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Raspberry Pi's US$30 Smart Display Module puts a Pi in screens
Raspberry Pi's Smart Display Module went on sale on 29 September for US$30. It slots a Compute Module 5 straight into Intel SDM-ready screens.Starliner flies empty first, with astronauts back by 2028
Boeing's Starliner will fly to the space station with no crew as soon as December, NASA says, with Woody Hoburg commanding a crewed flight by 2028.Order of the Sinking Star names its voice cast before launch
Jonathan Blow's Order of the Sinking Star has a voice cast trailer. The US$29.99 puzzle game launches on 8 October on PC, Switch 2 and PS5.ESA's Juice films Earth, Africa and the Moon on its flyby
ESA's Juice filmed Earth and the Moon on its 28 September flyby, passing 8,640 km above the Indian Ocean on its way to Jupiter.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.Pope Leo XIV prays the Rosary for peace with 700 children
Pope Leo XIV prayed the Rosary for peace with 700 children in the Vatican Gardens on 1 October, opening Aid to the Church in Need's week of prayer.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.Swedish Bible Society launches NT 2026, a new New Testament
Sweden's Bible Society launched NT 2026, the first new Swedish New Testament since 1981, on 24 September. The Church of Sweden will give out 200,000.Joni's House Serbia opens for families living with disability
Joni and Friends said on 1 October that Joni's House Serbia is open in Opovo, a free disability centre it expects to serve 300 people a year.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.
