Beijing Wuwen Core Technology Co., Ltd. announced that it has received CNY 2.3 billion in funding from Baidu, Inc., Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group, Tencent Holdings Limited, HongShan Capital Advisors Limited, Qiming Weichuang Venture Capital Man - www.marketscreener.com

Cochrane entrepreneurs can explore The Engine Room’s workshops, mentorship and business resources during a free open house showcasing the incubator’s services and results. The Town of Cochrane’s business incubator is inviting local entrepreneurs to explore its resources and services during an open house for Small Business Week.

Here’s your NYT Strands hint for today, plus the spangram and all of today’s Strands answers for puzzle No. 959 on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. Today’s Strands theme was tricky. It helps to be a runner. Read on for all the answers.

A supply-chain attack involving ConnectWise’s cloud services has exposed Microsoft 365 customers to unauthorized application access, with researchers reporting successful sign-ins across 173 partner and customer tenants. The incident centres on credentials associated with ConnectWise Cloud Backup, formerly SkyKick, and raises concerns about attackers exploiting permissions already entrusted to business software. ConnectWise has confirmed unauthorized access to application identities within its Cloud Backup environment. In an October 17 update on its service-status page, the company said it was shutting off application access, interrupting customer backups while investigation and remediation continued.