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October 02, 2026
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☰ Top Movies
1-Avengers Endgame: Encore2026 Re-release$26,106,643
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3-Heart of the Beast$20,042,473
4-Primetime$19,197,764
5-Forgotten Island$13,007,005
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73Spider-Man: Brand New Day$950,637,311
84The Odyssey$616,623,710
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☰ Spotify Canada
1=Taylor Swift : Patient Zero
2=Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
3=ADÉLA : Nicole Kidman
4+2Malcolm Todd : Earrings
5+4Olivia Rodrigo : stupid song
6-2Taylor Swift : Babylon
7=STELLA LEFTY : Boston
8+3Olivia Rodrigo : the cure
9+1Drake : Janice STFU
10+3ADÉLA : Ain't In LA
11-6Taylor Swift : Pink Clouding
12=The Killers : Mr. Brightside
13-5Taylor Swift : Cleveland!
14=Temper City : Self Aware
15+1Cameron Whitcomb : Kingdom of Fear
16+2Tame Impala : Loser
17-2The Goo Goo Dolls : Iris
18+1comehelpglo : onsra
19-2Alex Warren : Ordinary
20+12Olivia Dean : Man I Need
21+4The Neighbourhood : Sweater Weather
22+4Noah Kahan : Willing and Able
23-1Whiskey Myers : Broken Window Serenade
☰ Standings
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☰ slashdot
- Apple Tightens macOS 'Full Disk Access' Controls As AI Agents 'Substantially' Increase Risk
- Used Processor Leads To Game Ban
- EU's Microsoft Teams Alternative Draws Bad Reviews From Officials
- Judge Dismisses Chegg and Penske Antitrust Lawsuits Targeting Google AI Search
- Social Media Harms Democracy By Spreading Rumors, Survey Shows
☰ sportsnet
- Maple Leafs GM Chayka talks analytics, trade possibilities, state of roster
- Why left-wing assignment is welcome return for Maple Leafs’ Marchenko
- When signing an RFA to a long-term deal can be the wrong call
- Sidney Crosby’s staying power appears eternal — in the NHL, and in Pittsburgh
- With camp concluding, real tests await Raptors in improved Eastern Conference
☰ espn
- More Arike magic? A battle in Ballhalla? Your guide to Wings-Valkyries Game 3
- Ravens' Hendrickson has surgery on finger, out vs. Titans
- 49ers owner York suspended six games, fined $500,000 for personal conduct violation
- Tony Reno, who guided Yale to 5 Ivy League football titles, dies at 52
- Yankees in wait-and-see mode on Judge availability for ALDS
☰ global
- Nova Scotia’s new EV fee raises bigger questions for drivers across Canada
- Young people being recruited to commit robberies, crimes: Montreal police
- Alouettes’ Philpot closes in on Canadian record
- Saskatchewan prepares for involuntary addictions treatment as questions remain
- Babcock takes blame as Oilers struggle defensively
☰ Ars Technica
- Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
- Patient-zero drill put health facilities to the test—40% of them failed
- Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M
- The 2008 economic crisis changed the US's relationship with energy
- US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China
☰ nyt world
- How FlyDubai Passengers and Crew Averted Disaster After Pilot Was Stabbed During Flight
- Argentina’s ‘Golden Passport’ Program Offers Citizenship in Exchange for Foreign Cash
- Mass Shootings Surge in South Africa as Illegal Guns Flood Streets
- Fighting Intensifies in Yemen, Raising Fresh Fears of All-Out War
- Widdecombe Murder Suspect Charged With Preparing Acts of Terrorism, Including Against Farage
☰ cbc
- 'I am Jane Doe': Online rally to protect Cornell rape accuser's identity becomes a reckoning
- Hidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h
- It's the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It has links to a movement leader
- Actor and advocate Michael J. Fox promoted to companion level in Order of Canada
- 5 foreign nationals arrested in connection to B.C. extortions, shootings and arsons
☰ space
- Astronauts arrive at International Space Station on the quickest US express flight yet
- 90-plus-day spaceflights linked to higher rates of hip fractures in astronauts
- Under the Microscope: NASA-made material for moon manufacturing
- NASA highlights lessons learned from Swift boost mission
- NASA ramps up support to get Boeing's astronaut capsule flying after Butch and Suni fiasco
☰ science daily
- This diet may slow brain aging by 2.5 years
- Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 may have a reversible weakness
- Could quitting ultra-processed food boost your mental health?
- This giant stick insect fooled scientists for decades
- Watch Live: NASA’s Crew-13 could make the fastest U.S. trip to the ISS ever
☰ 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
- Finally: Rose-Tinted Solar Panels Could Let Crops And Electricity Share The Same Land
- This One Exercise 3x a Week Could Keep Your Blood Pressure Down – And It Doesn't Take Long
- No Longer Just North And South: A New Material Joins The Third Type of Magnetism
- Choice of Tea or Coffee Might Affect Risk of Osteoporosis in Older Women
☰ Weather Forecast
Sat 3 Oct

high: 16°C
Sunny
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 18°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 12°C
Sunny
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 17°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
Sat 3 Oct

high: 18°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 20°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 16°C
Sunny
 Tue 6 Oct

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

high: 19°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
Sat 3 Oct

high: 16°C
Mainly sunny
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 17°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 12°C
Sunny
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 15°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Sat 3 Oct

high: 16°C
Mainly sunny
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 16°C
Cloudy
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 13°C
Periods of rain
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 11°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 11°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Sat 3 Oct

high: 17°C
Mainly sunny
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 18°C
Sunny
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 16°C
Showers
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 12°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 14°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Sat 3 Oct

high: 14°C
Mainly sunny
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 13°C
Cloudy
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 12°C
Rain
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 8°C
Rain
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 11°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Sat 3 Oct

high: 17°C
Clearing
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 18°C
Sunny
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 18°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 17°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 18°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Sat 3 Oct

high: 16°C
Sunny
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 19°C
Sunny
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 24°C
Sunny
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 22°C
Sunny
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 19°C
A mix of sun and cloud
☰ Stocks ⚙
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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 -0.01   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 +0.52   +0.32%
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
"I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, from The Great Gatsby, ch 1.
☰ Born on this day
- Isabella of Aragon, Spanish heir of the Catholic Monarchs and Queen consort of Portugal (1497-98) had Jews expelled from Portugal, born in Dueñas, Castile (d. 1498)
- Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier, born in Horn, Austria (d. 1776)
- Edmund Jackson Davis, American lawyer, soldier, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in St. Augustine, Florida (d. 1883)
- Fritz Eberhard, [Helmut von Rauschenplat], German journalist, anti-fascist war resistor, and co-signer of modern constitution, born in Dresden, German Empire (d. 1982)
- Ramona Fradon, American comic book artist (Metamorpho; Aquaman 1951-63), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2024)
- Spanky McFarland, American actor (Our Gang; The Little Rascals), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1993)
- Rex Reed, American film critic (At the Movies), author (Do You Sleep in the Nude?) and actor (Myra Breckinridge), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2026)
- Romina Power, American actress (Justine), Euro-pop singer, and daughter of Tyrone Power and Mexican actress Linda Christian, born in Los Angeles, California
☰ 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
- Duke of York and Russians capture Alkmaar in the Netherlands
- First Pan-American Conference is held in Washington, D.C.
- First Royal Navy submarine launched at Barrow-in-Furness
- New York Yankees sweep 14th MLB doubleheader of the year, beating St. Louis Browns 5-1 and 7-6 at Yankee Stadium
- Homing pigeon averages a record 133 km/h in a 1,100 km race in Australia
- Nat Turner, American leader of a major slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831, born in Southampton County, Virginia (d. 1831)
- Louis-Antoine Ranvier, French anatomist and historian, born in Lyon, France (d. 1922)
- James Dobson, American actor (Impulse, Jet Attack), born in Greeneville, Tennessee (d. 1987)
- Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., 1st African-American astronaut and U.S. Air Force major, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1967)
- Floyd "Bud" Gaugh, American ska-punk rock drummer (Sublime), born in Kihei, Hawaii

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