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Tess Calder

Tess covers AI and software for Next F9, from model releases to everyday applications. Her articles focus on workflows, open tools and the practical limits behind a product demo.

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Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-125350 Fixed in Chrome 157 Update

Google patched CVE-2026-125350, an exploited Chrome XML bug, in 157.0.8103.50. Restart the browser to apply it.

Next F9 Daily 9 cover for November 10, 2026: nine numbered cards beside a calendar page showing 10, with the AI, fintech, crypto, software and tech desk strip.
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Daily 9 November 10, 2026: Fable 5.2, TPU 8tx, NZ Stablecoins

Anthropic ships Claude Fable 5.2, Google adds TPU 8tx and 8i Max, and New Zealand consults on NZD stablecoins.

Next F9 Daily 9 cover for November 9, 2026: nine numbered cards beside a calendar page showing 9, with the AI, fintech, crypto, software and tech desk strip.
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Daily 9 November 9, 2026: Grok Watermarks, MEXC Order, Algorand

xAI watermarks Grok API text by default, Treasury moves against MEXC Global, and Algorand winds down its programmes.

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PSI Says AI Found a Proof of the Aaronson-Ambainis Conjecture

PSI says its system, running a non-public Anthropic model, proved a 2008 quantum conjecture that Lean then checked.

Next F9 Daily 9 cover for November 8, 2026: nine numbered cards beside a calendar page showing 8, with the AI, fintech, crypto, software and tech desk strip.
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Daily 9 November 8, 2026: Jailbreak Ratings, Nigeria Rules, Qt

AI labs get a jailbreak rating scale, Nigeria publishes stablecoin rules, and Qt and Wazuh ship security fixes.

Next F9 Daily 9 cover for November 7, 2026: nine numbered story cards beside a calendar page showing 7, above the strip AI, Fintech, Crypto, Software, Tech.
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Daily 9 November 7, 2026: Claude Finance, Base Denim, OpenSSH

Claude gets read-only bank links, Base moves to 200ms blocks, and OpenSSH and Istio ship security fixes.

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How to Remove Your Personal Information From Data Brokers

Opt out site by site, pay a service, or use California's free DROP tool. What works and why records come back.

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Small Language Model vs. LLM: What Actually Differs

Small language models trade stored knowledge for speed, privacy and lower cost. How they differ from LLMs.

Next F9 Daily 9 cover for Nov 6 2026: nine numbered news cards beside a shield with an orange padlock, above the AI, Fintech, Crypto, Software and Tech desk strip.
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Daily 9 November 6, 2026: GPT-6 Cyber, Samsung USDC, Keycloak

OpenAI ships GPT-6 Cyber, Stripe powers Samsung Wallet's USDC buys, and Keycloak and FrankenPHP push security fixes.

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Chrome 157 Reaches Stable With 213 Security Fixes

Chrome 157 is rolling out to Windows, Mac, Linux and Android with 213 security fixes, seven of them rated Critical.

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Daily 9 November 5, 2026: Stock Perps, Canton Coin and Patches

US stock perps go live, SEC staff call Canton Coin a commodity, Tencent ships Hy4, and Rails and APT need patches.

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Daily 9 November 4, 2026: Stablecoins, Open Models, Patches

Taiwan's stablecoin draft, a Swiss franc token, open models for regulated firms, GIFT City payments and urgent patches.

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Daily 9 November 3, 2026: Grid Deals, Bug Bounties and Agent Cards

Nine verified updates on AI power deals, bug bounties, agentic payments, Hong Kong fintech and urgent patches.

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Perplexity's BrowseSafe++ Tests Browser Agent Defenses

Perplexity's new benchmark draws on 1.15 million injections its Comet agent flagged, plus two small detectors.

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Daily 9 November 2, 2026: Hardware Wallets, Agents and Passkeys

Nine verified updates on exchange security, coding agents, shared AI usage limits, passkey payments and software fixes.

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2FA ·

2FA Recovery Codes: Create, Store and Replace Them

Create, store and replace 2FA recovery codes before a lost phone turns into an account lockout.

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Daily 9: OpenAI, OnePay and Cloudflare — November 1, 2026

Nine verified updates on AI, banking, crypto security, software and enterprise tech.

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Daily 9 October 31, 2026: Space AI, Payments and Security

Nine October 27–30 developments in space AI, robotics, payments, crypto, cloud tools and security.

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AI privacy ·

How to Opt Out of AI Training on ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini

Turn off consumer AI training controls in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, then check the feedback and retention exceptions.

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ChatGPT ·

How to Delete Your ChatGPT History and What Remains

Delete one ChatGPT conversation or all of them, then check archives, memories and separately saved files.

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Daily 9 October 30, 2026: Files, Passkeys and Open Source

Nine October 28–29 developments across AI, payments, software, crypto and technology policy.

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Daily 9 October 29, 2026: Apps, Security and Tokenization

Nine October 28 developments across AI, software, payments, crypto and devices.

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iOS 18.7.11 Fixes an Exploited Flaw on Older iPhones

Apple's October 26 update brings a fix for an exploited CoreGraphics bug to the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR.

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Daily 9 October 28, 2026: AI, Payments and Security

Nine verified developments across AI, software, payments, crypto and security.

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