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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.
The Office for National Statistics revised UK business investment growth up to 1.8% for April to June 2026 from 1.7%, while whole economy investment was revised down to 0.9% from 1.2% because central government investment fell 2.9%. Business investment was revised by 0.6 percentage points on average each quarter since early 2025, and the next release on 12 November 2026 can move the figures again.
Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5 puts a 1M-token model at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens for prompts up to 100,000 tokens, with five times those rates above that line. Here is what the tier buys, which jobs it fits and when Sonnet 5.5 or Opus 5.5 remains the better choice.
The FTC reached a proposed settlement with Greenway Auto Group over allegedly misleading vehicle prices. Its staff guidance says dealer-required fees belong in the advertised total; the order still needs a judge’s approval.
Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 economics prize for work behind New Keynesian models. Their research helps explain how central banks respond to supply shocks.
The 78th Emmys unfolded on September 5, 6 and 14, with the first two nights combined for an FXX broadcast. Widow’s Bay won 14 awards, a comedy-series record; here is where each night aired and which records changed.
India finished fourth at Aichi-Nagoya with 85 medals. Athletics, shooting and archery contributed 48; India and Uzbekistan tied on golds, with the table showing India ahead on silver and bronze.
