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February 21, 2026
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☰ slashdot
- OpenAI's First ChatGPT Gadget Could Be a Smart Speaker With a Camera
- NASA Eyes March 6 To Launch 4 Astronauts To the Moon On Artemis II Mission
- Fury Over Discord's Age Checks Explodes After Shady Persona Test In UK
- Pinterest Is Drowning in a Sea of AI Slop and Auto-Moderation
- Meta's Metaverse Leaves Virtual Reality
☰ cbc sports
- In a game that had room for him to be the special one, Nathan MacKinnon took it
- As one star from Cole Harbour, N.S. is forced to only watch, another plays hero
- Canada's Brendan MacKay wins bronze in men's freeski halfpipe
- Canadian speed skater Valérie Maltais takes surprising bronze in women's 1,500m
- MacKinnon sends Canada to gold-medal game after sinking Finns with game winner in dying seconds
☰ espn
- U.S. cruises to set up 'exciting' Canada showdown
- Mayweather to unretire after Tyson exhibition
- UCLA's Cronin apologizes to player for ejection
- Smith-Njigba: Believe I deserve to be top-paid WR
- VCU left with 4 players after late fracas with SLU
☰ global
- Board of Metro Vancouver’s CAO tight-lipped about status, cost of ‘leak’ investigation
- Trump keeps carveout under CUSMA in new 10 per cent global tariff
- Barrie Colts win their 9th straight game 5-1 over the London Knights
- Montreal promises new approach to homeless with encampment ‘tolerance zones’
- City of Kelowna security patrols should be expanded to Rutland, business owners say
☰ Ars Technica
- After fueling test, optimism grows for March launch of Artemis II to the Moon
- Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer steps down after 38 years with company
- MAHA moms threaten to turn this car around as RFK Jr. flips on pesticide
- Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK
- FCC asks stations for "pro-America" programming, like daily Pledge of Allegiance
☰ reuters
- Trump furious after Supreme Court upends his global tariffs, imposes new 10% levy - Reuters
- Trump meets Vietnam leader, vows to remove Hanoi from restricted lists - Reuters
- USTR expects new Section 301 probes to cover most major trading partners - Reuters
- Toymaker assesses next steps in US Supreme Court tariff refund battle - Reuters
- US FDA approves Vanda's antipsychotic pill, shares climb - Reuters
☰ cbc
- What's next for Trump's tariffs after Supreme Court ruling
- What to know about the Gordie Howe Windsor-Detroit bridge at the centre of Donald Trump's threats
- Fears Ontario's student aid program will bring huge debt, put higher education out of reach
- Ahead of budget bill vote, veterans plead with Ottawa to change course
- India is going all-in on AI data centres. The environmental costs will have to wait
☰ space
- SpaceX rocket left behind a plume of chemical pollution as it burnt up in the atmosphere
- NASA targets March for first moon mission by Artemis astronauts after fueling test success
- Atom-thin electronics withstand space radiation, potentially surviving for centuries in orbit
- A 'blood moon' is coming to the US in March—and the next good one isn't until 2029
- NASA boss blasts Boeing and space agency managers for Starliner's botched astronaut flight
☰ science daily
- Common pneumonia bacterium may fuel Alzheimer’s disease
- Air pollution linked to higher Alzheimer’s risk in 28 million older Americans
- Oxford breakthrough could make lithium-ion batteries charge faster and last much longer
- Scientists uncover oxygen-loving ancestor of all complex life
- Scientists find cancer-linked chemicals in popular hair extensions
☰ new scientist
- What to read this week: The Laws of Thought by Tom Griffiths
- Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever chemicals
- Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can
- Nobel prizewinner Omar Yaghi says his invention will change the world
- Humans are the only primates with a chin – now we finally know why
☰ science blog
- Uranus Has Been Quietly Cooling For Decades And Now We Know Why It Matters
- Peeking Inside the Secret Lives of AI Chatbots
- Our Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios for a Warming Antarctica
- A Little Fish Looks in the Mirror and Recognises Itself — in Half an Hour
☰ Weather Forecast
Sun 22 Feb

high: -3°C
Periods of snow
 Mon 23 Feb

high: -2°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 30%
 Tue 24 Feb

high: -10°C
Sunny
 Wed 25 Feb

high: -4°C
Cloudy
 Thu 26 Feb

high: 1°C
Chance of snow or rain
pop: 60%
Sun 22 Feb

high: 1°C
Periods of snow
 Mon 23 Feb

high: -3°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 40%
 Tue 24 Feb

high: -5°C
Sunny
 Wed 25 Feb

high: 1°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 30%
 Thu 26 Feb

high: 1°C
Chance of snow or rain
pop: 60%
Sun 22 Feb

high: -1°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 40%
 Mon 23 Feb

high: -2°C
Cloudy
 Tue 24 Feb

high: -10°C
Sunny
 Wed 25 Feb

high: -6°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 60%
 Thu 26 Feb

high: -1°C
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pop: 60%
Sun 22 Feb

high: -2°C
Sunny
 Mon 23 Feb

high: -3°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Tue 24 Feb

high: -8°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 25 Feb

high: -8°C
Sunny
 Thu 26 Feb

high: -2°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 60%
Sun 22 Feb

high: 2°C
Sunny
 Mon 23 Feb

high: -4°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 30%
 Tue 24 Feb

high: -2°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 60%
 Wed 25 Feb

high: -5°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Thu 26 Feb

high: 1°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 60%
Sun 22 Feb

high: -3°C
Sunny
 Mon 23 Feb

high: -7°C
Cloudy
 Tue 24 Feb

high: -8°C
Cloudy
 Wed 25 Feb

high: -8°C
Sunny
 Thu 26 Feb

high: -4°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 60%
Sat 21 Feb

high: 8°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Sun 22 Feb

high: 10°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Mon 23 Feb

high: 10°C
Showers
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high: 7°C
Rain
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high: 9°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Sat 21 Feb

high: -12°C
Mainly sunny
 Sun 22 Feb

high: -9°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 23 Feb

high: -4°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Tue 24 Feb

high: 0°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 25 Feb

high: 8°C
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TESLA 411.71 -0.05   -0.01%
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INTC 44.12 -0.49   -1.10%
QCOM 142.88 +1.63   +1.15%
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AVGO 332.59 -1.33   -0.40%
IBM 257.28 +0.89   +0.35%
CSCO 79.22 +0.66   +0.84%
ORCL 148.10 -8.49   -5.42%
CRM 185.22 -0.07   -0.04%
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XOM 147.31 -3.63   -2.40%
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☰ Word of the Day
laconic

adjective (luh-KAH-nik)

Laconic describes someone or something communicating with few words. Laconic can more narrowly mean "concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious."

☰ Thought of the Day
"Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it." - Lindsey Vonn
☰ Born on this day
- Justus van Effen, Dutch writer (founded Holland Spectator), born in Utrecht (d. 1735)
- Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer, won naval victory in Battle of Quiberon Bay, born in London (d. 1781)
- Catharina of Württemberg, Queen consort of Westphalia (1807-13) as wife of Jérôme Bonaparte, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1835)
- John Henry Winder, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Somerset County, Maryland (d. 1865)
- (Clement) Léo Delibes, French romantic composer (Coppélia; Sylvia; Le roi l'a dit; Lakmé), born in Saint-Germain-du-Val, France (d. 1891)
- Jeanne Aubert [Perrinot], French stage, silent and sound screen actress, and singer, born in Paris (d. 1988)
- Bruno Bolchi, Italian soccer midfielder (4 caps; Inter, Verona, Atalanta, Torino) and manager (AC Cesena, Bari, Messina, Genoa), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2022)
- Larry Ragland, American comedian (Keep on Truckin'), born in Richmond, Virginia
☰ Weather News
- ProTech Weather 2.0 is Live
- Show seafood — and your heart — some love
- NOAA installs new PORTS® in Boston Harbor
☰ Today in History
- Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
- US Congress resolves establishment of a US mint
- Battle of Verdun begins with a German offensive, leads to an estimated 1 million casualties, and becomes the longest battle of the entire war (9 months)
- Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation
- "Empire Strikes Back, special edition" premieres
- Henry Kloss, American audio engineer (acoustic loudspeaker), born in Altoona, Pennsylvania (d. 2002)
- Richard Beymer, American stage actor and singer (West Side Story; Diary of Anne Frank), born in Avoca, Iowa
- Sahle-Work Zewde, Ethiopian diplomat, President of Ethiopia (2018-), born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Christopher Atkins, American actor (Peter-Dallas, Blue Lagoon), born in Rye, New York
- Tony Meola, American footballer, born in Belleville, New Jersey

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