--- layout: post date: 2026-04-29 07:04 type: daily title: Daily Rundown for 2026-04-29 permalink: /2026-04-29-daily-rundown --- _Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._ ## On Wednesday, 29 April 2026 - The average temperature today is 8.48˚C, - With highs of 9.73˚C and lows of 7.6˚C, - It may feel like 8.1˚C with clear sky - The wind speed is 1.34m/s and visibility is 10000m - The pressure is 1024hPa and humidity is 79% - The sun will rise at 04:42 and set at 19:28 ### MI5 Status - The current threat level is SUBSTANTIAL - It has been 785 days since the last change (2024-03-05) ### Today's tasks - No tasks today ### Daily Doctrine > Think aptitude and attitude. ### Fixture List - Manchester United U18 v Liverpool U18 - Arsenal Women v Leicester City Women - Boreham Wood v Forest Green Rovers - Macclesfield FC v Chester - Dorking Wanderers v Maidenhead United - Atlético Madrid v Arsenal ### Stocks - VWRL.L : 129.0399932861328 - ^FTSE : 10332.7900390625 - ^FTMC : 22399.419921875 ### Just for fun > There is a very small community of dedicated Bruce Forsyth fans out there who have started a meet-up group called Niche to See You, To See You Niche. ### Top News - Eurovision crisis: Protesters in Serbia urge boycott of contest over Israel's participation (€, [5 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/04/29/eurovision-crisis-protesters-in-serbia-urge-boycott-of-contest-over-israels-participation)) - Newsletter: Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar in Brussels to unlock EU funds (€, [8 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/29/newsletter-hungarian-prime-minister-peter-magyar-in-brussels-to-unlock-eu-funds)) - At least five killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza including a nine-year-old boy (€, [12 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/04/29/at-least-five-killed-in-israeli-strikes-on-gaza-including-a-nine-year-old-boy)) - 30 ClawHub skills secretly turn AI agents into a crypto swarm (®, [31 minutes ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/29/30_clawhub_skills_mine_crypto/)) - Europe revives renewables and nuclear to address the energy crisis (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/29/europe-revives-renewables-and-nuclear-to-address-the-energy-crisis)) - UBS trading gains fuel 80% profit surge (£, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/c6f04c41-d71c-479f-9def-f24e6ee3b14f)) - Europe Today: Péter Magyar visits Brussels and Commissioner Roxana Mînzatu speaks to Euronews (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/29/europe-today-peter-magyar-visits-brussels-and-commissioner-roxana-minzatu-speaks-to-eurone)) - Magyar to meet von der Leyen as Hungary races to unlock EU cash (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/29/magyar-to-meet-von-der-leyen-as-hungary-races-to-unlock-eu-cash)) - Qatar rolls out business relief measures amid Iran War and regional crisis (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/04/29/qatar-rolls-out-business-relief-measures-amid-iran-war-and-regional-crisis)) - Watch: Key moments from King Charles III’s address to US Congress (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/04/29/watch-key-moments-from-king-charles-iiis-address-to-us-congress)) - AI tool that reads your face could help doctors predict cancer survival, study finds (€, [2 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/health/2026/04/29/ai-tool-that-reads-your-face-could-help-doctors-predict-cancer-survival-study-finds)) - Latest news bulletin April 29th, 2026 – Morning (€, [2 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/04/29/latest-news-bulletin-april-29th-2026-morning)) - Hashicorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto says GitHub ‘no longer a place for serious work’ (®, [2 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/29/mitchell_hashimoto_ghostty_quitting_github/)) - The great commodities disruption (£, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/88cec47c-ea6d-47db-97f8-0431aae7427d)) - Can Opec survive the UAE’s exit? (£, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/cf427766-a13e-4eb2-ab70-d9ee7ea5bed1)) - Ken Griffin suggests wealthy individuals do not understand private credit risks (£, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/130a68e2-d8cc-449b-a32a-a0b8e2471e89)) - Memory chipmakers hope AI frenzy signals end to boom and bust (£, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/620c3442-ee5a-41c6-b6db-9457e1adcd7e)) - Emerging market stocks hit record high as Asian chipmakers surge (£, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/5a003a35-a48b-4e46-a2d3-b99ae41d0e46)) - How Citi’s $52mn hire was forced out of JPMorgan over his behaviour (£, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e45c2c21-babe-4fd9-85f1-2b2b3aa38872)) - King Charles subtly rebukes Trump despite show of unity (£, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/f9299dd4-4b9a-4a4a-8e11-675bdab4d773)) - Xabi Alonso also among the primary potential candidates for Chelsea job — report (♣, [4 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/168206/xabi-alonso-also-among-the-primary-potential-candidates-for-chelsea-job-report)) - Future holiday horror: ‘A robot lost my luggage in Tokyo’ (®, [4 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/29/japan_airport_robot_trial/)) - Chelsea ‘interested’ in Anthony Gordon but have ‘other priorities’ — report (♣, [7 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/168203/chelsea-interested-in-anthony-gordon-but-have-other-priorities-report)) - Goldman stops bankers using Anthropic’s Claude in Hong Kong (£, [8 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/aa3a7a19-ab94-4069-aea4-e192ab9abc41)) - The future of software development: Now with less software development (®, [9 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/28/software_development_ai_dev25xsf/)) - Oracle plans to power its New Mexico mega datacenter with a 2.45GW fuel cell farm (®, [9 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/28/oracle_new_mexico_power_fuel_cell_farm/)) - Cloudera had US candidates send resumes to a fake email address, DoJ charges (®, [10 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/28/cloudera_doj_employment_discrimination_lawsuit/)) - OpenAI jumps out of Microsoft's bed, into Amazon's Bedrock (®, [11 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/28/openai_climbs_into_amazons_bedrock/)) - Don't pay Vect a ransom - your data's likely already wiped out (®, [12 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/28/dont_pay_vect_a_ransom/)) - Trump admin pays wind developers to quit, back fossil fuel projects (®, [12 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/28/trump_admin_pay_off_wind_farm/)) - Vintage chatbot lives in the past like an elderly relative (®, [13 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/28/vintage_chatbot_lives_in_past/)) - The Daily Hilario: Tuesday (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/168175/the-daily-hilario-april-28th)) - Chelsea 1-0 Leeds United, Player Ratings: Enzo makes a point (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/domestic-cups/168186/chelsea-1-0-leeds-united-player-ratings-enzo-makes-a-point)) - Liam Delap ‘wants to stay and fight’ for Chelsea career — report (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc/168181/liam-delap-wants-to-stay-and-fight-for-chelsea-career-report)) ### Word of the day > square-toed - adjective: Old-fashioned or conservative. ### Quote of the Day > It is never about how you start - it is always about how you finish. - Dwayne Johnson ### Oblique Strategies > Consult other sources -promising -unpromising ### Film Archive - Bubba Ho Tep (Rated: 3) - Released in 2002 - Summary: When residents of their nursing home start dying of dubious causes, an aged Elvis and an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy discover that the perpetrator is an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions. ### Countdown Numbers - Target: 520, using [6, 9, 25, 50, 75, 100] ### 5 Random Blogroll Links - Geoff Graham [URL](https://geoffgraham.me/) [Feed](https://geoffgraham.me/feed) - Monevator [URL](https://monevator.com/) [Feed](https://feeds.feedburner.com/monevatorcom) - Ricky Mondello [URL](https://rmondello.com/) [Feed](https://rmondello.com/feed/) - Blogs - Vale.rocks (elsewhere) [URL](https://vale.rocks/) [Feed](https://vale.rocks/elsewhere/feed.xml) - Ploeh.DJ [URL](https://blog.ploeh.dk/) [Feed](https://blog.ploeh.dk/rss.xml)