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date: 2026-05-01 06:07
type: daily
title: Daily Rundown for 2026-05-01
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._
## On Friday, 01 May 2026
- The average temperature today is 12.64˚C,
- With highs of 13.31˚C and lows of 9.84˚C,
- It may feel like 11.47˚C with clear sky
- The wind speed is 1.26m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1018hPa and humidity is 58%
- The sun will rise at 04:39 and set at 19:31
### MI5 Status
- The current threat level is SEVERE
- It has been 0 days since the last change (2026-04-30)
### Today's tasks
- No tasks today
### Daily Doctrine
> Crossing the river by feeling the stones.
### Fixture List
- Leeds United v Burnley
### Stocks
- VWRL.L : 129.4199981689453
- ^FTSE : 10378.7998046875
- ^FTMC : 22465.19921875
### Just for fun
> Two tortillas have a fight in a karaoke bar. What ensued could only be described as a wrap battle.
### Top News
- New debate over Pluto: Is the dwarf set to become a planet again? (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/next/2026/05/01/new-debate-over-pluto-is-the-dwarf-set-to-become-a-planet-again))
- How coffee might help your body fight the effects of ageing (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/01/how-coffee-might-help-your-body-fight-the-effects-of-ageing))
- ‘I feel sorry for people who have to deal with volatile gas prices. Our heat pump protects us’ (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/05/01/i-feel-sorry-for-people-who-have-to-deal-with-volatile-gas-prices-our-heat-pump-protects-u))
- Latest news bulletin May 1st, 2026 – Morning (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/05/01/latest-news-bulletin-may-1st-2026-morning))
- From an alpine paradise to hidden creeks: Four of Europe’s national parks you can reach by train (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/05/01/from-an-alpine-paradise-to-hidden-creeks-four-of-europes-national-parks-you-can-reach-by-t))
- Europe moves to break Visa and Mastercard's grip — but not everyone agrees (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/05/01/europe-moves-to-break-visa-and-mastercards-grip-but-not-everyone-agrees))
- Fujitsu confirms mainframe biz to die in 2035, in time for quantum AI supercomputers to take over (®, [1 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/fujitsu_future_strategy/))
- Trump vs Kimmel: inside Disney chief Josh D’Amaro’s baptism of fire (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e65c1679-054b-4f74-9a00-c7f084de5784))
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- Trump adrift: the president’s second term is at risk of foundering (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/105062fa-b38b-455b-babf-0692abf6f062))
- ICANN opens applications for new generic top-level domains for the first time since 2012 (®, [3 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/icann_new_gtld_applications/))
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- The never-ending supply chain attacks worm into SAP npm packages, other dev tools (®, [6 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/supply_chain_attacks_sap_npm_packages/))
- Apple credits ‘most popular’ ever iPhone for booming sales (£, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/9215954c-47d0-4a59-8ffe-bf49f8ef9a97))
- Govern your bots carefully or chaos could ensue (®, [8 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/good_ai_governance_is_good/))
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- Bot her emails: most modern phishing campaigns are AI-enabled (®, [9 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/modern_phishing_campaigns_ai/))
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- Israel rushed laser system to UAE to fend off Iran’s missiles (£, [10 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/6247449b-5a73-47a8-8cd4-c8ef295e6776))
- FBI cyber boss: China's hacker-for-hire ecosystem 'out of control' (®, [10 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/fbi_cyber_boss_chinas_hackerforhire/))
- Phone users know when to hold ’em, delay upgrades amid inflation (®, [11 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/phone_buyers_opt_to_wait/))
- Venice Biennale's international jury resigns as Italy's government opposes Russia's participation (€, [11 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/04/30/venice-biennales-international-jury-resigns-as-italys-government-opposes-russias-participa))
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- UK raises terror threat level to severe after two Jewish men stabbed in north London (€, [12 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/30/uk-raises-terror-threat-level-to-severe-after-two-jewish-men-stabbed-in-north-london))
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- Google's fix for critical Gemini CLI bug might break your CI/CD pipelines (®, [12 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/googles_fix_for_critical_gemini/))
- 'We are ready to discuss digital rules with the US but cannot wipe out rules,' EU trade chief says (€, [13 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/30/we-are-ready-to-discuss-digital-rules-with-the-us-but-cannot-wipe-out-rules-eu-trade-chief))
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### Word of the day
> square the circle - idiom: To accomplish what appears to be impossible, especially in satisfying conflicting requirements.
### Quote of the Day
> Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost. - Bjarne Stroustrup, Computer Scientist
### Oblique Strategies
> Shut the door and listen from outside
### Film Archive
- Flubber (Rated: 3)
- Released in 1997
- Summary: An absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance.
### Countdown Numbers
- Target: 646, using [6, 9, 10, 25, 50, 100]
- Answer: 18 solutions.
- Solution
Solution: ( 100 - 50 - 10 ) x ( 25 - 9 ) + 6