Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Feb. 23, #988 Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Feb. 23 #988. 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...

Watch: Retaliations continue on day two of US-Israel attacks on IranUS President Donald Trump warned "there will likely be more" US casualties during operations in Iran in a statement posted on Truth Social. This comes as US Central Command (Centcom) said three US service members have been killed in action and five "seriously wounded". In Israel, nine people have been killed after a missile...

RAM Shortage Could Kill Budget Phones: The Latest Predictions at MWC 2026The race to build AI infrastructure has gobbled up so much memory that prices have skyrocketed, with analysts predicting that product costs will rise as a result. But the outlook is far worse than anticipated. New reports and forecasts suggest that the RAM shortage could prompt manufacturers of cheaper devices to reduce or...

Didero lands $30M to put manufacturing procurement on ‘agentic’ autopilot Tim Spencer realized just how complicated manufacturing procurement can be while running Markai, an e-commerce startup in Asia, during the pandemic. “We had thousands of suppliers, and we were distributing products into dozens of countries around the world,” Spencer (pictured left) told TechCrunch. His staff was...

FBI won't co-operate into Alex Pretti's death investigation, state officials sayAFP via Getty ImagesA memorial was laid out for Alex Pretti a day after he was shot deadOfficials in the US state of Minnesota say the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has refused to co-operate with their investigation into the death of Alex Pretti.US Customs and Border Protection agents shot dead the...