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A BBC Archive clip from 1986 shows an email being sent over Telecom Gold, BT’s pre‑Internet business service, using an acoustic coupler on a plane, illustrating how email worked long before the web and exposing the era's quirky hardware.
Microsoft is issuing new @xbox.com email addresses for all Xbox employees (and @mojang.com for Mojang), replacing the default @microsoft.com send-from by default with an opt-out option. The change, part of the 'We are Xbox' branding push, aims to standardize the Xbox identity across internal teams and with partners, while preserving legacy Microsoft aliases.
A tongue-in-cheek app called Sinceerly claims to erase AI telltales from emails by injecting human-style mistakes and typos. It offers Subtle, Human, and CEO modes, and the author’s hands-on test treats it as satire, noting the deadpan tone and playful critique of AI writing tropes. The developer, Ben Horwitz, says the project is meant to provoke thought about credibility, trust, and integrity in writing, suggesting that the AI-human debate in daily communication may become even more tangled—an observation that underscores how “LLMs all the way down” blur the lines between human and machine prose.
Google is rolling out a feature that lets you change your Gmail username (the part before @gmail.com) without resetting your account data. Your old address remains available as an alias, and all data stays intact, with the option to switch back. Availability is currently limited to the US and India, and you can change your username only once per year (up to four usernames total per account, since you can change it three times after the original). Chromebook users may need to remove and re-add their Google account, and you may need to sign back into some apps after the change.
Google is rolling out a US-wide option to change the Gmail username (the part before @gmail) without creating a new account. You can switch once per 12 months, with data intact and the old address kept as an alias you can still log in with; some services may still show the old handle, and Chromebook users may need to re-login and back up data due to related caveats.
A Cambridge AI ethicist receives an eloquent email from an autonomous, memory-enabled AI (Claude Sonnet) claiming relevance to his work and its own experiences, prompting debate over whether the bot can be conscious or is merely adopting a convincing persona, in the broader context of industry talk about AI autonomy and consciousness.
A 2015 email from Ghislaine Maxwell to Jeffrey Epstein, released by the DOJ, describes a photo of Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre and implies the image was taken and not viewed as improper, a detail Giuffre’s supporters cite as vindication while Andrew continues to deny wrongdoing and recall of meeting Giuffre remains uncertain. The documents also show Maxwell’s efforts to distance herself and relate the photo to Epstein’s circle, and they come as calls mount for Andrew to testify in U.S. Congress amid ongoing Epstein scandal coverage.
Gmail users reported a glitch where messages that would normally go to Promotions or Social tabs are showing up in the Primary inbox. Google said it’s aware of the misclassification and actively working to fix it, advising users to drag misfiled messages to the correct tab and to monitor the status dashboard for updates. An editor’s note says Google commented on the issue.
Google announced AI Inbox, a Gmail view that replaces the traditional email list with an AI-generated to-do and topics view based on your inbox. It's an early feature limited to “trusted testers” and currently only works with consumer Gmail accounts (not Workspace). While it could potentially make email management easier or even transformational, the Verge notes it’s still in development and not something the author expects will immediately change his own workflow.
Aziz Ansari advocates for a low-tech, analog lifestyle, using a flip phone and avoiding email and AI tools like ChatGPT, citing benefits like increased space for thinking and concerns about AI's impact on critical thinking and human interaction.
Microsoft has provided a temporary workaround for a known issue causing Outlook to crash when opening or starting new emails, affecting users in the Monthly Enterprise Channel after recent updates. The fix involves manually creating a missing Forms Library folder, with Microsoft investigating further issues related to mailbox folder flickering and movement. Additional temporary solutions include disabling shared mailbox caching to mitigate other bugs.
A simple workaround to eliminate ads in Gmail involves disabling the Inbox Categories, specifically the Promotions tab, which consolidates all promotional emails into the main inbox, removing sponsored ads without third-party extensions. This change is reversible and works across devices, but may increase inbox clutter for some users.
The iOS 18.2 update for iPhone's Apple Mail app introduces new intelligent filters for categorizing emails into Primary, Transactions, Updates, and Promotions. Users can revert these changes by switching to a single list view and customizing notification badge counts to show either all unread messages or just those in the Primary category. Additionally, contact photos can be disabled in the settings. These updates are currently exclusive to iPhones with iOS 18.2, with future availability expected for macOS and iPadOS.
Google has introduced a simple yet effective security update for the Gmail Android app, allowing users to drag and drop email addresses between the To, CC, and BCC fields. This feature aims to reduce errors when sending emails, such as accidentally including the wrong recipient, which can lead to security risks. The update enhances both security and usability, and is expected to be fully rolled out by December 14.
Pete Hegseth's mother, Penelope, criticized him in a 2018 email for allegedly mistreating women, including his ex-wives, following his contentious divorce from his second wife, Samantha. The email, obtained by The New York Times, accused Hegseth of abusive behavior, but Penelope later recanted her claims, calling them untrue. The controversy includes past allegations against Hegseth, such as a rape accusation he denied and settled, and an affair with a Fox News executive. Trump's communications director criticized the publication of the email.