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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.BYD has its best month of 2026, with record electric car sales
BYD sold 463,561 new energy vehicles in September, its best month this year. A record 273,143 of them were battery-electric cars.Leapmotor delivers a record 310,052 cars in the third quarter
Leapmotor delivered a record 310,052 vehicles in the third quarter of 2026, up 78%. It topped 100,000 in September for the third month running.IONNA doubles its US fast-charging network to more than 180 sites
IONNA, the charging network owned by eight carmakers, now has more than 180 US sites, double its January count. It also topped J.D. Power's 2026 study.Ampol agrees to buy Evie Networks' EV chargers for $225 million
Ampol will buy Evie Networks for $225 million. If the ACCC clears the deal, its charging network grows to about 1,425 bays at more than 400 sites.BMW opens its Irlbach-Straßkirchen battery plant for the new i3
BMW opened its roughly €1 billion Irlbach-Straßkirchen battery plant on 1 October 2026. It's building Gen6 packs for the new i3 on two shifts from day one.FDA approves Autus, a heart valve that grows with a child
The FDA approved Edwards' Autus valve on Thursday 1 October. It goes in at about 13 mm and can be widened to 22 mm as a child grows.Amazon deal funds a 190 MW boost at Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant
Amazon signed a 20-year deal on Wednesday 30 September for 690 MW from Calvert Cliffs, backing a 190 MW nuclear uprate due by 2032.Mercosur-EFTA trade deal starts between Brazil and Iceland
The Mercosur-EFTA free trade deal took effect between Brazil and Iceland on Thursday 1 October. Brazil and Norway follow on 1 November.Florence team entangles a floating glass speck with light
Florence physicists entangled the motion of a 100-nanometre glass sphere with light at room temperature. The paper ran in Science on Thursday 1 October.Fervo's Cape Station starts selling enhanced geothermal power
Fervo Energy's first 33 MW unit at Cape Station in Utah began commercial operation on 30 September, a day early and 23 months after groundbreaking.Tesla beats Q3 delivery forecasts with 486,532 cars
Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in the third quarter of 2026, about 25,000 more than analysts expected. Storage deployments hit 13.7 GWh.New Ebenezer trailer sends Johnny Depp's Scrooge to the spirits
Paramount's second Ebenezer trailer has Johnny Depp's Scrooge haunted by three spirits. Ti West's film opens in Australian cinemas on 12 November.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.Leaked polling has One Nation winning NSW with 48 seats
Leaked, unverified polling reported by News24 has One Nation winning 48 of 93 NSW seats in March 2027. Published polls have it second, on 25% in Resolve.Google's Gemini 4 Argon goes to cyber defenders first
Google DeepMind's Gemini 4 Argon arrived on 30 September. Vetted cyber defenders get it first. Paying developers and Ultra subscribers are next.OpenAI and Synopsys team up on GPT-Synopsys to design chips
OpenAI and Synopsys signed a multi-year deal on 30 September to build GPT-Synopsys. It's an AI model that runs chip-design tools like an expert engineer.Microsoft Research unveils Quine, an AI for biology labs
Microsoft Research unveiled Quine, a biology AI, on 29 September. In lab tests on pancreatic cancer cells, its top-ranked compounds had the biggest effect.Six tech firms join Melania Trump's children's tech coalition
Google, Amazon, Intel, Adobe, Zoom and Starlink joined Melania Trump's kids' tech coalition, with over $23 million pledged. Starlink's share isn't stated.Tesla's new Roadster reveal moves to 15 October
Tesla's moved its next-generation Roadster reveal from 1 October to Thursday 15 October, blaming severe weather forecast for the outdoor event in Texas.
