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Don Currie, Founder, CEO, and Director of Hillcrest Energy Technologies Ltd., discusses the company's focus on moving electricity from the grid into applications such as data centres, microgrids, battery energy storage, and electric vehicles. Disseminated on behalf of: Hillcrest Energy Technologies Ltd. Don Currie, Founder, CEO, and Director of Hillcrest Energy Technologies Ltd. (CSE: HEAT | OTCQB: HLRTF | FSE: 7HI), discusses the company’s focus on moving electricity from the grid into applications such as data centres, microgrids, battery energy storage, and electric vehicles. As electrification accelerates across industrial, transportation, and AI infrastructure markets, Hillcrest is positioning its technology to capitalize on demand for more efficient power conversion that nearly eliminates switching losses. High-efficiency inverter technology validated on partner test benchesUnlike conventional power conversion designs, Hillcrest focuses on a specialized approach that nearly eliminates switching losses. The company reports peak efficiency of 99.7% for its EV traction inverter prototype, and its technology has been tested on partners’ own equipment.

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.