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Man Who Pretended to Invent Email Actually Helped in Create Email

Over the years, we've written a few times about Shiva Ayyadurai, a guy who's basically staked his entire life on the misleading to false claim that he "invented" email. Every couple of years he pops up again as he's able to fool some reporters into believing him. In 2012, he fooled the Washington Post and, astoundingly, the Smithsonian. In 2014, he was somehow able to get the Huffington Post to publish a multi-part series claiming he had "invented" email -- though after we called them out on it (and after they stood by it) -- those stories were eventually deleted. Ayyadurai also threatened to sue us for calling out his false claims, but there's been no lawsuit yet.

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk says 'bankruptcy isn't out of the question', bans remote working

Musk's first email to Twitter employees explains that the future will be rocky for the social media company

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Now subscription apps will be able to charge more: Apple

If you are one of them who are subscribing to a service using an App Store app, you are likely to want to look out for any emails or notifications it sends out.

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The worst email security threats of 2020

Many of the businesses still carry out their communications through email. While the number of email users globally is expected...

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