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January 29, 2026
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☰ slashdot
- US Life Expectancy Jumps To a Record 79 Years
- Microsoft Admits Windows 11 Has a Trust Problem, Promises To Focus on Fixes in 2026
- Why Private Equity Is Suddenly Awash With Zombie Firms
- Apple's Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever Is a Startup That Interprets Silent Speech
- Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations
☰ cbc sports
- 'Grandma' gold: Canadian snowboard legend Mark McMorris knows Olympic victory carries special meaning
- Olympic stars Kingsbury, Thompson chosen as Canada's flag-bearers for Milano-Cortina Games
- Connor McDavid eager for Olympic opportunity — and a gold medal
- Playoff-bound Selena Sturmay charges late to avoid upset loss at Tournament of Hearts
- In life and in art: How an Indigenous artist used 2026 Olympic curling uniforms to share her heritage
☰ espn
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- Ravens' Minter: I want to build bond with Lamar
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- Survey: Parents a top reason youth coaches quit
☰ global
- More than 500 Ontario autoworkers prepare for layoffs to hit as GM cuts shift
- Neqotkuk First Nation wants Indigenous-led policing agency after fatal RCMP shooting
- Ontario’s police watchdog not investigating alleged assault on lawyer at courthouse
- Protest campaign planned as Alberta government workers forced back to the office
- Quebec private doctors challenge law forcing five years of public system work
☰ Ars Technica
- County pays $600,000 to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security
- New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research
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☰ reuters
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☰ cbc
- PM says he expects U.S. to 'respect Canadian sovereignty' after Alberta separatists meet with Trump team
- Stepfather of missing N.S. children facing charges involving adult
- B.C. premier says Alberta separatists seeking assistance from U.S. is 'treason'
- Misleading videos on social media are targeting travellers to Canada for FIFA World Cup
- General Motors to lay off up to 1,200 workers in Oshawa, Ont., on Friday
☰ space
- Burning satellites in the stratosphere: Emerging questions for climate
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- After switch from ULA, SpaceX knocks out speedy national security launch
- NASA testing advances space nuclear propulsion capabilities
- NASA's Artemis II crewed mission to the moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo
☰ science daily
- A simple blood test could spot Parkinson’s years before symptoms
- Ancient oceans stayed oxygen rich despite extreme warming
- Scientists found a way to cool quantum computers using noise
- Helping with grandkids may slow cognitive decline
- Long-term alcohol use linked to a sharp rise in rectal cancer
☰ new scientist
- Polar bears are getting fatter in the fastest-warming place on Earth
- Faecal transplants could boost the effectiveness of cancer treatments
- The universe may be hiding a fundamentally unknowable quantum secret
- This virus infects most of us – but why do only some get very ill?
- How your health is being commodified by social media
☰ science blog
- Paper That Repels Water Like Plastic But Dissolves When You’re Done With It
- Blood Test Could Catch Parkinson’s Years Before Symptoms Strike
- Link Found Between Oral Bacteria, Schizophrenia
- Sticky End of Cold Gel: How Tamarind Seeds Could Transform Ultrasound
☰ Weather Forecast
Fri 30 Jan

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pop: 30%
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high: -3°C
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high: -8°C
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high: -9°C
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☰ Word of the Day
reciprocate

verb (rih-SIP-ruh-kayt)

To reciprocate is to do something for or to someone who has done something similar for or to you. Reciprocate can also mean “to have (a feeling) for someone who has the same feeling for you.”

☰ Thought of the Day
"Truth never damages a cause that is just." - Mahatma Gandhi
☰ Born on this day
- Franklin Gardner, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in New York City (d. 1873)
- William McKinley, 25th US President (Republican: 1897-1901), born in Niles, Ohio (d. 1901)
- Lee Shau-Kee, Hong Kong real estate tycoon, philanthropist and founder of Henderson Land Development, born in Shunde, China (d. 2025)
- John Junkin, British actor and scriptwriter (A Hard Day's Night), born in Ealing, Middlesex (d. 2006)
- Justino DÍaz, Puerto Rican opera singer, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Gegham Grigorian, Armenian operatic tenor, and artistic director (Yerevan Opera, 2000-07), born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2016)
- Dick Manitoba, American punk rock singer (The Dictators), born in New York City
- Jac Bico [van Bekhoven], Dutch guitarist and singer-songwriter (Tambourine; Piu Piu), born in Oosterhout, Netherlands
☰ Weather News
- NOAA Fisheries Knauss Fellow feature: Meet Rachel Roday
- 30 years and counting: How community science helps track humpback whales across Hawaiʻi
- Sea Grant announces 2025-2026 fellowship selections
☰ Today in History
- King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, at Cornell University, incorporates
- Wayne Garland, baseball's first millionaire free agent, is waived by the Indians
- Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England, Adelaide
- Australian Open Women's Tennis: Kim Clijsters wins her 4th and final Grand Slam title; beats Li Na of China 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Francisco Santiago, Filipino pianist, composer (Taga-ilog Symphony), conductor, and pedagogue, born in Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines (d. 1947)
- Katharine Ross, American actress (Graduate, Francesca-Colbys), born in Hollywood, California
- Felice Taylor, American RandB singer ("I Feel Love Comin' On"), born in Richmond, California (d. 2017)
- Maarika Järvi, Estonian-American classical flautist), born in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, US
- Sean Burke, Canadian ice hockey goalie (NHL All-Star 1989, 2001, 02; Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes; Canada Cup gold 1991), born in Toronto, Ontario

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