Select to see the list of all captions tracks for the video. From here, insert more tracks, remove a track, and/or reorder the tracks. If you have a favorite app or service for captioning videos that can save the captions as a WebVTT or SRT file, insert the file into your presentation by selecting Insert Captions from File in the Closed Captions pane. NOTE: You can select multiple files at once. Once generated, these captions are not just slapped on and forgotten. Users can review and edit them for accuracy or clarity, apply formatting like bold or italics, and even translate them into other languages. The system also supports adding speaker names or describing non-dialogue sounds, like "[phone ringing]". Microsoft also points out that presenting using PowerPoint Live in Teams allows each participant to select their preferred captions track independently. This caption generation feature is currently rolling out to PowerPoint for Mac Beta Channel users running Version 16.98 (Build 25050401) or later. As is typical with beta features, it might take a bit for everyone in the channel to see it. Speaking of accessibility, Google also, in celebration of yesterday's Global Accessibility Awareness Day, announced a slate of new AI-driven features for Android and Chrome. These included advancements like Gemini-powered image descriptions in TalkBack and more expressive real-time captions.

Microsoft has released Command Palette, an enhanced version of its PowerToys Run launcher introduced five years ago. The utility, aimed at power users and developers, provides quick access to applications, files, calculations, and system commands through a Spotlight-like interface. Command Palette integrates the previously separate Window Walker functionality for switching between open windows and supports launching command prompts, executing web searches, and navigating folder structures. Unlike its predecessor, the new launcher offers full customization via extensions, allowing users to implement additional commands beyond default capabilities. Available through the PowerToys application since early April, Command Palette can be triggered using Win+Alt+Space after installation Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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