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July 31, 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+2Morgan Wallen : Been By Now
3-1Drake : Janice STFU
4-1Shakira : Dai Dai
5+1Ariana Grande : hate that i made you love me
6+1STELLA LEFTY : Boston
7-2Malcolm Todd : Earrings
8+6KATSEYE : Animal
9+1The Killers : Mr. Brightside
10-2Olivia Rodrigo : stupid song
11-2Dominic Fike : Babydoll
12+1Temper City : Self Aware
13-1Cameron Whitcomb : Kingdom of Fear
14-3Alex Warren : Ordinary
15+5The Goo Goo Dolls : Iris
16-1Olivia Dean : Man I Need
17-1Ella Langley : weren't for the wind
18+3Ella Langley : Be Her
19+4Mac Miller : Cinderella
20-3Justin Bieber : Beauty And A Beat
21-2Olivia Rodrigo : the cure
22-4Michael Jackson : Billie Jean
23-1Lil Baby : Dead Fresh
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12Capitals43-30-995
☰ slashdot
- New Google Earth AI Tool Could Fuel Misinformation, Experts Say
- Publishers Are Losing Google Traffic As AI Answers Replace Links
- New York Sues Kalshi For Running 'Illegal Gambling Operation'
- Chrome Is Using AI To Fix Hundreds of Bugs, Eliminate Full Browser Restarts
- LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button
☰ sportsnet
- Traded or not, Kevin Gausman readies for likely end of Blue Jays run
- Scout’s Analysis: Top prospects to watch at Hlinka Gretzky Cup
- How close was Joe Carter to signing with Royals after Blue Jays’ 1992 title?
- Top NFL free agents: Big names still remain with pre-season near
- MLS notebook: Dorsch signing comes at right time for Toronto FC
☰ espn
- Caitlin Clark and the most exciting warmup routine in sports
- New York sues Kalshi alleging 'illegal gambling'
- Romo placed on leave by CBS after OWI arrest
- Sources: Wemby lands signature shoe in Nike deal
- Tempo lands forward Morrow in deal with Sun
☰ global
- As possible WestJet strike nears, here’s how to navigate flight disruptions
- Cameco and Brookfield-owned Westinghouse files for U.S. IPO
- Kilam’s culture change fuels Elks’ resurgence
- Bill Wilson, one of Canada’s last Second World War veterans, dies at 101
- Saskatoon police investigating Pleasant Hill death as a homicide
☰ Ars Technica
- High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates
- Researchers devise a full-color night vision goggle
- China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs
- Sony acknowledges backlash, “cautiously” moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs
- Man invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix’s desk.
☰ nyt world
- Live Updates: After Tens of Thousands of Migrants Enter Spanish Territory, Most Return to Morocco
- In Area Hit by Blaze, French Officials Failed to Enforce Wildfire Rules
- Political Turmoil Will Not Derail Killer Robot Program, Ousted Minister Says
- A Ton of Space Junk Tumbles Unpredictably to Earth Every Week
- At Least 34 Dead From Coal Mine Blast in Pakistan
☰ cbc
- WestJet to begin parking planes ahead of possible strike
- Canada, allies express renewed concern over North Korean IT worker scheme
- What is Ceuta, and how was the Spanish enclave near Morocco breached by 60,000 migrants?
- Canadians win judo gold medals; Warner finishes with decathlon silver on Day 8 at Commonwealth Games
- First 7-Eleven, now Zabka: Canadian convenience giant Alimentation Couche-Tard eyes takeover of Polish rival
☰ space
- A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon
- Risks of debris between the Earth and the moon for future exploration
- Tracking satellites and space debris using radio antennae
- ESCAPADE's cameras capture Earth and moon
- Private mission to rescue NASA's aging telescope runs into its own trouble
☰ 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
- 'Within 20 Km of 2 Million People': Major Volcano Is Hiding Two Active Magma Chambers
- Coral Reefs Presumed Dead Have Been Found Teeming With Life
- Did Everyone's Period Actually Go Weird in June? Here's What Experts Say
- A New Kind of HIV Pill Just Passed Its First Test in Humans
☰ Weather Forecast
Sat 1 Aug

high: 27°C
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high: 24°C
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high: 26°C
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high: 27°C
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pop: 30%
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high: 25°C
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high: 26°C
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high: 27°C
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high: 29°C
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high: 27°C
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high: 25°C
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high: 25°C
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high: 26°C
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high: 20°C
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high: 27°C
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high: 25°C
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high: 22°C
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high: 24°C
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high: 21°C
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high: 25°C
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high: 25°C
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high: 21°C
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high: 21°C
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pop: 30%
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high: 22°C
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high: 23°C
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high: 23°C
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high: 33°C
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high: 21°C
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high: 19°C
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high: 24°C
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high: 25°C
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AMD 478.23 -7.16   -1.48%
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AVGO 389.34 +1.34   +0.35%
IBM 223.77 +2.12   +0.96%
CSCO 116.01 +2.46   +2.17%
ORCL 129.85 +2.32   +1.82%
CRM 184.40 +3.66   +2.03%
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MA 573.31 -4.10   -0.71%
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☰ Word of the Day
disannul

verb tr.: To annul completely; cancel or make void.
☰ Thought of the Day
"Having reflected, for some years now, that one gains nothing from being a good man, I have started to be a little cheerful, because I have been told that it is good for one's health." - Voltaire, from a personal letter written to the Abbé Trublet
☰ Born on this day
- Catharina Belgica of Nassau, Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg and daughter of William the Silent, born in Antwerp (d. 1648)
- Charles, Duke of Berry, French heir presumptive to the Spanish throne (1700-07), born at the Palace of Versailles, France (d. 1714)
- John Ericsson, Swedish-American inventor (screw propeller, rotating turret), born in Långban, Sweden (d. 1889)
- Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist and archaeologist, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1935)
- Milton Friedman, American economist (Nobel Prize Economics 1976), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
- Louis De Funes, French actor and writer (The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacobs), born in Courbevoie, France (d. 1983)
- France Nuyen, Vietnamese-French actress (St Elsewhere, Diamond Head), born in Marseilles, France
- Bill Berry, American drummer (R.E.M., 1980-97 - "Losing My Religion"; "Stand"), born in Duluth, Minnesota
☰ Weather News
- HEART Force: Students help solve community problems
- West Coast Gray Whale Population Increases
- Humpback whale freed in Alaska
☰ Today in History
- German election (NSDAP gets 37.3%)
- Rolling Stones' singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards are released from jail in England after serving 1 month on drug charges
- Black Tot Day: the last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy, which started in 1740
- Crew of Soyuz 37 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36
- Women's Euro 2022: England defeats Germany 2-1 in extra time in front of the biggest-ever Euro crowd of 87,192 at Wembley, London
- José Santamaría, Uruguayan soccer defender (Uruguay 20, Spain 16 caps; Nacional, Real Madrid) and manager (Español, Spain), born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 2026)
- John Searle, American philosopher (Chinese Room Argument), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2025)
- Gerald Anthony, American actor (Marco Dane in "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
- M. Shadows [Matthew Sanders], American singer (Avenged Sevenfold), born in Huntington Beach, California
- A. J. Green [Adriel Jeremiah Green], American NFL player (Cincinnati Bengals), born in Summerville, South Carolina

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