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date: 2026-05-07 06:17
type: daily
title: Daily Rundown for 2026-05-07
permalink: /2026-05-07-daily-rundown
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._
## On Thursday, 07 May 2026
- The average temperature today is 6.89˚C,
- With highs of 7.05˚C and lows of 5.47˚C,
- It may feel like 6.3˚C with overcast clouds
- The wind speed is 1.34m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1014hPa and humidity is 88%
- The sun will rise at 04:28 and set at 19:41
### MI5 Status
- The current threat level is SEVERE
- It has been 7 days since the last change (2026-04-30)
### Today's tasks
- No tasks today
### Daily Doctrine
> Be humble.
### Fixture List
- Germany Women U17 v England Women U17
- Crystal Palace v Shakhtar Donetsk
- Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest
### Stocks
- VWRL.L : 132.9600067138672
- ^FTSE : 10438.7001953125
- ^FTMC : 22832.400390625
### Just for fun
> I once had a work placement at an eye wear manufacturer, I gained good insight into the industry.
### Top News
- Hopes of reopening the Strait of Hormuz lift shares, as oil remains above $100 (€, [22 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/05/07/hopes-of-reopening-the-strait-of-hormuz-lift-shares-as-oil-remains-above-100))
- Europe Today: EU fails to agree on trade deal with US, risking Trump backlash (€, [22 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/07/europe-today-eu-fails-to-agree-on-trade-deal-with-us-risking-trump-backlash))
- DMA: How the EU’s big tech law changed citizens’ lives (€, [31 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/07/dma-how-the-eus-big-tech-law-changed-citizens-lives))
- Neocloud IREN buys OpenStack champion Mirantis (®, [42 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/07/neocloud-iren-buys-openstack-champion-mirantis/5231644))
- Asian shares rise on hopes of US-Iran deal (£, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/21131ff4-35e1-4e5c-b827-1e07c9153e8e))
- Why one Parkinson’s treatment may not work for every patient (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/07/why-one-parkinsons-treatment-may-not-work-for-every-patient))
- Latest news bulletin May 7th, 2026 – Morning (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/05/07/latest-news-bulletin-may-7th-2026-morning))
- Waldorf Astoria Rabat Salé opens in Morocco’s tallest building (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/05/07/waldorf-astoria-rabat-sale-opens-in-moroccos-tallest-building))
- AI can predict your personality from chat history, study finds (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/next/2026/05/07/ai-can-predict-your-personality-from-chat-history-study-finds))
- ‘Significantly lower energy bills’: How do solar batteries work and are they worth the investment? (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/05/07/significantly-lower-energy-bills-how-do-solar-batteries-work-and-are-they-worth-the-invest))
- Apple, Berkshire and the virtue of patience (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/2a5ee111-93f1-4fd2-8d22-1b3ba2d128c6))
- Tech rally hands hedge funds biggest gains since 2020 (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/df76569d-a840-42c4-8580-2d98bf1a16ce))
- Four ways Europe’s big immigration experiment has changed Spain (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/3fe9dccf-7db2-48ac-b26a-9272251fa1d9))
- Norway in deep water over cod pact with Russia (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/0b808cfb-dc17-4877-bee8-d7dd6b34af7b))
- US fires at Iranian oil tanker as Trump pushes for peace deal (€, [2 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/05/07/us-fires-at-iranian-oil-tanker-as-trump-pushes-for-peace-deal))
- Datacenter to become Arm’s biggest business ‘soon’ (®, [4 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/05/07/datacenter-to-become-arms-biggest-business-soon/5231612))
- Jeffrey Epstein’s purported suicide note released by US judge (£, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/b0fd8603-903f-47fd-a782-f6c4d20d04b2))
- Using AI to click around on a website burns 45x as many tokens as just using APIs (®, [7 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/05/07/ai-vision-agents-use-45x-more-tokens-than-apis-in-benchmark/5231346))
- The leverage layer cake behind HSBC’s private credit losses (£, [7 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/8117fa35-d89e-4fb9-a94b-48257bd6229b))
- Israel strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire (£, [8 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/69308a1e-95d0-4bcd-8f4f-9624993cef7c))
- Elite Wall Street lawyers aided insider trading ring, US prosecutors say (£, [8 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/d2fbe2c3-103a-4d09-b510-db58c5f8697d))
- Chelsea set €30m asking price as Wesley Fofana ‘offered’ to Barcelona — reports (♣, [8 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/168400/chelsea-set-e30m-asking-price-as-wesley-fofana-offered-to-barcelona-reports))
- Champions League: PSG beat Bayern 6-5 on aggregate to reach final against Arsenal (€, [9 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/05/06/psg-edge-bayern-munich-to-reach-champions-league-final-against-arsenal))
- Young evil genius forces hamster to run on wheel to power his gadgets (®, [9 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/05/06/youtuber-turns-hamster-wheel-into-phone-charger/5231293))
- Claude hitches ride on SpaceX's datacenter capacity (®, [10 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/05/06/claude-hitches-a-ride-on-spacexs-datacenter-capacity/5231252))
- Musk has never built a wafer fab, but he wants to burn $119B on one anyway (®, [11 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/05/06/spacex-plots-119b-wafer-fab-to-make-elons-orbital-ai-dream-come-true/5231202))
- Arctic Wolf kicks 250 employees out of the pack to save money for AI (®, [11 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/05/06/arctic-wolf-cuts-250-jobs-in-ai-push/5231213))
- 1 in 8 employees totally cool with selling work credentials (®, [12 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/06/1-in-8-workers-say-selling-company-logins-is-justifiable/5231104))
- Mars rover hits rocky snag with power tool (®, [12 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/05/06/mars-rover-hits-rocky-snag-with-power-tool/5230838))
- We've only gone and done it: Changed what you're used to (®, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/site-news/2026/05/06/weve-only-gone-and-done-it-changed-what-youre-used-to/5230826))
- Chelsea 1-3 Nottingham Forest, Player Ratings: Recount (♣, [23 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/168382/chelsea-1-3-nottingham-forest-player-ratings-recount))
- The Daily Hilario: Wednesday (♣, [23 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/168379/the-daily-hilario-may-6th))
- Jesse Derry hopes to be back playing ‘very soon’ (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/injury-news/168375/jesse-derry-hopes-to-be-back-playing-very-soon))
- The Daily Hilario: Tuesday (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/168355/the-daily-hilario-may-5th))
### Word of the day
> canescent - adjective: Turning gray or white; becoming hoary.
### Quote of the Day
> Scrum is like your mother-in-law, it points out ALL your faults - Ken Schwaber
### Oblique Strategies
> Make a sudden, destructive, unpredictable action; incorporate
### Film Archive
- The Proposal (Rated: 7)
- Released in 2009
- Summary: When New York editor Margaret faces deportation, she convinces her assistant Andrew to marry her in return for a promotion. However, when she visits his hometown, it changes her in many ways.
### Countdown Numbers
- Target: 446, using [1, 3, 3, 10, 25, 100]
- Answer: 4 solutions.
- Solution
Solution: ( 100 + 1 - 25 ) x ( 3 + 3 ) - 10