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October 08, 2026
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☰ Top Movies
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☰ Spotify Canada
1=Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
2=Taylor Swift : Patient Zero
3=Drake : Quebec
4+1ADÉLA : Nicole Kidman
5-1Drake : Solar Eclipse
6=Drake : Cold Shoulder
7=Malcolm Todd : Earrings
8=STELLA LEFTY : Boston
9=Olivia Rodrigo : stupid song
10+1Drake : Janice STFU
11-1Olivia Rodrigo : the cure
12=ADÉLA : Ain't In LA
13=The Killers : Mr. Brightside
14+6Ashe : Stop The Wedding!
15-1Noah Kahan : Draw You Out
16=The Goo Goo Dolls : Iris
17-2Temper City : Self Aware
18-1Tame Impala : Loser
19-1Cameron Whitcomb : Kingdom of Fear
20-1The Neighbourhood : Sweater Weather
21+2Alex Warren : Ordinary
22-1Whiskey Myers : Broken Window Serenade
23+1Olivia Dean : Man I Need
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8Wild2-0-15
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☰ slashdot
- Chrome 155 Ships Decoding Support For JPEG XL
- OpenAI Unleashes Hundreds More Math Results Upon a Field Already In Shock
- Campus Censorship Wars, 25 Years After a Slashdot Q&A
- Google, Unity Launch Platform To Create Video Games From Prompts
- Microsoft and Nvidia Unveil Surface Laptop Ultra For $2,599
☰ sportsnet
- Oilers flip script on Ducks with dominant final 40: ‘We got competitive’
- How Okamoto’s success can impact Blue Jays’ push into Japanese market 
- Why spectator interference was the right call on Volpe’s hit
- Rays advance to ALCS with three-game sweep of Yankees
- Brewers eliminate Padres with Game 4 win, advance to NLCS
☰ espn
- Barnwell's NFL quarter-season awards: The top candidates to win MVP, Rookie of the Year, more
- Intel on Week 5: What we're hearing on key injuries, potential trades, early coaching buzz
- Fan called for interference in Bronx as Yankees lose out on tying, 2-run HR
- Mizzou freshman Jones receives heart transplant, recovering in hospital
- NFL asks SCOTUS to take up prediction market case
☰ global
- Belleville officer ‘improving each day’ after synagogue shooting: chief
- Nearly 1 in 4 Canadians and half of Gen Z have a side hustle, survey finds
- Police used unlawful warrants in former Prince Andrew property seizure, U.K. judge says
- ‘Caught in the middle’ More than 500 private career colleges impacted by OSAP freeze
- Cost of medicines from Canada set to soar for millions of Americans
☰ Ars Technica
- ExxonMobil's own scientists doubted climate fixes the company hyped
- Nvidia's big bet on physical AI aims for safer robotaxis, humanoid robots
- A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets—now she's a Kalshi lobbyist
- Microsoft event debuts new AI-friendly hardware and Windows changes
- “Software is over”: Bold AI developer takes aim at Adobe with open source clones
☰ nyt world
- How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel
- Warrants to Search Former Prince Andrew’s Properties Were Unlawful, Court Finds
- Live Updates: Students Rally in France for Second Day of Mass Protests in a Week
- China Expands Its Military Reach by Building a Base in Laos
- Escalating Assaults on Ukrainian Cities Are Producing an Enormous Toll
☰ cbc
- Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro charged with torture, other crimes in new indictment
- How anti-COVID activism injected life into Alberta's separatist movement
- Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
- The Democrats are surging as the U.S. midterms near. Here's the data that has Trump's Republicans spooked
- Is it better to buy or rent?
☰ space
- Largest 2D map of the universe helps scientists discover new gravitational lenses
- Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on NASA's Apollo program, dead at 90
- Simulated moon soil and recyclable thermoplastics could help build future space infrastructure
- To keep GPS constellations from drifting, look to the moon
- X-rays and AI reveal how spacecraft heat shields burn in real time
☰ science daily
- NASA is searching for hidden caves to build its first Moon base
- Scientists accidentally discover a genetic code that breaks the rules of life
- Scientists warn a popular vitamin D supplement may have a hidden downside
- This “golden tree” coral was too strange for any known family
- Scientists found Homo erectus 200,000 years earlier than expected
☰ new scientist
- How to maximise the mental health benefits of your vacation
- Strange paraparticles could be reality’s missing ingredient
- Cloudy skies have slowed global warming – but that may be changing
- Hunter-gatherers introduced fish to a mountain lake 7000 years ago
- Using AI for creative pursuits? Moderation is key
☰ science alert
- Ever Heard of The Nordic Diet? Large Study Finds It Could Help You Live Longer
- First Images of DNA 'Zipping' Together Confirm a 20-Year-Old Prediction
- Scientists Identify a Small Village in Italy Where Women Live Exceptionally Long Lives
- One Everyday Habit Is Linked to 49% Higher Risk of Eating Disorder Symptoms in Teens
☰ Weather Forecast
Fri 9 Oct

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 15°C
Sunny
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 22°C
Cloudy
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 18°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 12°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
Fri 9 Oct

high: 18°C
Increasing cloudiness
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 20°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 20°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 20°C
Cloudy
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 14°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Fri 9 Oct

high: 14°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 15°C
Sunny
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 19°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 19°C
Cloudy
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 11°C
Periods of rain
Fri 9 Oct

high: 11°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 12°C
Sunny
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 18°C
Sunny
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 17°C
Periods of rain
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 8°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Fri 9 Oct

high: 14°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 12°C
Sunny
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 14°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 21°C
Cloudy
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 9°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Fri 9 Oct

high: 9°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 9°C
Sunny
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 17°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 13°C
Rain
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 5°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Fri 9 Oct

high: 15°C
Rain
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 15°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 16°C
Sunny
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 14°C
Sunny
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 16°C
Cloudy
Fri 9 Oct

high: 19°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 2°C
Chance of rain showers or flurries
pop: 60%
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 3°C
Cloudy
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 11°C
Sunny
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 16°C
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GOOG 348.88 +1.65   +0.48%
MSFT 531.27 +1.51   +0.29%
AMZN 259.41 -0.51   -0.20%
META 723.12 +1.81   +0.25%
NVDA 236.76 -0.66   -0.28%
TESLA 373.38 -4.43   -1.17%
NFLX 71.22 +1.52   +2.17%
AMD 637.53 -8.33   -1.29%
INTC 110.10 -3.02   -2.67%
QCOM 173.93 -3.19   -1.80%
NXP 227.41 -7.77   -3.30%
AVGO 371.35 -5.16   -1.37%
IBM 219.92 -0.59   -0.27%
CSCO 116.80 -0.59   -0.50%
ORCL 141.78 -2.29   -1.59%
CRM 223.64 -0.88   -0.39%
ADBE 234.03 +1.29   +0.56%
CIEN 438.74 -7.72   -1.73%
JPM 327.23 -2.29   -0.69%
BAC 52.79 -0.74   -1.38%
GS 884.03 -2.96   -0.33%
VISA 375.89 +3.88   +1.04%
MA 576.73 +6.54   +1.15%
WMT 109.81 +1.65   +1.53%
KO 86.90 +1.10   +1.28%
PEP 126.21 +2.48   +2.00%
DIS 105.55 +0.77   +0.73%
MCD 234.94 +4.08   +1.77%
NKE 34.31 -0.05   -0.16%
BA 185.86 -2.43   -1.29%
XOM 167.99 +3.93   +2.40%
CVX 210.96 +5.77   +2.81%
☰ Word of the Day
vinous

adjective: 1. Relating to, resembling, or containing wine. 2. Having the color of red wine. 3. Given to drinking wine excessively, or showing the effects of doing so.
☰ Thought of the Day
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings. - William Shakespeare, from Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene 2.
☰ Born on this day
- Giulio Caccini, Italian composer, violist, tenor, and teacher, born in Florence, Republic of Florence (d. 1610)
- Maximilian Henry of Bayern, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim and Bishop of Liège, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1688)
- Michel-Julien Mathieu, French composer, born in Fontainebleau, France (d. 1777)
- Max Slevogt, German painter, born in Landshut, Germany (d. 1932)
- Chen Duxiu, Chinese revolutionary socialist and author who co-founded the Chinese Communist Party with Li Dazhao and was the 1st General Secretary (1921-27), born in Anqing, Anhui, Qing dynasty of China (d. 1927)
- Ernest Douwes Dekker, Indo-Dutch nationalist and founder of National-India Party, born in Pasuruan, Malang, Indonesia (d. 1950)
- Dick Burnett, American musician ("Man of Constant Sorrow"), born in Monticello, Kentucky (d. 1977)
- Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player (World Champion 1970, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78; Pot Black 1969, 78), born in Tredegar, Wales (d. 2024)
☰ Weather News
- Large-scale marine debris: 4 ways to clean up the big stuff
- Olive ridley sea turtles nest in California for the first time
- Weekend nor’easter likely to bring damaging winds, coastal flooding
☰ Today in History
- British forces lay siege to the French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve
- Treaty of Ried between Bavaria and Austria
- Spyros Markezinis forms a government in Greece
- Fire in the Space Needle causes evacuation and results in damages of $2,000 in Seattle, Washington
- Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian protesters
- John Ruggles, American politician, born in Westborough, Massachusetts (d. 1874)
- César Milstein, Argentine biochemist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1984), born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina (d. 2002)
- Ray Handley, American football coach (HC New York Giants 1991-92; Super Bowl XXI, XXV NY Giants assistant coach), born in Artesia, New Mexico (d. 2026)
- Tony Eason, American football quarterback (New England Patriots), born in Blythe, California
- Martin Mayhew, American NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Daytona Beach, California

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