A new email service called Clova.Email lets users claim an address prefix of five or more characters, after which only the first sender to email that address is ever accepted again. The app also offers an MCP integration so AI assistants like Claude or Cursor can be granted limited permissions to manage inbox tasks such as generating addresses or retrieving codes and receipts. Sign-in options include Google, passkeys, or username and password, with Google logins sharing only email, name and photo.
Folio Society has published a 200-page edition titled 'Japanese Ghost Stories,' compiling supernatural folklore from Japan into a collector-oriented book. The release is timed to arrive ahead of Halloween, aimed at readers who collect illustrated or specialty print editions.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude produce polished, comprehensive marketing strategies that nonetheless fail when teams try to execute them, because the plans lack grounding in a company's real financial, operational and customer data. The piece references Clarity Digital's analysis on generic AI marketing strategies to support the claim that such documents are not true executable roadmaps.
Google has introduced a feature in Google Play that lets users build simple apps using AI prompting tools, often called 'vibe coding,' and distribute them privately to specific people rather than publishing them publicly. The apps run natively on Android devices through Play's existing distribution infrastructure, without requiring a full public store listing.
Pennsylvania-based startup Mosqitter, which makes chemical-free mosquito traps that mimic human heat, scent and breath, says it now has more than 5,000 devices deployed across five continents, up from roughly 250 in 2022. CEO Anastasiia Romanova told TechCrunch the company is turning these traps into an AI-powered monitoring network designed to identify mosquito species, track population changes and provide earlier warnings of disease risk.
Torvalds posted a ten-patch series that improves folio lookup by marking 'hot' folios for delayed release under an RCU grace period, allowing both the lookup and the actual data access to happen within an RCU-protected region without taking a refcount on the fast path. The change reportedly yields an order-of-magnitude speedup on a read()-heavy benchmark, though reviewers have already found a race condition requiring further fixes.
The Consensus has built a lightweight detection tool that flags articles resembling AI-generated writing, integrating it directly into its site. Unlike commercial tools such as Pangram, which the publication already pays for but finds too costly to run on every submission, the new system relies on static rules comparing pre- and post-2023 writing patterns rather than machine learning. The tool labels content as merely resembling AI writing, not confirming it was AI-written, and the creator notes it has occasionally flagged his own articles.
New figures cited in the report show that average net worth for Americans around age 50 has risen, but median net worth—a more representative measure—lags far behind. The disparity highlights how wealth concentrated among high-net-worth households skews the average upward, masking the financial reality for typical families.
Epic Games announced a redesigned Epic Games Store launcher that it says was built using AI-assisted "vibe coding," claiming it launches faster than Steam and offers a less clunky interface than the previous version. The release follows CEO Tim Sweeney's statement that Epic is undergoing a major AI pivot aimed at helping staff "build MORE and BETTER stuff." The update arrives after Epic cut roughly 1,000 jobs in March, reducing headcount by about a quarter.
The NHTSA has started inspecting a defect petition filed in late September that claims about 1,000 Tesla Model Y Robotaxis and Cybercabs exceeded posted speed limits in active school zones. The petition cites four incidents—one formal complaint and three social media reports—along with three video links, but reports no crashes, injuries, or deaths. NHTSA now has 120 days to review the claims and decide whether to open a formal investigation.
OpenAI discovered a USB recording device wrapped in toilet paper and plugged into a TV in a restricted executive conference room where leadership discussed confidential matters. The FBI alleges the device was planted by Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old OpenAI engineer, and CCTV footage shows him later trying to retrieve it. He was arrested and fired on Friday, and faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted of unlawful recording charges.
Ukrainian officials say SpaceX has imposed new restrictions on Starlink satellite internet access that have interfered with military drone missions. The officials say they were given no advance notice before the changes took effect, and that several operations were disrupted as a result.
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