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date: 2026-07-14 05:57
type: daily
title: Daily Rundown for 2026-07-14
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Tuesday, 14 July 2026

- The average temperature today is 14.99˚C,
- With highs of 15.4˚C and lows of 14.82˚C,
- It may feel like 14.76˚C with scattered clouds
- The wind speed is 1.34m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1023hPa and humidity is 85%
- The sun will rise at 04:05 and set at 20:22

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 74 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

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### Today's tasks

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- Recycling Waste Collection Day
- Food Waste Collection Day

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### Daily Doctrine

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> Know your users.
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### Fixture List

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- FC Andorra v Millwall
- Bristol Rovers v Leicester City
- Cork City v Cardiff City
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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 136.8800048828125 
- ^FTSE : 10498.2998046875 
- ^FTMC : 23396.599609375 

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### Just for fun

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> The police came round the other day saying they had reports our pet dog had been chasing the local kids on roller skates, funny I said, our dog does not own any roller skates.
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### Top News

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- Mission to Andros: Wine, cheese and lemons, the 'golden' products shaping the island's future (Euronews, [19 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/07/14/mission-to-andros-wine-cheese-and-lemons-the-golden-products-shaping-the-islands-future))
- China's June exports surge 27% from a year earlier as AI boom drives strong demand (Euronews, [34 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/07/14/chinas-june-exports-surge-27-from-a-year-earlier-as-ai-boom-drives-strong-demand))
- US launches air strikes as Iran targets tankers with cruise missiles (FT, [41 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/34f93b7e-b1a7-40c3-8e6e-a5cac7dbaa9c))
- SoftBank’s Son ridicules AI critics as ‘spitting upwards’ (FT, [47 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/fc0d48f4-a2ce-45b1-a0ad-83a0a8409f00))
- Trump watches IndyCar pit stop at the White House (Euronews, [53 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/07/14/trump-watches-indycar-pit-stop-at-the-white-house))
- Retired footballers show higher rates of depression and anxiety, study finds (Euronews, [55 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/health/2026/07/14/retired-footballers-show-higher-rates-of-depression-and-anxiety-study-finds))
- Big Blue thinks small, again, with 2U POWER tower (Register, [56 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/07/14/big-blue-thinks-small-again-with-2u-power-tower/5270851))
- Latest news bulletin  July 14th, 2026 – Morning (Euronews, [56 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/07/14/latest-news-bulletin-july-14th-2026-morning))
- Solar generated record 25% of EU power in June with Germany, Spain and Poland leading the race (Euronews, [57 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/07/14/solar-generated-record-25-of-eu-power-in-june-with-germany-spain-and-poland-leading-the-ra))
- Revealed: These are the world’s most expensive tourist visas for EU citizens (Euronews, [57 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/07/14/revealed-these-are-the-worlds-most-expensive-tourist-visas-for-eu-citizens))
- Marco Rubio launches sweeping campaign to 'dismantle' ICC 'threat to US sovereignty' (Euronews, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/07/14/marco-rubio-launches-sweeping-campaign-to-dismantle-icc-threat-to-us-sovereignty))
- China’s growth: five things to watch as economic pressure mounts (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/c21b8869-6539-414b-8fe2-255b329b8688))
- Where are property taxes highest and lowest in Europe? (Euronews, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/07/14/where-are-property-taxes-highest-and-lowest-in-europe))
- AI and the new Mechanical Turk (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/acd0ef98-b462-4800-88b9-2c78c54f2559))
- Spain begins Gibraltar airport checks as Brexit reaches the Rock (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/47f8712c-825b-447b-abe5-16b73717fcc3))
- RIP the US state department (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/ae268a4e-5134-4d34-ba5e-a908cc74c52d))
- Why the world should copy Trump for once (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/6ff504c6-1cee-4e37-a56d-6a06c3107819))
- US military targeted in Iran war phone-tracking campaign (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/44351c74-03c8-45ab-823b-5805c0daca5f))
- China’s monthly car exports surge past 1mn for first time as overall trade soars (FT, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/37324f66-7167-4083-a28e-6ffc505c4cda))
- Nvidia halves Asia buyer list in China chip crackdown (FT, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/7c146c56-cc7a-40ec-93cb-58106a012421))
- US launches strikes on Iran for third straight night as Trump says deal still 'possible' (Euronews, [2 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/07/14/us-launches-strikes-on-iran-for-third-straight-night-as-trump-says-deal-still-possible))
- India’s tech services giant HCL is getting into the AI datacenter business (Register, [3 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/07/14/indias-tech-services-giant-hcl-is-getting-into-the-ai-datacenter-business/5270827))
- Gobi X: Creating more energy for AI, not taking it from society (Register, [4 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/14/gobi-x-creating-more-energy-for-ai-not-taking-it-from-society/5270590))
- Zuck's AI ambitions put Meta on course to become America's next big cloud provider (Register, [6 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/14/zucks-ai-ambitions-put-meta-on-course-to-become-americas-next-big-cloud-provider/5270758))
- Zig creator calls Bun’s Claude Rust rewrite ‘unreviewed slop’ (Register, [6 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/07/14/zig-creator-calls-buns-claude-rust-rewrite-unreviewed-slop/5270743))
- Excel competition goes extreme, makes spreadsheet geeks compete from the street (Register, [9 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/07/13/excel-competition-goes-extreme-makes-spreadsheet-geeks-compete-from-the-street/5270709))
- The price is wrong: AI cost calculation has to consider task completion rates, not just token costs (Register, [10 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/13/the-price-is-wrong-ai-cost-calculation-has-to-consider-task-completion-rates-not-just-token-costs/5270683))
- Microsoft chief turns hostile on frontier AI labs, warns companies to guard their IP (Register, [12 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/13/microsoft-chief-turns-hostile-on-frontier-ai-labs-warns-companies-to-guard-their-ip/5270628))
- Official: Manchester United sign Andrey Santos from Chelsea (WAGNH, [12 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/170172/official-manchester-united-sign-andrey-santos-from-chelsea))
- German firm files for insolvency, blames cybercrims who shut down production for 6 weeks (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/07/13/german-firm-files-for-insolvency-blames-cybercrims-who-shut-down-production-for-6-weeks/5270524))
- Astronomers find sugar near the creamy center of the Milky Way (no caramel, though) (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/07/13/astronomers-find-sugar-near-the-creamy-center-of-the-milky-way-no-caramel-though/5270593))
- The Daily Hilario: Monday (WAGNH, [22 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/170161/the-daily-hilario-july-13th))

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### Word of the day

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 > coprology - noun: 1. The scientific study of excrement. 2. Pornographic material. 3. Language, literature, or art dealing with excretory matters in a prurient or humorous manner.

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### Quote of the Day

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> One thing you cannot take away from me is how I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one's freedoms is to choose one's attitudes in any circumstances. - Viktor Frankl

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Turn it upside down

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### Film Archive

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- Lost In Space (Rated: 2)
- Released in 1998
- Summary: After crash-landing on an alien planet, the Robinson family fight against all odds to survive and escape, but they're surrounded by hidden dangers.
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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 427, using [2, 4, 9, 10, 25, 100]
- Answer: 15 solutions.

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

  Solution: ( 100 - 25 - 10 - 4 ) x ( 9 - 2 )

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- Simon Collison [URL](https://colly.com/) [Feed](https://colly.com/articles/feed)
- Conor Meagher [URL](https://conr.dev/) [Feed](https://conr.dev/feed/feed.xml)
- Evan Travers [URL](http://evantravers.com/) [Feed](http://evantravers.com/feed.xml)
- Pluralistic by Cory Doctorow [URL](https://pluralistic.net/) [Feed](https://pluralistic.net/feed/)
- The Lang Cat [URL](https://thelangcat.co.uk/) [Feed](https://langcatfinancial.co.uk/feed/)
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