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CD Projekt Red released patch 5.01 for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered on October 8, 2026, fixing a save file data issue, settings that reset on PlayStation 5 and on PC, and boats that moved uncontrollably. A Switch 2 parity update is still in progress.
Max Verstappen won his first Singapore Grand Prix on October 11, holding off Charles Leclerc by 7.335 seconds at Marina Bay. The next scheduled round is the United States Grand Prix, October 23 to 25.
Firefox 157 refreshes browser controls, brings compact density into Settings, and adds functional changes for video calls and security warnings. Here is where to enable Compact.
Seattle approved and signed an ordinance restricting personal-data-based prices at covered grocery businesses. The main pricing provisions are scheduled to begin Sept. 1, 2027.
Elena Rybakina had secured her first week at WTA No. 1 after the 2026 US Open quarterfinals, before she beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final. The ranking took effect on September 14.
The IRL Rugby League World Cup 2026 starts on 15 October with Australia against New Zealand in Sydney and ends with the finals on 15 November. The IRL says the three tournaments cover 53 matches in nine cities, with every match streamed on Premier Sports Player in 129 more countries.
Homebrew 7.0.0 arrived on 13 September 2026 with faster concurrent installs, a tighter sandbox, the official BrewUI macOS app and a built-in brew vulns scanner. The same release ends macOS 10.15 support and moves every Intel Mac to Tier 3, where bottles are rarely built.
uv 0.13.0 makes Python 3.15 the default stable interpreter, but the change only affects what uv downloads, so an existing environment or a pinned version stays put. The upgrade also resets parts of the cache and adds breaking changes to hash checking, editable requirements and tar archives.
UK public sector net borrowing was £18.3 billion in August 2026, £2.9 billion more than a year earlier and £3.5 billion above the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast, while borrowing for the financial year to August was £2.2 billion below the same period last year but £8.1 billion above forecast. Net debt was provisionally estimated at £2,985.5 billion, or 93.8% of GDP, five weeks before the Budget on 28 October.
First-round voting for the 2027 Grammys opened on October 12 with Best Asian Pop Music Performance on the ballot for the first time. The category requires meaningful use of an Asian language, and BTS, Stray Kids and, as reported, Drake are not among the submissions.
Fortnite's 99 Nights in the Forest crossover is part of Fortnitemares 2026, which Epic says runs until November 1. The Deer outfit costs 1,500 V-Bucks and the bundle 2,000, while The Deer Sprite is found in Pumpkin Chests during matches, and Epic has published no removal date for the shop items.
The Office for National Statistics published a methodology article on 21 September 2026 setting out how it will build an artificial intelligence thematic account for the UK national accounts, using the System of National Accounts 2025 definition and 23 product categories, with a prototype window in 2027 and an experimental account targeted for March 2028. Its own surveys show AI use by businesses with 10 or more employees rising from about 12% in 2023 to around 35% in the June 2026 wave, which the ONS says is still a large step from a value-based estimate.
