Daily Rundown for 2026-08-12
Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing…
On Wednesday, 12 August 2026
- The average temperature today is 16.33˚C,
- With highs of 16.65˚C and lows of 14.36˚C,
- It may feel like 16.19˚C with scattered clouds
- The wind speed is 2.68m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1023hPa and humidity is 83%
- The sun will rise at 04:47 and set at 19:39
MI5 Status
- The current threat level is SEVERE
- It has been 103 days since the last change (2026-04-30)
Today’s tasks
- No tasks today
Daily Doctrine
Optimise flow.
Fixture List
- No Fixtures
Stocks
- VWRL.L : 139.44000244140625
- ^FTSE : 10844.2001953125
- ^FTMC : 24799.80078125
Just for fun
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.
Top News
- Taiwan hits out at China over naval drill with Indonesia (FT, 29 minutes ago)
- China-linked hackers hit Taiwan in unprecedented ‘autonomous’ AI cyber attack (FT, 1 hours ago)
- How to stop global warming (FT, 1 hours ago)
- JD Vance asked Ukraine to halt strikes on tankers using Russian port (FT, 1 hours ago)
- China’s great jobs squeeze (FT, 1 hours ago)
- Europe’s carbon mechanism is a tariff by another name (FT, 1 hours ago)
- Singapore Airlines loses almost $800mn on Air India bet — with more pain forecast (FT, 2 hours ago)
- Top Democrat demands briefing on secret mission to extract Trump from Turkey (FT, 3 hours ago)
- Chelsea have ‘no interest’ in signing Myles Lewis-Skelly from Arsenal — report (WAGNH, 3 hours ago)
- India’s central bank wants AI to approve loans that humans would reject (Register, 4 hours ago)
- Modular’s Mojo programming language hits 1.0 milestone (Register, 5 hours ago)
- Signal adds an extra layer of security to make sure you’re actually chatting with the right person (Register, 7 hours ago)
- 421 bugs in Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release, and the Norks have already attacked one (Register, 8 hours ago)
- Give Palantir up to $244m through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo (Register, 8 hours ago)
- Panama Canal fees hit record high as El Niño and Iran war choke shipping (FT, 8 hours ago)
- Together AI embraces the competition with $240M IBM Cloud deal (Register, 10 hours ago)
- Official: Notts County sign Ishé Samuels-Smith on loan from Chelsea (WAGNH, 11 hours ago)
- Official: RC Strasbourg sign Filip Jörgensen on loan from Chelsea (WAGNH, 12 hours ago)
- DEF CON dingus suspected of trying to take over Delta in-flight Wi-Fi (Register, 13 hours ago)
- Intel upsizes stock sale to $20B with spending plans still fuzzy (Register, 13 hours ago)
- Two wars and a World Cup lead to epic DDoS attacks on publishers (Register, 14 hours ago)
- Feds warn Gunra ransomware is exploiting known bugs to hit critical infrastructure (Register, 15 hours ago)
- CFCW on tour: Media appearances and meeting the fans (CFC, 16 hours ago)
- Gallery: Open training under the lights in Sydney (CFC, 17 hours ago)
- The Daily Hilario: Tuesday (WAGNH, 22 hours ago)
Word of the day
skirr - verb tr.: To range rapidly over an area, especially in search of something. noun: A whirring or grating sound.
Quote of the Day
A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say we did it ourselves. - Lao Tzu
Oblique Strategies
Breathe more deeply
Film Archive
- The Hitman’s Bodyguard (Rated: 3)
- Released in 2017
- Summary: Michael Bryce, a protection agent, is tasked with protecting Darius Kincaid, one of the world’s most famous assassins.
Countdown Numbers
- Target: 504, using [1, 6, 7, 10, 25, 75]
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Answer: 14 solutions.
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Solution: ( 75 + 25 + 1 - 10 - 7 ) x 6Solution
