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July 30, 2026
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☰ Top Movies
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43Toy Story 5$448,716,909
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77The Invite$19,815,154
86Young Washington$44,875,964
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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
☰ Standings
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1Avalanche55-16-11121
2Hurricanes53-22-7113
3Stars50-20-12112
4Sabres50-23-9109
5Lightning50-26-6106
6Canadiens48-24-10106
7Wild46-24-12104
8Bruins45-27-10100
9Senators44-27-1199
10Penguins41-25-1698
11Flyers43-27-1298
12Capitals43-30-995
☰ slashdot
- ABC Accuses FCC of 'Attempted Censorship'
- Catastrophic MoD Data Breach Caused By Lack of Training On Excel
- Google's Gemini Can Now Stomp Around as a Humanoid Robot
- Google Brings Its Age-Assurance Tech To Android Developers Worldwide
- GCC Adopts Policy Rejecting Significant AI-Generated Code
☰ sportsnet
- Why the Kawhi Leonard contract investigation is taking so long
- How George Springer’s resurgence could help Blue Jays at trade deadline
- How Celebrini’s contract with Sharks compares to recent face-of-the-league deals
- UEFA to boycott World Cup over FIFA investment plan, Concacaf also rejects proposal
- Blue Jays’ trade chips: Ranking players who could be moved at deadline
☰ espn
- Four NFL quarterbacks in Year 2 and where they need to improve: Solak on Ward, Dart, Shough and Sanders
- Mayfield felt 'disrespected' by Bucs' deal offers
- Cignetti: Big Ten proven No. 1, not 'hype machine'
- Police: Romo had open bottle of alcohol in car
- Collector pulls 1-of-1 Ohtani card, sells for $10M+
☰ global
- What’s behind growing European threats to boycott the next FIFA World Cup?
- Wildfire near Logan Lake prompts evacuation alerts, partial closure of highway
- Makeshift memorial started in Calgary for 11-year-old Parker
- Judicial review request challenges denial of Corb Lund’s ‘Water Not Coal’ petition
- U.S. says ‘error’ mislabelled every African country on AIDS conference map
☰ 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: Saudis Form Military Alliance to Protect Red Sea Shipping
- 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
- WestJet passengers brace for disruptions as flight attendant strike looms
- European soccer nations agree to boycott FIFA competitions in protest of plan to sell stakes in World Cup
- CBC identifies Canadian woman accused of spying at NATO military HQ
- Golfer Charley Hull slammed online over lottery prank on her caddie
- Georgia father sentenced to 15 years in deadly school shooting committed by son
☰ 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
- There's One Creature of The Deep That Can Scare Even Orcas Away
- 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
☰ Weather Forecast
Fri 31 Jul

high: 28°C
Clearing
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high: 26°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
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high: 24°C
Rain
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high: 26°C
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high: 28°C
Sunny
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high: 30°C
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pop: 40%
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high: 26°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
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high: 25°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
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high: 26°C
Sunny
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high: 28°C
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high: 29°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
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high: 27°C
Cloudy
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high: 23°C
Rain
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high: 23°C
Showers
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high: 29°C
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high: 25°C
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pop: 30%
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high: 25°C
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pop: 60%
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high: 25°C
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pop: 60%
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high: 22°C
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high: 28°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Fri 31 Jul

high: 21°C
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pop: 60%
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high: 28°C
A mix of sun and cloud
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high: 27°C
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high: 24°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
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high: 24°C
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Fri 31 Jul

high: 19°C
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high: 20°C
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high: 22°C
Cloudy
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high: 20°C
Showers
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high: 24°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Fri 31 Jul

high: 24°C
Mainly sunny
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high: 19°C
Periods of rain
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high: 21°C
Sunny
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high: 22°C
Sunny
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high: 23°C
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high: 31°C
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high: 33°C
Sunny
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high: 19°C
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high: 19°C
A mix of sun and cloud
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high: 23°C
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MSFT 452.51 +60.12   +15.32%
AMZN 235.11 +8.46   +3.73%
META 536.03 -51.17   -8.71%
NVDA 194.86 +4.64   +2.44%
TESLA 308.79 +10.44   +3.50%
NFLX 73.31 -0.33   -0.45%
AMD 485.42 +56.28   +13.11%
INTC 90.94 +9.13   +11.16%
QCOM 151.74 -3.26   -2.11%
NXP 245.02 +3.86   +1.60%
AVGO 387.49 +17.34   +4.68%
IBM 221.60 -4.97   -2.19%
CSCO 113.80 +1.32   +1.17%
ORCL 127.44 +9.65   +8.19%
CRM 180.99 -7.43   -3.94%
ADBE 247.94 -15.38   -5.84%
CIEN 371.50 +40.98   +12.40%
JPM 350.71 +5.91   +1.71%
BAC 61.77 +0.69   +1.12%
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VISA 366.69 -2.42   -0.66%
MA 578.61 +15.21   +2.70%
WMT 111.10 -3.12   -2.73%
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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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