Amazon alerts some users of password change following email leak
Amazon customer? You might've received an email yesterday from the company about a change to your account settings -- specifically, your password.
Yahoo secretly scanned millions of users’ incoming emails for U.S. spy agencies
Yahoo reportedly spied on millions of users of its popular webmail service, scanning users’ incoming emails at the behest of U.S. intelligence agencies.
Gmail’s upcoming responsive features will resize emails to fit to any screen
Gmail's next major update, due out by the end of September, will add formatting intelligence to messages. Text and images will automatically resize.
Think you deleted that email? If you’re on Yahoo, that might not be the case
Yahoo's got some 'splaining to do. Apparently, when you delete an email, it's not really deleted.
Donald Trump says ‘no thanks’ to using a smartphone and email
While we previously thought that Donald Trump might use both a Samsung and iPhone, new reports suggest he may not use a smartphone at all.
How to track down the rat who’s selling your Gmail address to spammers
Few people like to receive an onslaught of deals, newsletters, and the like. Here's how to figure out who's selling your address to a third-party company.
Don’t lose your email! Here’s how to export and import your Outlook inbox
If you use Outlook, it's probably an important tool for your job. If you want to keep a local backup of your emails and other files, here's a handy guide.
Facebook is killing email forwarding: Here’s how to disable it on your account
As of May 1, 2016 Facebook email forwarding will stop. This service is the last remnant of Facebook's otherwise discontinued email system. How to fix it.
Microsoft asks Outlook early adopters to join waiting list and cross their fingers
If you want to try out some of the new features of the new version of Microsoft's Outlook email client, you can sign up to this waiting list.
Want someone to hack a Gmail account? That’ll cost just $130, says report from Dell
Dell's SecureWorks arm has published a report revealing the prices for DDoS attacks, hacking emails, getting fake bank account credentials, and more.
Hackers attacking corporate executive targets with personalized phishing emails
Hackers are now targeting high-ranking company executives in personalized phishing emails. Their information is supposedly pulled from public sites.
The latest ransomware harasses users by encrypting tax return documents
There's a new ransomeware in town that will encrypt your tax return files. Called PowerWare, infected users must pay $500 or more to get their file back.
Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo want to make email immune to man-in-the-middle attacks
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and more have published a new set of security standards for emails, aiming to fix a number of issues in current encryption.
The man who invented email and ‘put the @ sign on the map’ has died
The man widely credited with inventing email and rescuing the "@" mark from relative obscurity has died aged 74. Ray Tomlinson created the system back in 1971, and in doing so changed forever the way we work and communicate.
Woman finds news of $150,000 prize in her junk email — and it was real
While your email junk folder is usually full of exactly that, Australian author Helen Garner has a tale to tell that shows you really should check it from time to time to see if there's anything in there that shouldn't be.
Inbox by Gmail’s quick answer cards give you results faster
Google's email client, Inbox by Gmail, just got an update that offers quick answer cards providing information you can search for immediately at a glance.
Mozilla is thinking about ditching Thunderbird email client
The Mozilla Foundation has a number of long-running projects, but it may soon be set to drop the Thunderbird email client.
LinkedIn has built a tool to help it stop sending out so many emails
LinkedIn is well known for sending out tons of emails to users, a situation that landed it in court recently. Apparently keen to finally deal with the matter, the social network has just unveiled a new system it promises will help cut its email output.
Yikes — did a teenager really hack the CIA director’s email?
If the claims of one under-20-year-old prove to be true, CIA director John Brennan will have been the subject of a rather alarming security meltdown.
Surprise! In-person interactions prevent depression better than emails and texts
Face-to-face interactions are better than sending an email or a text when it comes to staving off depression, a new study suggests.
LinkedIn pays $13m to settle suit regarding excessive emailing, tells users via email
LinkedIn has agreed to shell out $13 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought about by complaints that the company was sending out too many emails and without consent. Impacted members who used the site between 2011 and 2014 can apply for a payout.
Email fail: Blunder sees leading HIV clinic leak details of 780 patients
When sending an email to multiple recipients, have you ever put the names into the Cc field when you meant to put them in the Bcc field? An employee at one of the U.K.'s leading health clinics made the error this week, and it upset a lot of people.
John Kerry says China and Russia are probably reading his emails
Secretary of State John Kerry said his emails have "very likely" been accessed by China and Russia and that he is careful about what he puts in writing.
If you’re waiting for Windows 10, watch out for this email scam
Scammers will try anything to get their malware onto your machine, including offering you a free upgrade to Windows 10. Here's how to spot the scam.
Microsoft launches Send, its email-based messaging app
Microsoft has launched Send, an iOS-only (for now) app that makes emailing friends and co-workers feel more like a simple messaging exchange, with no need for signatures, subject lines, or salutations.
Spam reaches 12-year low as cybercriminals pursue new methods
Email spam is at a 12-year low, according to security software company Symantec.
Inbox now suggests when to resurface Snoozed emails
Google Inbox is getting smarter. The service, a subset of Gmail, gained a new feature that suggests when to resurface important Snoozed emails.
Microsoft has introduced a slew of new updates for Outlook.com
Microsoft introduced a new user interface and a series of features for Outlook.com on May 21.
Microsoft looks set to launch chat-like email app called Flow
It looks as if Microsoft is on the verge of launching a communications app called Flow, that makes messages appear in a chat-app format although in reality it operates via email.
Brian and Kumar go to de-Clutter your inbox by default this June
According to a new blog post on the Office 365 website, users of the popular Clutter email manager will have the setting turned on by default this June
Russian hackers got a peek at some of Obama’s emails last year
The hackers that gave the White House and State Department such a hard time last year managed to access to some of President Obama's correspondence.
What 16 billion emails reveal about our inbox routines
Researchers have been rooting through the data produced by 16 billion emails in the most comprehensive study on email habits of its kind.
Sent an email to the wrong person? Unsend.it lets you remove it from their inbox
A new service, UnSend.it, lets you unsend and edit accidental e-mails to unintended recipients.
Phishing emails still surprisingly effective, reports Google
Email hackers are still using fraudulent website links to try and get you to expose your account information, and with some success — Google says the best scams can reel in 45 percent of users.
HP smartwatch is light on features, but looks like a normal watch
Ideal for anyone that dislikes the modern style of current smartwatch design, HP's new smartwatch opts for a classic style while still providing various types of digital notifications.
We like it! This app won’t let you check work email when you’re off hours
You're spending too much time checking your email outside of work and it's costing you productivity at work. Enforced Vacation, a new email app, is here to fix that.
How to send email using another address from your Gmail account
Check out this brief guide where we show you how to send email from different accounts using Gmail.
Is Google+ being slowly sunsetted? Mandatory Gmail integration gets removed
Definitely a shift away from promoting Google+ usage, the search company has removed the mandatory requirement of setting up a new Google+ account when signing up for a Gmail account.