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date: 2026-05-28 06:36
type: daily
title: Daily Rundown for 2026-05-28
permalink: /2026-05-28-daily-rundown
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Thursday, 28 May 2026

- The average temperature today is 15.93˚C,
- With highs of 16.4˚C and lows of 15.47˚C,
- It may feel like 15.62˚C with broken clouds
- The wind speed is 4.47m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1021hPa and humidity is 78%
- The sun will rise at 03:58 and set at 20:12

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 28 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

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### Today's tasks

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- No tasks today
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### Daily Doctrine

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> Inspire others
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### Fixture List

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- No Fixtures
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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 136.83999633789062 
- ^FTSE : 10505.0 
- ^FTMC : 23385.0 

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### Just for fun

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> I suffer from a terrible affliction in which I have to give everything a number. Do not worry though, my GP said, it was not count-agious.
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### Top News

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- Iran says it targeted a US airbase in retaliatory strikes (€, [5 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/05/28/iran-says-it-targeted-a-us-airbase-in-retaliatory-strikes))
- Ireland records 30C while Portugal nears 37C in May heat (€, [8 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/05/28/ireland-records-30c-while-portugal-nears-37c-in-may-heat))
- US carries out further strikes on Iran (£, [11 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/de9e4ee6-a370-4934-a456-41bd10a60350))
- Ukraine: Russian strike injures 11 in Odesa daytime attack, children among injured (€, [19 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/05/28/ukraine-russian-strike-injures-11-in-odesa-daytime-attack-children-among-injured))
- Machu Picchu overtourism: A bucket list ‘dream’ is turning into a ‘nightmare’ for visitors (€, [21 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/05/28/machu-picchu-overtourism-a-bucket-list-dream-is-turning-into-a-nightmare-for-visitors))
- Europe Today: International Energy Agency warns of biggest energy security crisis in modern history (€, [39 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/28/europe-today-international-energy-agency-warns-of-biggest-energy-security-crisis-in-modern))
- Is the EU betting on a ‘one-ticket, one-journey’ plan to turn rail into low-cost flying? (€, [46 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/28/is-the-eu-betting-on-a-one-ticket-one-journey-plan-to-make-rail-as-smooth-as-flying))
- Forget London and Paris: The top 10 European cities for rental yields in 2026 (€, [53 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/05/28/forget-london-and-paris-the-top-10-european-cities-for-rental-yields-in-2026))
- Beyond memory: how Holocaust remembrance must adapt to new audiences (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/28/beyond-memory-how-holocaust-remembrance-must-adapt-to-new-audiences))
- No sweat: How to look cool and ready for the office during May heatwave (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/05/28/look-cool-when-its-boiling-hot-a-guide-to-office-dressing-in-a-heatwave))
- Racist comments, antisemitic videos, AI deepfakes: Social media fails to remove hate speech in EU (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/next/2026/05/28/racist-comments-antisemitic-videos-ai-deepfakes-social-media-fails-to-remove-hate-speech-i))
- Most generative AI and custom model projects will be a bust: Gartner (®, [1 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/28/most-generative-ai-and-custom-model-projects-will-be-a-bust-gartner/5247633))
- AI boom outweighs Iran war pain, Korean central bank chief says (£, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/2d1c6dbb-aef5-4f08-bc5a-20c0aa3c1149))
- Rouble’s strength piles pressure on Russian war economy (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e04025b9-f53e-4afa-9944-f787bb58125d))
- Chip stocks race towards biggest gains since dotcom era on AI demand (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/48cdf575-5509-4b50-a54d-1b767e41be47))
- Kirkland & Ellis to spend $500mn building its own AI technology (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/1825bb59-7b28-460d-b009-ee3cea5dbac3))
- Why Europe must embrace tariffs (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/98768d2d-d9dc-4344-971c-b6496c92a662))
- Ukraine is turning the tables (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/7beeff28-27b4-417a-b1ef-43298f736f00))
- America’s hegemonic glory is under threat (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/1f088eae-d116-4eca-93b8-283a4695ce71))
- Bare metal cloud servers now cheaper and more readily available than on-prem hardware, says Nutanix CEO (®, [4 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/virtualization/2026/05/28/bare-metal-cloud-servers-now-cheaper-and-more-readily-available-than-on-prem-hardware-says-nutanix-ceo/5247599))
- Salesforce waves bye-bye to UI in 'headless' embrace (®, [6 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/saas/2026/05/28/salesforce-waves-bye-bye-to-ui-in-headless-embrace/5247587))
- Nvidia chief Jensen Huang to join board at prestigious Beijing university (£, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/1c567fe9-6df9-4313-902c-c8c65782c19e))
- Trump says rising economic costs will not force him into Iran deal (£, [8 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/c79efc18-7c4f-4ff6-8f12-687892b5bd6f))
- Snowflake to burn $6B on AWS Graviton CPUs and AI accelerators (®, [9 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/27/snowflake-to-burn-6b-on-aws-graviton-cpus-ai-infra/5247475))
- FAA grounds SpaceX’s Starship after another launch mishap (®, [9 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/05/27/faa-grounds-spacexs-starship-after-another-launch-mishap/5247446))
- Malware dev tries to steal Claude users' secrets, writes npm slop, leaks own GitHub private token (®, [10 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/05/27/supply-chain-brain-drain-npm-attacker-foolishly-leaks-own-github-private-token/5247424))
- Argonne flexes spare supercompute to build private AI inference service (®, [10 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/27/argonne-flexes-spare-supercompute-to-build-private-ai-inference-servic/5247362))
- ICANN again intervenes to defend AFRINIC (®, [10 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/05/27/icann-again-intervenes-to-defend-afrinic/5246790))
- AI hiring algorithms reject Black, Asian job seekers at higher rates (®, [10 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/27/ai-hiring-algorithms-reject-black-asian-job-seekers-at-higher-rates/5247387))
- CrowdStrike, Google shatter Glassworm botnet (®, [12 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/05/27/crowdstrike-google-shatter-glassworm-botnet/5247337))
- Robert Sánchez nominated for best single-game Goalkeeper Performance of the Season in the Premier League (♣, [14 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc/169003/robert-sanchez-nominated-for-best-single-game-goalkeeper-performance-of-the-season-in-the-premier-league))
- The Daily Hilario: Wednesday (♣, [23 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/168983/the-daily-hilario-may-27th))
- Not even a ‘world record bid’ from Barcelona would entice Chelsea to let João Pedro leave — reports (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/168988/barcelona-trying-to-make-joao-pedro-transfer-happen-reports))
- The Daily Hilario: Tuesday (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/168969/the-daily-hilario-may-26th))

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### Word of the day

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 > premonitory - adjective: Serving as a warning or sign of something to come, especially something unpleasant.

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### Quote of the Day

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> Whether you think that you can, or that you cannot, you are usually right. - Henry Ford

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Work at a different speed

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### Film Archive

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- Mako (Rated: 3)
- Released in 2021
- Summary: Eight businessmen decide to go to the location where the Elsalam ship was sunk years ago to make a documentary. There, they face a lot of dangers.
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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 934, using [7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 75]

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- Non-zero Sum [URL](https://nonzerosum.games/) [Feed](https://nonzerosum.games/rss.xml)
- Jeff Gothelf [URL](https://jeffgothelf.com/) [Feed](https://jeffgothelf.com/feed/)
- Julien Dambron [URL](https://dambron.fr/) [Feed](https://dambron.fr/rss.xml)
- Alchemists [URL](https://alchemists.io/) [Feed](https://www.alchemists.io/feeds/news.xml)
- Simon BS [URL](https://simonbs.dev/) [Feed](http://simonbs.dev/feed.rss)
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