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Google is finally introducing a way for users to change their Gmail addresses ending with @gmail.com, just in time for the new year. A page on the company’s help center was recently updated with new ...

If you’re embarrassed every time you have to hand over that Gmail address you came up with in 2006, you’re in luck. Google is finally allowing users to change their Gmail username without creating an ...

For years, the conversation about Huawei in the West has been about what the company cannot do. However, focusing solely on the restrictions ignores the engineering capabilities of the company. While ...

Google Confirms Rising ‘Account Takeovers’— Users Told to Check Chrome Settings Your email has been sent Hackers are getting good at stealing your whole online life. Google has acknowledged an ...

Huawei Mate 80 Pro and Google Pixel 10 Pro take two different routes to deliver a premium smartphone experience. One focuses on powerful hardware and long battery life, while the other leans on smart ...

Google is rolling out automatic linking between YouTube channels and Google Ads accounts when its systems detect a strong data relationship between the two — giving advertisers access to richer ...

You may have seen warnings that Google is telling all of its users to change their Gmail passwords due to a breach. That’s only partly true. Google is telling users ...

Google is tightening its account retention policy — canceled Google Ads accounts will now be permanently deleted six months after cancellation, marking the end of indefinite account storage. Driving ...

You can turn to trusted contacts to recover your Google account. You can also sign in to a new phone just by using your number. Google Messages will alert you to spam and keep your texts private.

Google is announcing new privacy and recovery tools to combat spam across multiple products related to Android, including suspicious link detection in messages, sign-in with phone number, and recovery ...

Google is rolling out two new ways to recover your account after you lose access. “Recovery Contacts” lets you pick trusted friends and family to verify your identity. Users will soon be able to use ...