Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Feb. 7 #706Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.Today's NYT Strands puzzle is especially tricky, as a variety of words could fit the theme. Some of...

Crypto.com places $70M bet on AI.com domain ahead of Super Bowl In Brief Posted: 12:19 PM PST · February 8, 2026 Image Credits:Andriy Onufriyenko / Getty Images Just in time to create a new Super Bowl ad, Crypto.com founder Kris Marszalek has made the priciest domain purchase in history, buying AI.com for $70 million, according to the...

Giant robot tribute to Brazil's Lula leads start of Rio CarnivalA tribute to Brazil's president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has marked the first day of the iconic carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro.The samba school Acadêmicos de Niterói traced Lula's life as a boy growing up in poverty in the Brazilian northeast, to a metalworker, union leader and then president, showcasing giant figures to...

Chinese dance group's tour triggers bomb threat against Australian PMGetty ImagesAnthony Albanese was evacuated from his official residence for several hoursA bomb scare at the Australian prime minister's home originated from written threats directed at a Chinese dance and music group banned by Beijing.In emails seen by local media, performers of the Shen Yun group were told to cancel their...

How Computers Powered by Light Could Help With AI's Energy ProblemComputers that use light instead of circuits to run calculations may sound like a plot point from a Star Trek episode, but researchers have been working on this novel approach to computing for years. They're called optical computers, and labs around the world have been exploring how they might be useful in everyday...