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The Archive
Christian
The full Bible is now in 807 languages, Wycliffe says
Wycliffe's State of the Bible report, out 30 September, counts 807 languages with a full Bible after 98 launches in a year.
Christian
US Senate honours Prison Fellowship's 50 years of prison ministry
The US Senate unanimously passed a resolution honouring Prison Fellowship, the Christian ministry Chuck Colson founded in 1976, on its 50th anniversary.
Video
VisionQuest trailer: Vision on the run with Ultron in his head
Marvel's full VisionQuest trailer puts Paul Bettany's Vision on the run with Ultron in his head. The eight-part Disney+ series starts on 14 October.
Space
Webb sorts 21 extreme debris disks by the size of their crashes
NASA's Webb and Spitzer data cover 21 extreme debris disks. About one-third point to Mars-sized crashes like the one thought to have made our Moon.
Computing
Windows 11 26H2 arrives as a quick, one-restart update
Microsoft began rolling out Windows 11 version 26H2 on 29 September. It installs like a monthly patch and resets support to 24 months for Home and Pro.
AI / LLM
xAI's Grok Bot now offers to do work before you ask
xAI's Grok Bot can now spot jobs and offer to do them unprompted, xAI said on 1 October. Grok 4.7 has also reached the Grok app's Expert and Heavy modes.
Ciphers
A mini crossword on the language of spying
A medium mini crossword on the language of spying. Nine clues, and every answer is a word a case officer would use without blinking.
Tech
Amazon redesigns the Kindle with flush screens and aluminium
Amazon's redesigned Kindle, Paperwhite and Colorsoft arrived on 1 October. The base Kindle's on sale in Australia now from A$279.
Tech
Amazon's new Fire TV Stick 4K can run off your TV's USB port
Amazon's new Fire TV Stick 4K went on sale on 30 September. It runs off a TV's USB port and costs A$129 in Australia, Digital Reviews Network reports.
AI / LLM
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 runs 30% faster at the same price
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 came out on 28 September. It's over 30% faster than Sonnet 5 and costs up to 30% less per task at the same token prices.
Ciphers
Crack the Vigenère note a courier left on the ferry
A medium Vigenère cipher. One courier note, one eight-letter keyword you have to work out from a clue, and a plain instruction underneath.