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date: 2026-08-20 05:21
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-08-20
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Thursday, 20 August 2026

- The average temperature today is 14.23˚C,
- With highs of 14.51˚C and lows of 13.72˚C,
- It may feel like 14.03˚C with broken clouds
- The wind speed is 0.89m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1003hPa and humidity is 89%
- The sun will rise at 05:00 and set at 19:23

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 111 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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> challenge assumptions.

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### Fixture List

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- Tromso v Brighton & Hove Albion
- Sheffield Wednesday v Bradford City

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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 138.24000549316406
- ^FTSE : 10743.400390625
- ^FTMC : 24643.5

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### Just for fun

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> What are two landmasses favourite game? - Bridge.

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### Top News

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- ‘A formidable predator’: Italian scientists relying on octopuses to get blue crab populations in check (Euronews, [9 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/08/20/a-formidable-predator-italian-scientists-hoping-octopuses-can-get-blue-crab-populations-in))
- Latest news bulletin August 20th, 2026 – Morning (Euronews, [21 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/08/20/latest-news-bulletin-august-20th-2026-morning))
- In London, children’s lungs grow faster as traffic pollution falls (Euronews, [21 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/health/2026/08/20/london-childrens-lungs-grow-faster-as-traffic-pollution-falls))
- Lebanon extradites ex-Assad military general to Syria for trial over alleged crimes committed during civil war (Euronews, [29 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/08/20/lebanon-extradites-ex-assad-military-general-to-syria-for-trial-over-alleged-crimes-commit))
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to move back to the UK later this month (Euronews, [59 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/20/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-to-move-back-to-the-uk-later-this-month))
- North Korea says Trump's scale-back of joint military exercises with South Korea 'changes nothing' (Euronews, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/08/20/north-korea-says-trumps-scale-back-of-joint-military-exercises-with-south-korea-changes-no))
- Demand for tankers soars as Gulf oil producers search for ways to export cargoes (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/a8056598-14dd-4a9e-a21d-ad68e9891cc1?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Top US law firms hit by backlash over ‘crazy’ hiring of first-year students (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/d70655c1-63b8-4142-aae8-82db916bc045?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- The slow sucking sound of AI (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/6181c22c-731a-4044-9720-fc4e0d500403?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Moderna pins hopes on mRNA ‘game-changer’ for cancer vaccines (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/cd52173f-5863-4996-93b2-c4adb81ad210?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Ranked: The most and least expensive airlines in Europe (Euronews, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/08/20/ranked-the-most-and-least-expensive-airlines-in-europe))
- The box that built globalisation (FT, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/b88c3466-4525-4e16-b3fe-e10e713a2025?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Crystal Palace, Chelsea agree Axel Disasi loan — report (WAGNH, [2 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/171176/crystal-palace-chelsea-agree-axel-disasi-loan-report))
- Microsoft ends one of the last ways to buy VMware without big bundles (Register, [3 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/virtualization/2026/08/20/microsoft-ends-one-of-the-last-ways-to-buy-vmware-without-big-bundles/5290044))
- North Korea dismisses Trump overture (FT, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/d15d68d5-291b-44d2-8fdf-3afc95308e9e))
- AMD inches closer to its goal of making AI suck less ... energy (Register, [5 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/08/20/amd-inches-closer-to-its-goal-of-making-ai-suck-less-energy/5289990))
- 'Not a theoretical risk,' feds warn as attackers use AI-made code to hack critical infrastructure controllers (Register, [6 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/19/not-a-theoretical-risk-feds-warn-as-attackers-use-ai-made-code-to-hack-critical-infrastructure-controllers/5289960))
- US government debt hits $40tn as borrowing rises at historic rate (FT, [9 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/673f8c35-1433-479f-803f-0597cbe7ef74?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- SvelteKit 3 puts heat on Next.js with radical approach to RPCs (Register, [9 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/08/19/sveltekit-3-puts-heat-on-nextjs-with-radical-approach-to-rpcs/5289925))
- 'Charred' body found in vineyard in southern France identified as influencer Sonia Bellina (Euronews, [9 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/19/charred-body-found-in-southern-france-identified-as-influencer-sonia-bellina))
- Google pits Marvell against Broadcom as it chases AI crown (Register, [9 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/08/19/google-pits-marvell-against-broadcom-as-it-chases-ai-crown/5289902))
- Dev taps Claude Code to craft custom printer driver for macOS (Register, [9 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/19/dev-taps-claude-code-to-craft-custom-printer-driver-for-macos/5289875))
- After weeks of rallying behind Fedorov, protesters reject his call for wartime elections in Ukraine (Euronews, [10 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/19/after-weeks-of-rallying-behind-fedorov-protesters-reject-his-call-for-wartime-elections-in))
- ICE boss to agents: Leave the Meta spy glasses at home (Register, [11 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/19/ice-boss-to-agents-leave-the-meta-spy-glasses-at-home/5289826))
- Trump says he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un later this year (Euronews, [12 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/08/19/trump-says-north-korea-has-57-very-powerful-nuclear-weapons))
- Official: Wigan Athletic sign Reggie Walsh on loan from Chelsea (WAGNH, [12 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/171165/official-wigan-athletic-sign-reggie-walsh-on-loan-from-chelsea))
- Grain prices surge after Ukraine war chokes off seaborne exports (FT, [12 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/91f17b0f-9c31-483e-b828-d90dad931a2f?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Epic Games dismisses Apple's simplified EU App Store fees as 'junk' (Register, [12 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/08/19/epic-games-dismisses-apples-simplified-eu-app-store-fees-as-junk/5289794))
- Flock surveillance backlash mounts as fiendish Halloween plans circulate (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/19/flock-surveillance-backlash-mounts-as-fiendish-halloween-plans-circulate/5289701))
- More than half of Americans now view AI negatively (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/19/more-than-half-of-americans-now-view-ai-negatively/5289736))
- Alfie Osborne joins Chelsea (CFC, [17 hours ago](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/alfie-osborne-joins-chelsea))
- The Daily Hilario: Wednesday (WAGNH, [22 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/171148/the-daily-hilario-august-19th))
- Over a dozen Chelsea players still need their futures sorted (WAGNH, [22 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/171153/over-a-dozen-chelsea-players-still-need-their-futures-sorted))

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### Word of the day

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> overplus - noun: Something extra; a surplus.

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### Quote of the Day

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> It is never about how you start, it is always about how you finish. - Dwayne Johnson, The Rock

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Reverse

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### Film Archive

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- Hollow (Rated: 4)
- Released in 2011
- Summary: On holiday in the English countryside, two young couples uncover an ancient evil.

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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 480, using [1, 2, 4, 10, 50, 100]
- Answer: 55 solutions.

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

  Solution: ( 100 + 50 - ( 2 + 1 ) x 10 ) x 4

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- Olu Niyi-Awosusi [URL](https://olu.online/) [Feed](https://olu.online/feed/?type=rss)
- The Changelog [URL](https://changelog.com/) [Feed](http://feeds.feedburner.com/thechangelog)
- Six Colors [URL](https://sixcolors.com/?feed=json) [Feed](https://sixcolors.com/feed.json)
- Chris Shaw [URL](https://thoughts.uncountable.uk/) [Feed](https://thoughts.uncountable.uk/feed)
- Graham Cluley [URL](https://grahamcluley.com/) [Feed](http://feeds.feedburner.com/GrahamCluleysBlog)

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