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The cars that compete in Formula 1® are unlike any other race cars on earth. They’re like a supercomputer on wheels, gathering massive amounts of data in real time – and sending it to engineers around the world. Those experts use that information to fine-tune the car in pursuit of every last iota of speed and performance. On the latest episode of GM’s YouTube Series “What Makes Fast,” we get an inside look into exactly how that data is collected, and how it’s shared with engineers around the globe as the car is competing on the track.

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.