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date: 2026-05-29 06:37
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-05-29
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Friday, 29 May 2026

- The average temperature today is 15.67˚C,
- With highs of 16.4˚C and lows of 14.83˚C,
- It may feel like 15.49˚C with overcast clouds
- The wind speed is 0.89m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1021hPa and humidity is 84%
- The sun will rise at 03:57 and set at 20:14

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 29 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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> Know your users.
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### Fixture List

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- No Fixtures
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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 137.47999572753906 
- ^FTSE : 10426.0 
- ^FTMC : 23324.900390625 

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### Just for fun

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> Why did the Jazzman cross the road? To get from A to B flat 6th.
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### Top News

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- Russian oligarch's financial network crashed thanks to a crank and a cleaner (®, [5 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/05/29/russian-oligarchs-financial-network-crashed-thanks-to-a-crank-and-a-cleaner/5243167))
- Magyar says Hungary and EU 'close to a deal' on releasing frozen cash ahead of crunch meeting (€, [6 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/29/magyar-says-hungary-and-eu-close-to-a-deal-on-releasing-frozen-cash-ahead-of-crunch-meetin))
- Moment Blue Origin rocket explodes during launch pad test (€, [27 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/05/29/moment-blue-origin-rocket-explodes-during-launch-pad-test))
- World's most valuable AI start-up: Anthropic nears $1 trillion valuation as it overtakes OpenAI (€, [35 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/05/29/worlds-most-valuable-ai-start-up-anthropic-nears-1tn-valuation-overtaking-openai))
- Europe Today: Is the EU about to take on a tougher economic stance towards China? (€, [38 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/29/europe-today-is-the-eu-about-to-take-on-a-tougher-economic-stance-towards-china))
- Explosive-laden Russian drone hits residential building in Romania, authorities say (€, [50 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/29/explosive-laden-russian-drone-hits-residential-building-in-romania-authorities-say))
- Five industries benefiting from Europe's defence spending boom (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/05/29/five-industries-benefiting-from-europes-defence-spending-boom))
- Churchill on canvas: London exhibition for rarely seen paintings by Britain's wartime leader (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/05/29/churchill-on-canvas-london-exhibition-for-rarely-seen-paintings-by-britains-wartime-leader))
- How to spend 24 hours in Prizren, the cultural capital of little-visited Kosovo (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/05/29/how-to-spend-24-hours-in-prizren-the-cultural-capital-of-little-visited-kosovo))
- Latest news bulletin  May 29th, 2026 – Morning (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/05/29/latest-news-bulletin-may-29th-2026-morning))
- Air conditioning is overheating our energy systems. Are there alternatives for staying cool? (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/05/29/air-conditioning-is-overheating-our-energy-systems-are-there-alternatives-for-staying-cool))
- Several BP shareholders found ousted chair ‘challenging’ (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/b59bfe40-f814-4790-94b6-49ce61b9d0ea))
- Investors race to get exposure to SpaceX ahead of IPO (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/7a05e500-de0a-468f-bd82-0a454d99e165))
- Don’t bet on Trump reining in the prediction markets (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e4f9ec07-5964-45f7-ad07-af48f3790f63))
- What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring? (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/2205e2d0-50dc-4e80-9bf7-78d0272276c0))
- How China is breaking apart a people and its culture (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/119d8c3a-e10f-4bf7-a198-90507293054b))
- Russia overspends on Putin’s war in Ukraine by $28bn (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/93674b5c-06ea-4e49-a005-dc08e1091574))
- KPMG Australia’s CEO resigns after whistleblower claims (£, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/0787af8d-ed4f-4764-9bab-80b85dc5c614))
- Blue Origin rocket explodes on launch pad during testing (£, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/11b2eb12-6623-4624-83a6-5d25c905f3e6))
- Troops’ phones gave away location data to foreign adversaries (®, [9 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/28/troops-phones-leaked-location-data-to-foreign-adversaries/5248108))
- Disgruntled 0-day hunter 'humiliated' by Microsoft pledges 'bone shattering drop' as Redmond calls cops (®, [10 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/28/microsoft-0-day-feud-escalates-as-researcher-threatens-another-windows-exploit-dump/5248085))
- Snowflake buys Natoma to help freeze out rogue agents (®, [10 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/28/snowflake-buys-natoma-to-help-freeze-out-rogue-agents/5248062))
- Musk’s tweet undermines SpaceX’s claims about Anthropic data centre deal (£, [11 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/7df0906c-6d9b-4440-b94e-65af0a785f7b))
- Google, Canonical team up to certify Ubuntu images for TPU VMs (®, [11 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/28/google-canonical-team-up-to-certify-ubuntu-images-for-tpu-vms/5248028))
- Microsoft tests the 15-character limit of Windows Server admins' patience (®, [14 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/28/microsoft-tests-the-15-character-limit-of-windows-server-admins-patience/5247943))
- Europe told to cool its datacenter boom before water and power run short (®, [14 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/28/europe-told-to-cool-its-datacenter-boom-before-water-and-power-run-short/5247994))
- Zig creator seeks 'uncompromising perfection' before blessing 1.0 (®, [15 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/05/28/zig-creator-seeks-uncompromising-perfection-before-blessing-10/5247916))
- Three in ten HP customers still clinging to Windows 10 (®, [16 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/05/28/three-in-ten-hp-customers-still-clinging-to-windows-10/5247884))
- Qualcomm picks bad time to pitch a $300 laptop platform (®, [17 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/05/28/qualcomm-picks-bad-time-to-pitch-a-300-laptop-platform/5247841))
- Chelsea set £120m asking price for Enzo Fernández — report (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/169016/chelsea-set-120m-asking-price-for-enzo-fernandez-report))
- Filip Jörgensen requests transfer as Chelsea look to Mike Penders at goalkeeper — reports (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/169011/filip-jorgensen-requests-transfer-as-chelsea-look-to-mike-penders-at-goalkeeper-reports))
- Robert Sánchez nominated for best single-game Goalkeeper Performance of the Season in the Premier League (♣, [1 days 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 (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/168983/the-daily-hilario-may-27th))

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### Word of the day

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 > antithesis - noun: The direct opposite; a contrast or opposition between two things.

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### Quote of the Day

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> After working for some years in the domains of large, multisite, and offshore development, we have distilled our experience and advice down to the following: Do not do it. - Bas Vodde and Craig Larman, Agile Trainers and Authors

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Assemble some of the instruments in a group and treat the group

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### Film Archive

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- Static (Rated: 6)
- Released in 2012
- Summary: A couple facing marital problems after losing their child finds their life together further complicated by a mysterious visitor.
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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 200, using [4, 5, 8, 8, 9, 10]
- Answer: 92 solutions.

- <details><summary><code>Solution</code></summary>

  Solution: ( 8 / 8 + 9 - 5 ) x 10 x 4

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- The Autodidacts [URL](https://www.autodidacts.io/) [Feed](https://www.autodidacts.io/rss/)
- Sifted EU [URL](https://sifted.eu/) [Feed](https://sifted.eu/feed/?post_type=article)
- Chris Shaw [URL](https://thoughts.uncountable.uk/) [Feed](https://thoughts.uncountable.uk/feed)
- Matt Mullenweg [URL](https://ma.tt/) [Feed](https://ma.tt/feed/)
- Evan Travers [URL](https://evantravers.com/) [Feed](http://evantravers.com/feed.xml)
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