The Weirdest Sex-Related PR Pitches I Got as a Reproductive Rights Reporter
As a journalist who covers gender and sexuality, I get unhinged emails about sex all the time. Welcome to the greatest hits.
Microsoft Outlook Fail Screws Up Latest Starbucks Union-Busting Effort
The caffeine giant missed an important filing deadline by eight minutes because it didn’t understand how Outlook attachments work.
Tool Links Email Addresses to Facebook Accounts in Bulk
A video shared with researchers and Motherboard shows a tool linking email addresses to Facebook accounts.
Help, My Candidate Is Dying: Most Campaign Emails Are Manipulative, Study Finds
Researchers analyzed 100,000 emails from political groups, and found patterns of manipulation and deceit.
Is Gmail Biased or Are Some Presidential Campaigns Just Better at Marketing?
There’s a gigantic industry tasked with taking full advantage of the Gmail tab system, using a universe of discordant and different technologies to maximize the reach of marketing messages.
How Big Companies Spy on Your Emails
Multiple confidential documents obtained by Motherboard show the sort of companies that want to buy data derived from scraping the contents of your email inbox.
Hotmail’s Journey from Internet Must-Have to Laughing Stock
Microsoft’s email service was once the cutting edge in online communication. Now, it’s a relic from the days of dial-up internet. What happened?
Workers Just Lost the Right to Organize on Company Email
It’s officially time to stop using your work email (and Slack) to organize your workplace.
We Asked People to Share Their Most Life-Changing DMs
"I’m sorry that I had to end it and I’m very sorry that I did not want to fix it."
Google Reveals 500 Indian Users Were Targeted By Government-Backed Hacking Attempt
Most of these were phishing attacks in which users were sent an authentic-looking email from Google, asking them to update their security details through a link.
Yahoo Engineer Used Insider Access to Get Private Photos of Women
Reyes Daniel Ruiz admitted to hacking, finding, and downloading the private images and videos of thousands of Yahoo users while he worked for the company.