Daily Rundown for 2026-10-29

Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing…

On Thursday, 29 October 2026

  • The average temperature today is 14.08˚C,
  • With highs of 15.19˚C and lows of 13.3˚C,
  • It may feel like 13.63˚C with broken clouds
  • The wind speed is 2.57m/s and visibility is 10000m
  • The pressure is 1028hPa and humidity is 80%
  • The sun will rise at 06:57 and set at 16:46

MI5 Status

  • The current threat level is SEVERE
  • It has been 182 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

Today’s tasks

  • No tasks today

Daily Doctrine

Be humble.

Fixture List

  • Everton v Newcastle United
  • Manchester City Women v PSG Women

Stocks

  • VWRL.L : 138.8800048828125
  • ^FTSE : 10740.7197265625
  • ^FTMC : 24677.150390625

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

  • LibreOffice’s ‘no AI’ stance meets LLM-assisted code (Register, 1 minutes ago)
  • Spain train crash: What happened in the 17 minutes before the collision? (Euronews, 6 minutes ago)
  • Is von der Leyen’s ‘associate membership’ for Canada already dead? (Euronews, 7 minutes ago)
  • Israel: protesters demand Arab-Jewish unity government after election (Euronews, 9 minutes ago)
  • China’s leaders vow tougher corruption crackdown (FT, 19 minutes ago)
  • Latest news bulletin October 29th, 2026 – Midday (Euronews, 29 minutes ago)
  • Traces of new Pi hardware spotted in GitHub (Register, 30 minutes ago)
  • Spain: cranes clear twisted train wreckage as rescuers work through the night (Euronews, 57 minutes ago)
  • ECB President Christine Lagarde to step down next February, months before her mandate ends (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
  • Christine Lagarde to step down as ECB president in February (FT, 1 hours ago)
  • Microsoft breaks New Outlook attachment opening with Edge Update (Register, 1 hours ago)
  • In Pompeii, a woman’s wardrobe resurfaces with beauty items and jewels (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
  • US measles surge reminds of Europe’s vaccination gaps (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
  • Matrix takes sovereign messaging into the realm of the tech giants (Register, 2 hours ago)
  • What worker guarantees do unions and lawmakers demand to unblock EU Inc? (Euronews, 2 hours ago)
  • Admin dropped the F-bomb in a password to show hackers who was really 1337 (Register, 2 hours ago)
  • HPE puts storage to work on AI’s expensive memory problem (Register, 2 hours ago)
  • More refineries ‘spread across the globe’ needed to avoid disruptions during wars, says expert (Euronews, 2 hours ago)
  • US tech stocks set to fall after earnings fuel AI spending concerns (FT, 2 hours ago)
  • The Daily Hilario: Thursday (WAGNH, 3 hours ago)
  • Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon looks like a diamond in the rough (Register, 6 hours ago)
  • Boffin’s software found a possible dwarf planet - a result so rare he thought it must be a bug (Register, 6 hours ago)
  • How Flávio Bolsonaro fled Brazil (FT, 6 hours ago)
  • Israel’s ‘Houdini’ and his latest escape (FT, 6 hours ago)
  • Private equity’s growing pains (FT, 6 hours ago)
  • Israel vote leaves door open to Iran attack (FT, 6 hours ago)
  • Tape is so not dead that Fujifilm will increase production capacity 5x (Register, 7 hours ago)
  • Google struggling to make AI Mode searches pay (Register, 10 hours ago)
  • Morgan Rogers on courage, pride and the ‘worst way to lose’ (CFC, 11 hours ago)
  • Google shares tumble 10% after $51bn AI outlay deepens cash burn (FT, 12 hours ago)
  • Alonso delivers updates on Caicedo, Gusto and Lacroix (CFC, 12 hours ago)
  • Alonso: We played with courage (CFC, 12 hours ago)
  • Liverpool 1-1 (6-5 p/k) Chelsea, League Cup: Post-match reaction, ratings (WAGNH, 13 hours ago)
  • Match report: Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea (6-5 on pens) (CFC, 13 hours ago)
  • Republicans seek to deflect Epstein anger on to Democrats (FT, 15 hours ago)
  • Chelsea FCW 2-0 AS Roma Femminile, UEFA Women’s Champions League: Post-match reaction (WAGNH, 15 hours ago)
  • Liverpool vs. Chelsea, League Cup: Lineups & Game Thread (WAGNH, 16 hours ago)
  • Israel’s Arabs seek a slice of power (FT, 17 hours ago)
  • Chelsea fans’ preferred lineup against Liverpool: One Estêvão please! (WAGNH, 18 hours ago)
  • Say hello to Touch on Mac (Apple, 18 hours ago)
  • Chelsea FCW vs. AS Roma Femminile, UEFA Women’s Champions League: Confirmed lineups; how to watch (WAGNH, 18 hours ago)
  • Chelsea FCW vs. AS Roma Femminile, UEFA Women’s Champions League: Preview, team news, how to watch (WAGNH, 21 hours ago)

Word of the day

Odyssean - adjective: Relating to a long and eventful journey.

Quote of the Day

Be honest, Without objectivity and honesty, the project team is set up for failure, even if developing iteratively. - Ian Spence and Kurt Bittner, Agile Authors

Oblique Strategies

Accept advice

Film Archive

  • Lucky Number Slevin (Rated: 2)
  • Released in 2006
  • Summary: A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city’s rival crime bosses. Under constant surveillance by Detective Brikowski and assassin Goodkat, he must get them before they get him.

Countdown Numbers

  • Target: 488, using [2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 75]

  • Answer: 13 solutions.

  • Solution Solution: ( 5 x 5 x 2 + 75 - 3 ) x 4

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