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spotify canada daily

1	Sabrina Carpenter : Taste
2	Shaboozey : A Bar Song (Tipsy)
3	Lady Gaga : Die With A Smile
4	Billie Eilish : BIRDS OF A FEATHER
5	Post Malone : I Had Some Help (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
6	Sabrina Carpenter : Espresso
7	Chappell Roan : Good Luck, Babe!
8	Sabrina Carpenter : Please Please Please
9	Benson Boone : Beautiful Things
10	Sabrina Carpenter : Bed Chem
11	Linkin Park : The Emptiness Machine
12	Dasha : Austin
13	Hozier : Too Sweet
14	Noah Kahan : Stick Season
15	Zach Bryan : I Remember Everything
16	Luke Combs : Ain't No Love In Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)
17	Kendrick Lamar : Not Like Us
18	Teddy Swims : Lose Control
19	Zach Bryan : Pink Skies
21	Hanumankind : Big Dawgs
22	Chappell Roan : HOT TO GO!
23	Tommy Richman : MILLION DOLLAR BABY
24	Michael Marcagi : Scared To Start

slashdot

-	The Shadow Dollar That's Fueling the Financial Underworld
-	TV News Overtaken By Digital Rivals For First Time in UK
-	Ford Seeks Patent For Tech That Listens To Driver Conversations To Serve Ads
-	Samsung Electronics Plans Global Job Cuts of Up To 30% in Some Divisions
-	Senate Leaders Ask FTC To Investigate AI Content Summaries As Anti-Competitive

sportsnet

-	The Top 23 NHL Prospects Under 23
-	NHL 2024-25 preview
-	NHL Division Rankings: Predicting how the Metro will shake out
-	Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews sharpening his tennis game with Steve Nash
-	Viktor Arvidsson addition further proof Oilers’ culture has flipped

ctv

-	FACT CHECK: A look at the false and misleading claims made during the Trump-Harris debate
-	Conservatives to put forward non-confidence motion in Trudeau government 'at earliest possible opportunity'
-	Mother of suspected Apalachee High School shooter apologizes to victims' families in open letter
-	Some restaurants have increased their default tip options. Canadians think you should give this much
-	Singh to talk policy priorities at second day of NDP caucus retreat

cnet

-	How to Maximize Your American Express Gold Card
-	Best Credit Cards for Good Credit Scores in September 2024
-	Best JBL Speakers
-	Best Light Therapy Lamps for 2024
-	6 Tips for Choosing a Rewards Credit Card

reuters

-	Exclusive: Samsung Electronics plans global job cuts of up to 30% in some divisions - Reuters
-	Sri Lanka's presidential election: Where are the women? - Reuters
-	Number of German insolvencies climbs further in August - Reuters
-	Iran's president visits Iraq amid Middle East tensions - Reuters
-	European shares rise on boost from tech, resources sectors - Reuters

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space

-	Spacewalking is the new domain of the rich as billionaire attempts first private spacewalk
-	Voyager 1 team accomplishes tricky thruster swap
-	National lab takes its radiation expertise to space
-	Using a space elevator to get resources from Ceres
-	SpaceX launches all-civilian crew for first private spacewalk

science daily

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new scientist

-	Huge new volcano has burst through the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io
-	Fish size themselves up in a mirror to decide if they can win a fight
-	When did humans leave the trees for the savannah – or did they at all?
-	Cloud atlas of Mars reveals an atmosphere unlike our own
-	Ants change the way they build nests to stop diseases spreading

Stocks

TSX	23,003.09	-24.06 -0.10%
S&P	5,464.75	-30.77 -0.56%
DOW	40,348.97	-387.99 -0.95%
NASDAQ	18,716.65	-112.49 -0.60%
GOOG	150.31	+0.32 +0.21%
IBM	206.34	+1.02 +0.50%
CSCO	48.29	-0.51 -1.05%
INTC	18.90	-0.08 -0.42%
AAPL	220.63	+0.91 +0.41%
CIEN	52.47	-0.36 -0.68%
NXP	225.01	-0.14 -0.06%
QCOM	162.26	+0.58 +0.36%
TESLA	222.79	-3.31 -1.46%
AMZN	178.47	-1.10 -0.61%
NFLX	671.58	-2.24 -0.33%
AMD	143.45	+0.60 +0.42%

Word of the Day

“If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.” - Sandy Dahl, wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl, in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in 2002

science blog

-	Valley Link: Project could markedly improve air quality in northern San Joaquin Valley
-	Neutrino Detector Marks Milestone in Hunt for Elusive Particle
-	Protein Modification May Hold Key to Reversing Cellular Aging
-	Mass production of metal nanowires possible by breakthrough technique

Born on this day

- Jacques-Louis David, French Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat), born in Paris (d. 1825)
- J. M. Dent, British publisher (Everyman's Library), born in Darlington, England (d. 1926)
- Nancy Wake, New Zealand-born World War II secret agent (Special Operations Executive), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2011)
- Sylvia Earle, American marine biologist, born in Gibbstown, New Jersey
- Molly Ivins, American political columnist and author, born in Monterey, California (d. 2007)
- Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat, born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Wojtek Fibak, Polish tennis star, born in Poznan, Poland
- Michael Wong, Chinese Malaysian singer, born in Ipoh, Malaysia

Weather fact of the day

On this date in 1987, slow moving thunderstorms poured on greater Chicago, Illinois. O'Hare Airport reported an 18-hour rainfall total of 9.35 inches. The flooding that resulted caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. The Kennedy Expressway, as well as many other roads, was closed.

Today in History

- American blacksmith Micah Rugg patents a nuts and bolts machine
- U-boats sink and damage 131 allied ships this month (639,946 tons)
- Battle at Alam Halfa: German and Italians assault
- Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
- Colorado Rockies bat out of order against Montreal Expos in 1st inning
- 19-year old Indonesian boy rescued after 49 days afloat when his floating fish trap became adrift
- Friedrich A Paneth, Austrian-British chemist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1958)
- Ramon Vinay, Chilean operatic tenor, born in Chillán, Chile (d. 1996)
- Charles "Chub" Feeney, American MLB executive (President of the National League), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994)
- Mario Boljat, Croatian soccer defender-midfielder (5 caps; Hajduk Split, Schalke 04), born in Split, Croatia (d. 2024)