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One Tech Tip: Got an awkward or embarrassing Gmail address? Google is now letting users change it

Google is now allowing users to change their Gmail addresses

The Independent UK · Apr 2

Goodbye mrbrightside416: Google allows users to alter quirky Gmail addresses

Those in US given chance to have more professional usernames without losing access to account

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2

Google will finally allow you to change your embarrassing high school email address with new policy

You can now change your Gmail address while keeping all your emails, data and account history

The Independent UK · Mar 31

Google UK boss issues new warning over potential social media ban for under-16s

Kate Alessi also says Google plans to appeal the decision from a landmark court case which held the firm and Meta liable for a woman’s childhood social media addiction

The Independent UK · Mar 30

Social media ban for under-16s ‘not the right approach’, says Google UK boss

Kate Alessi, Google’s UK and Ireland boss, said the firm’s YouTube arm is working to make it as ‘safe as possible’ with new features for young users.

Evening Standard · Mar 30

How Meta’s victim-blaming failed to sway jurors in landmark social media addiction trial

Aggressive strategy and loss in the trial highlight a problem for tech firms: a widespread distrust of social media companies

The Guardian - US · Mar 29

‘The era of invincibility is over’: the week big tech was brought to heel

Ruling that Meta and YouTube deliberately designed addictive products marks possible watershed moment for big tech

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28

It is no fluke that social media platforms are addictive and causing harm. They were designed that way

The findings in two US court cases should embarrass anyone who claimed Australia’s social media ban was ‘boomer’ moralising

The Guardian - AU · Mar 27

Yes, your office admin can fully remove Microsoft's Copilot app from your work PCs — if you follow this strict criteria for 28 days

Microsoft made it possible to batch uninstall Copilot in Windows 11, but the caveats make it harder than expected.

Windows Central · Mar 27

Human rights groups cheer ‘watershed’ verdict in social media addiction trial

As many organizations celebrate outcome, some are skeptical as to what it means for privacy protections

The Guardian - US · Mar 26