I Didn’t Expect Much From This Putter. The Technology Surprised Me - MyGolfSpy

Cloud has changed where technology lives, APIs changed how technology connects, and platform engineering changed how capabilities can be assembled. Software increasingly became a service rather than an installation, storage became abundant, connectivity became easier and the technical justification for placing every piece of data, process and functionality inside a single organisational application began to disappear. But our behaviours did not change at the same pace. We continued to buy systems when what we increasingly needed were capabilities, continued to replace applications when what we often needed was better access to the data, and continued to write requirements as though every organisation needed its own bespoke version of eligibility checking, referral management, appointment booking, consent, messaging, evidence sharing, workflow and reporting. We carried procurement practices, governance models and assumptions about ownership from a world in which the application had to be the centre of everything into one in which it no longer does.

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.

Huawei’s next budget phone, the Enjoy 100 Pro, just leaked with a battery above 8,000mAh, a Kirin 8-series chip and four new colors, according to well-known Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station. The Enjoy line is how Huawei sells phones to millions of price-conscious buyers in China, and this leak shows that huge batteries have become a budget feature, while screens may be where costs get cut. Here’s what the leak says, what we think it means, and what to expect before launch.