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October 04, 2026
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14-2The Killers : Mr. Brightside
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☰ slashdot
- Three EU Officials Not Sold on Europe's Homegrown Alternative to Microsoft Teams
- This Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won't Let Go of It
- Physicists Identify 'Octupolar' Magnetism, With Implications for Quantum Technologies
- Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras
- As 'Falcon Heavy' Launches, SpaceX Plans Dragon and Falcon 9 Phase Out As Starship Ramps Up
☰ sportsnet
- ‘Lots of iron’: Maple Leafs’ loss to Senators not all puck luck
- ‘Didn’t give up a touchdown’: Oilers lock down tidy win over Kraken
- Canadiens know bad second-period habits must be addressed with urgency
- Canucks Takeaways: Third-period scoring spree continues in win over Flames
- Gotta See It: Padres’ France ruled out after potential go-ahead HR hits roof
☰ espn
- Brewers escape as Padres' potential go-ahead HR hits roof, falls for out
- Rasmussen sweeps Yankees' lefties aside in near-perfect Game 1
- Sullivan, 17, becomes youngest USMNT scorer with stunner in win vs. Mexico
- Smith to Heisman voters after record day: 'I'm the best player in the country'
- UFC 332 smashes record with nine first-round knockouts, 11 total finishes
☰ global
- Merilainen making most of chance with Canucks
- Oilers find defensive footing in win over Kraken
- Sens open post-Tkachuk era with victory over Leafs
- Alouettes top Bombers 37-10, clinch East Division
- Halliday scores winner, Senators top Maple Leafs
☰ Ars Technica
- Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
- The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton
- Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
- Someone got Doom in an SQL database
- Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
☰ nyt world
- Japan Protests After U.S. Marine Is Accused of Killing Woman in Okinawa
- How FlyDubai Passengers and Crew Averted Disaster After Pilot Was Stabbed During Flight
- Separatists Are Poised to Win Quebec’s Election. Independence Is Still a Hard Sell.
- Omani Co-Pilot on FlyDubai Flight Is Said to Have Extremist Views
- American High School Students Are Selling Guns Bound for Cartels
☰ cbc
- Florida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill
- What we know about an Ontario air ambulance that went missing off U.S. coast with 6 on board
- 'The Night of the UFOs': Remembering the Oct. 4, 1967, skies over Nova Scotia
- Cornell president calls alleged gang rape 'deeply disturbing,' pledges greater transparency
- Mark Carney for Nobel Peace Prize? Probably not, but his name's out there
☰ space
- Team selected for NASA program to explore potential lunar cave
- SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on a fast track to the International Space Station
- Starship's first orbital flight put its heat shield to the test
- SpaceX's Starship rocket does its job during first orbital flight
- NASA announces new missions for Boeing Starliner spacecraft
☰ science daily
- This protective enzyme could help stop fatty liver disease from getting worse
- ESA’s Juice just used Earth as a slingshot to Jupiter
- NASA’s Roman telescope just opened its planet-hunting eye
- Chang’e-6 lunar soil contains a surprising magnetic time capsule
- Powerful simulations reveal how the first stars changed the universe
☰ 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
- Pomegranate Compound Improves Heart Function Up to 80% in Mice With Heart Failure
- Brain Scans of 24 People With Long COVID Reveal Signs of Injury to Dopamine Neurons
- We May Have Been Wrong About Fasting Before Blood Tests, Study Reveals
- This Dangerous Fungus Has Become Resistant to Every Major Antifungal Drug We Have… Twice
☰ Weather Forecast
Mon 5 Oct

high: 12°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 12°C
Sunny
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 17°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 18°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Fri 9 Oct

high: 16°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Mon 5 Oct

high: 16°C
Mainly sunny
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 16°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 20°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 20°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Fri 9 Oct

high: 19°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Mon 5 Oct

high: 10°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 14°C
Sunny
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 16°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 17°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Fri 9 Oct

high: 14°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Mon 5 Oct

high: 12°C
Showers
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 11°C
Cloudy
 Wed 7 Oct

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

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Fri 9 Oct

high: 12°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Mon 5 Oct

high: 16°C
Showers
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 13°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 15°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 20°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Fri 9 Oct

high: 15°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Mon 5 Oct

high: 11°C
Showers
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 8°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 9°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 12°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Fri 9 Oct

high: 9°C
Cloudy
Sun 4 Oct

high: 18°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 17°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 16°C
Cloudy
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 18°C
Sunny
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 19°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Sun 4 Oct

high: 20°C
Sunny
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 22°C
Sunny
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 19°C
Sunny
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 15°C
Sunny
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 15°C
A mix of sun and cloud
☰ Stocks ⚙
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TSX 35,154.76 -81.11   -0.23%
S&P 7,722.72 +56.27   +0.73%
DOW 51,176.96 +250.40   +0.49%
NASDAQ 30,807.93 +306.37   +1.00%
AAPL 333.77 +3.32   +1.00%
GOOG 340.42 +5.48   +1.64%
MSFT 517.75 +4.78   +0.93%
AMZN 251.50 +3.22   +1.30%
META 728.04 +1.93   +0.27%
NVDA 233.97 0.00   0.00%
TESLA 370.66 +16.48   +4.65%
NFLX 67.07 -0.79   -1.16%
AMD 633.80 +18.15   +2.95%
INTC 119.33 -0.63   -0.53%
QCOM 184.82 +2.65   +1.45%
NXP 243.75 +4.69   +1.96%
AVGO 355.14 +11.45   +3.33%
IBM 222.62 -3.06   -1.36%
CSCO 112.18 +3.45   +3.17%
ORCL 142.53 +4.45   +3.22%
CRM 234.64 -2.05   -0.86%
ADBE 237.69 -3.61   -1.50%
CIEN 391.33 +12.09   +3.19%
JPM 332.40 -0.93   -0.28%
BAC 53.78 0.00   0.00%
GS 902.44 +5.88   +0.66%
VISA 360.71 +0.74   +0.21%
MA 552.27 +1.90   +0.35%
WMT 104.29 +0.00   +0.00%
KO 85.66 -0.47   -0.55%
PEP 125.90 +0.26   +0.21%
DIS 102.21 +0.84   +0.83%
MCD 231.97 +0.13   +0.06%
NKE 33.89 -1.21   -3.45%
BA 193.57 +1.17   +0.61%
XOM 164.61 0.00   0.00%
CVX 206.78 -0.41   -0.20%
☰ Word of the Day
veracity

noun: 1. Truthfulness or accuracy. 2. Something true; a truth.
☰ Thought of the Day
"Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do." - Mark Twain, from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, ch 2.
☰ Born on this day
- Francesco Solimena, Italian painter, born in Canale di Serino, Avellino, Italy (d. 1747)
- Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, French artist and sculptor, born near Orléans, France (d. 1915)
- Luis Trenker, South Tyrolean film producer, director and actor (Berge in Flammen), born in Urtijëi, Tyrol (d. 1990)
- Robert Shayne [Shaen Dawe], American stage and screen character actor (Invaders from Mars; The Adventures of Superman; Tora! Tora! Tora!), born in Yonkers, New York (d. 1992)
- Rene Cloke, British illustrator, born in Plymouth, England (d. 1995)
- Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian soccer striker and manager (6 caps; AS Liverno), born in Livorno, Italy
- Mauro Camoranesi, Italian soccer winger and manager (55 caps; Juventus), born in Tandil, Argentina
- Cabral Ibacka, Romanian actor (Catacombs) and television presenter (I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Romania), born in Bucharest, Romania
☰ Weather News
- Olive ridley sea turtles nest in California for the first time
- Weekend nor’easter likely to bring damaging winds, coastal flooding
- NOAA’s flood mapping tool now covers nearly 100% of U.S.
☰ Today in History
- Spencer Perceval becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland retires due to ill health
- Riccardo Zanella becomes first elected President of Free State of Fiume
- US Air Force Major Robert A. Rushworth flies an X-15 to an altitude of 105,971 ft (32,300 m)
- San Jose Sharks play first NHL game in franchise history, a 4-3 loss in Vancouver; native Californian Craig Coxe scores club's first goal while Jeff Hackett makes an impressive 48 saves
- "Real Inspector Hound" closes at Criterion Theater in NYC after 61 performances
- Clifton Davis, American actor (That's My Mama; Amen) and singer-songwriter ("Never Can Say Goodbye"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nina Carter, vocalist (Blonde on Blonde), born in London, England
- Jennifer Anglin, American actress (Cheryl Stansbury in "General Hospital"), born in Adrian, Michigan
- Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese creator of manga and trading card game Yu-Gi-Oh, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2022)
- Morgan Spector, American actor (The Gilded Age, The Plot Against America), born in Santa Rosa, California

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