José María Balcázar becomes Peru's eighth president in a decade Peru's new President José María Balcázar, front right, leaves at Congress a day after voting to remove interim President Jose Jeri from office in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026....

Zuckerberg's Trial Testimony Pushes Back on Social Media Addiction Claims Mark Zuckerberg defended Meta's social media platforms and addressed his public persona in a Los Angeles courtroom. The founder and CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, defended the social media platforms his company owns in testimony before a Los Angeles County court jury this week. Zuckerberg said that Instagram,...

Climactic launches hybrid fund to get startups through the ‘valley of death’ It’s a challenge every startup faces: they’ve made a prototype and proven the thing works, but now have to sell the product and produce enough to get past the “valley of death” that kills so many companies. “They are chicken and egg stuck,” Josh Felser, co-founder and managing partner of early-stage venture firm...

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Feb. 21, #986 Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Feb. 21 #986. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been...

Indian prime minister Modi is set to visit Israel at a perilous moment in time The Indian prime minister will meet his Israeli counterpart in Israel this week amid a rapidly shifting geopolitical crisis.