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July 30, 2026
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☰ Top Movies
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☰ Spotify Canada
1=Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
2+2Drake : Janice STFU
3=Shakira : Dai Dai
4-2Morgan Wallen : Been By Now
5=Malcolm Todd : Earrings
6+1Ariana Grande : hate that i made you love me
7-1STELLA LEFTY : Boston
8+2Olivia Rodrigo : stupid song
9=Dominic Fike : Babydoll
10-2The Killers : Mr. Brightside
11+1Alex Warren : Ordinary
12-1Cameron Whitcomb : Kingdom of Fear
13+1Temper City : Self Aware
14+2KATSEYE : Animal
15=Olivia Dean : Man I Need
16-3Ella Langley : weren't for the wind
17=Justin Bieber : Beauty And A Beat
18=Michael Jackson : Billie Jean
19+1Olivia Rodrigo : the cure
20+1The Goo Goo Dolls : Iris
21-2Ella Langley : Be Her
22+4Lil Baby : Dead Fresh
23=Mac Miller : Cinderella
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7Wild46-24-12104
8Bruins45-27-10100
9Senators44-27-1199
10Penguins41-25-1698
11Flyers43-27-1298
12Capitals43-30-995
☰ slashdot
- Google Brings Its Age-Assurance Tech To Android Developers Worldwide
- GCC Adopts Policy Rejecting Significant AI-Generated Code
- Comcast Store Punished Low Sales By Smashing Pies In Workers' Faces, Lawsuit Claims
- Qantas Plane Flies For More Than 24 Hours In Record-Breaking Flight
- AI Companies Are Recruiting Electricians and Carpenters By the Thousands
☰ sportsnet
- What does deadline market look like for Blue Jays’ Springer, Varsho?
- UEFA to boycott World Cup over FIFA investment plan
- Report: Kevin Gausman says Blue Jays ‘not nearly as close-knit’ as 2025
- Which Skubal suitors have the most to offer Tigers in potential trade?
- Blue Jays’ trade chips: Ranking players who could be moved at deadline
☰ espn
- The 14 college football teams poised to break through and bounce back in 2026
- Belichick avoids GM comment amid UNC probe
- Pack legend Green reveals Parkinson's diagnosis
- Police: Romo had open bottle of alcohol in car
- UEFA to boycott World Cup over FIFA proposal
☰ global
- Montana man impales self on hiking pole, treks hours to reach hospital
- N.B. RCMP admit to unintentionally starting house fire with tear gas canister
- Group sues National Arts Centre over Shen Yun cancellation, raises foreign interference concerns
- 28K Manitoba Hydro customers without power after storm causes ‘extensive damage’
- Ontario wildfire situation moving in ‘reassuring direction’ despite heat
☰ Ars Technica
- Quantum computers outperform classical ones, with results you can trust
- New MCP specification addresses the main barrier to enterprise adoption
- Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commission
- Musk went to “war,” sought jail time for X ad boycotts—but case ends with a whimper
- Who wins and who loses after US bans foreign robots?
☰ nyt world
- Iran War Live Updates: Drone Attack in Egypt Threatens to Expand Fighting
- NATO Says Russian Missile Hit Poland During Ukraine Attack
- Cuba to Trump: We’re Open for Business
- As China’s A.I. Gets Stronger, It Poses New Risks to Beijing
- Wildfires in Greece Kill 3 Firefighters as Blazes Still Burn in France and Spain
☰ cbc
- European soccer nations agree to boycott FIFA competitions in protest of plan to sell stakes in World Cup
- France, Spain continue to battle unprecedented wildfires that have forced hundreds of thousands to flee
- WestJet flight attendants' union serves 72-hour strike notice
- Kids' birthday parties are getting more expensive. Should guests help pay for them?
- CBC identifies Canadian woman accused of spying at NATO military HQ
☰ space
- Scientists advance space agriculture for future moon and Mars missions
- Neptune's inner moons may be shattered remains of ancient icy worlds
- US to loosen environmental safeguards on space industry
- Martian space suits will need to be 40% lighter
- Could we send a spacecraft to a black hole?
☰ science daily
- Scientists found evolution repeating itself in the Galápagos Islands
- New microwave frying method could make french fries much healthier
- What if the brain does not create consciousness?
- Rice bran compound may help ease irritable bowel symptoms
- A forgotten fossil just revealed a new Triassic predator from 210 million years ago
☰ 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
- Earth's Biggest Mass Extinction Reveals Chilling Parallels to Today's World
- Color Blind? Just 3 Amino Acids Separate Red From Green Vision
- JWST May Have Just Found Heavy Water on an Alien World
- Brain Dramatically Remodels Its Cellular Composition, Starting in Midlife
☰ Weather Forecast
Fri 31 Jul

high: 26°C
Clearing
 Sat 1 Aug

high: 26°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Sun 2 Aug

high: 24°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Mon 3 Aug

high: 26°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Tue 4 Aug

high: 28°C
Sunny
Fri 31 Jul

high: 30°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Sat 1 Aug

high: 26°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Sun 2 Aug

high: 25°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Mon 3 Aug

high: 26°C
Sunny
 Tue 4 Aug

high: 28°C
Sunny
Fri 31 Jul

high: 28°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sat 1 Aug

high: 23°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Sun 2 Aug

high: 24°C
Rain
 Mon 3 Aug

high: 23°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 4 Aug

high: 29°C
Sunny
Fri 31 Jul

high: 26°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
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high: 25°C
Cloudy
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high: 24°C
Showers
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high: 21°C
Showers
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high: 28°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Fri 31 Jul

high: 21°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Sat 1 Aug

high: 28°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sun 2 Aug

high: 27°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 3 Aug

high: 24°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Tue 4 Aug

high: 24°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Fri 31 Jul

high: 21°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sat 1 Aug

high: 23°C
Cloudy
 Sun 2 Aug

high: 22°C
Showers
 Mon 3 Aug

high: 21°C
Showers
 Tue 4 Aug

high: 22°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Fri 31 Jul

high: 24°C
Mainly sunny
 Sat 1 Aug

high: 20°C
Periods of rain
 Sun 2 Aug

high: 21°C
Sunny
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high: 22°C
Sunny
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high: 23°C
Sunny
Fri 31 Jul

high: 31°C
Sunny
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high: 33°C
Sunny
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high: 19°C
Sunny
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high: 19°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Tue 4 Aug

high: 23°C
A mix of sun and cloud
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MSFT 455.31 +62.92   +16.04%
AMZN 238.96 +12.31   +5.43%
META 531.29 -55.91   -9.52%
NVDA 193.91 +3.69   +1.94%
TESLA 306.65 +8.30   +2.78%
NFLX 72.78 -0.86   -1.17%
AMD 483.79 +54.65   +12.73%
INTC 92.10 +10.29   +12.58%
QCOM 152.55 -2.45   -1.58%
NXP 249.82 +8.66   +3.59%
AVGO 385.60 +15.45   +4.17%
IBM 221.94 -4.63   -2.04%
CSCO 113.26 +0.78   +0.69%
ORCL 124.93 +7.14   +6.06%
CRM 179.19 -9.23   -4.90%
ADBE 246.96 -16.36   -6.21%
CIEN 364.38 +33.86   +10.24%
JPM 350.85 +6.05   +1.75%
BAC 61.67 +0.59   +0.97%
GS 1,019.53 +38.76   +3.95%
VISA 364.31 -4.81   -1.30%
MA 576.32 +12.92   +2.29%
WMT 110.90 -3.32   -2.91%
KO 88.10 -1.04   -1.17%
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☰ Word of the Day
depurate

verb tr.: To cleanse or purify.
☰ Thought of the Day
"[There is] only one good, that is, knowledge, and only one evil, that is, ignorance; wealth and good birth bring their possessor no dignity, but on the contrary evil." - Socrates, quoted by Xenophon in the Symposium.
☰ Born on this day
- Richard Johnson, British stage and screen actor and producer (Never So Few; Restless; Beyond the Door), born in Upminster, England (d. 2015)
- Joe Nuxhall, American MLB baseball pitcher (youngest MLB player at 15 years, 316 days - Cincinnati Reds) and sportscaster, born in Hamilton, Ohio (d. 2007)
- John Siomos, American session and touring rock drummer (Peter Frampton; Todd Rundgren), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2004)
- Bert Oosterbosch, Dutch cyclist, born in Eindhoven, Netherlands (d. 1989)
- Petra Felke, German javelin thrower (world record 1988), born in Saalfeld, East Germany
- Reggie Roby, American NFL football punter (3 × Pro Bowl; NFL 1980s All-Decade Team; Miami Dolphins), born in Waterloo, Iowa (d. 2005)
- Jay Feaster, American NHL hockey league executive, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Charles Gordon, CFL defensive back (Montreal Alouettes), born in Tampa, Florida
☰ Weather News
- HEART Force: Students help solve community problems
- West Coast Gray Whale Population Increases
- Humpback whale freed in Alaska
☰ Today in History
- Johan de Witt is sworn in as the Grand Pensionary of Holland
- Battle of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Confederate forces under McCausland burn the town of Chambersburg
- Staten Island Ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100
- Filipinos elect their first legislature, which will meet on 16 October
- Hollie Roffey, aged 10 days, is the youngest person to ever receive a heart transplant and survives 28 days
- Eugenio Terziani, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1889)
- Elon John Farnsworth, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Green Oak, Michigan (d. 1863)
- Ľudovít Rajter, Slovak composer and conductor, born in Pezinok, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 2000)
- Victor Wong, American actor (Big Trouble in Little China), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2001)
- Jason Robinson, English dual-code rugby player, born in Leeds, United Kingdom

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