Oct 13, 2026

• Tech/Dev

  Browser fingerprinting is the new cookie

  Identifying devices by fonts, screen resolution and graphics card has become the main tracking method in 2026. Unlike cookies, it can't be cleared and works even in incognito mode or behind a VPN.

  Source: Techloy

• Marketing/SEO

  Rank trackers keep breaking on Google

  Barry Schwartz reports that third-party rank tracking tools are still struggling to pull Google Search data as Google tightens its blocking of scraping.

  Source: Search Engine Roundtable

• Markets

  September inflation breaks the target ceiling

  Brazil's IPCA rose 0.82% in September, above the 0.76% median forecast, taking 12-month inflation to 4.58%, above the target ceiling, driven by the end of the Itaipu power bill credit and a rebound in food prices.

  Source: Canal Rural

• Economic calendar: Brazil and US

  Brazil

  The only highlight is the Focus survey, with new forecasts for inflation, the Selic rate, the exchange rate and GDP, usually out early in the morning.

  United States

  A day of second-tier events: remarks from Fed officials Waller, Barkin and Collins, T-bill auctions, September existing home sales, the NFIB small business index and the federal budget balance. No payrolls, CPI or rate decision.