Space food: How can we advance existing technologies? - The World Economic Forum

Vodafone and Nokia successfully tested new technology designed to extend the life of existing fibre broadband networks beyond 2030 while supporting rising demand for faster, higher-capacity connectivity. It means existing fibre lines can meet the future needs of businesses, consumers and machines, as well as increase capacity on links connecting mobile base stations. This can be achieved through simpler, lower-cost exchange upgrades, without replacing customers’ lines or making major hardware changes.

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.