2026-08-19 Briefing

GitHub blamed an eight-hour outage on autoscaling failure and a VS Code retry storm. Baidu said Chinese buyers want domestic AI chips over supply chain fears, denting Nvidia's hopes. A breach at a third-party operator exposed guest data at 120 Quest hotels. NASA found SpaceX's Moon crash left a 29-meter double crater. And HMRC's low-code push cost £657M—proving low code isn't cheap.