Google is rolling out a new Calendar setting called 'Get an email when guests respond,' letting meeting organizers or their delegates opt out of receiving RSVP confirmations and automatic replies like out-of-office messages. The setting is enabled by default but can be unchecked, and it applies to the whole series for recurring events. The gradual rollout begins today for Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and personal Google account users.
The boxwood maze designed by Randoll Coate in tribute to Jorge Luis Borges, first planted on the Venetian island in 2011, has been fully restored with funding from PwC Italia. The hedges, arranged to spell Borges' surname and evoke symbols like a question mark and a cane, form the shape of an open book within a steel frame at the Giorgio Cini Foundation.
Some Fitbit Air users are removing the tracker from its wristband and taping it directly to their skin, with placements reported on the bicep or inside a sock on the ankle. Users say this unofficial method still tracks activity normally despite the device being designed for wrist wear. The trend emerged from posts shared on Reddit and was later compiled by 9to5Google.
An entrepreneur who has built companies in hospitality, real estate, construction, home inspections, healthcare and digital marketing argues that success comes from recognizing recurring problem patterns rather than industry expertise. He points to a NBER study of Danish firms showing serial entrepreneurs are 39% more productive than first-time founders, crediting this edge to pattern recognition rather than diversification itself.
Filmmaker Rob Savage, known for 'Boogeyman' and 'Dashcam', is releasing a new horror film titled 'Other Mommy' starring Oscar winner Jessica Chastain. The movie is scheduled to arrive on October 8, and Savage has drawn comparisons between the film and the psychological thriller 'Obsession'.
Sega previewed Crazy Taxi: World Tour, a modern remake of its Dreamcast-era arcade classic, at a Los Angeles press event. The new version keeps the original's frantic fare-pickup gameplay and alt-rock soundtrack but expands into multiple game modes, including a free-roaming sandbox mode set across international locations like Germany. The title is slated for release in 2027.
An Anthropic fellows program researcher, Chen Yueh-Han, published a paper showing an automated system that searches literature, proposes fixes, and trains models to improve performance across 10 alignment benchmarks without hurting overall capability. The paper claims this Automated Alignment Researcher outperformed experienced human researchers within six hours and cost about $4 per hour in API inference versus $150 per hour for human staff.
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service recalled nearly 25,000 pounds of frozen Buffalo chicken rangoon and Benedetto's Buffalo chicken mozzarella sticks made by Boston-based Shanghai Ravioli Corporation. The products were flagged for carrying false inspection marks and were distributed to foodservice businesses in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
An early, unofficial leak of NVIDIA's upcoming DLSS 5 technology has surfaced, showing its neural rendering applied to games like Control and Skyrim. The AI-altered faces look strangely aged or overly realistic while clashing with untouched, lower-poly bodies and stiff animations, producing an uncanny visual mismatch. Testing also showed a steep performance cost, with Control's frame rate reportedly dropping from 71 fps to 35 fps at 4K on an RTX 5070 Ti when Neural Rendering was enabled.
Researchers in Germany tested over 120 metal fans and found that attending several days of live metal performances appeared to increase their ability to withstand pain, based on cold-pain tolerance tests. The findings suggest a link between the concert experience and heightened physical resilience among attendees.
The Talix retractable USB-C to USB-C cable, normally $22, is discounted to $14 on Amazon with a coupon. It supports up to 240W and PD 3.2 charging, packing a 4- to 5-foot cord into a compact, magnet-equipped case about the size of a compact mirror.
NASA plans to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30, a $4.3 billion observatory built from a spare satellite donated by the National Reconnaissance Office roughly 15 years ago. The telescope will search for Type 1A supernovas and study dark energy, the mysterious force driving the universe's expansion, while also hunting for exoplanets.
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