Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted. If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest. For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost. This above all: beware the horseface killah.

Stories of the day:

• White House-ordered Huawei probe reveals no evidence of spying, sources tell Reuters
• Determined to stay alive, The Pirate Bay secures its servers in the cloud
• Amazon Whispercast for Kindle paves the way for the rise of digital textbooks