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Microsoft is scrapping Outlook's "Contact Masking", and nobody will miss it
2+ week, 5+ day ago (330+ words) Microsoft is retiring Contact Masking in Outlook after years of confusion, with the feature set to disappear in March. Microsoft is going to remove Contact Masking, a feature that allowed users to hide suggested recipients from appearing when composing emails…...
Microsoft Exchange Online is quarantining legit emails as phishing
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (319+ words) A glitch in a detection rule in Exchange Online has been flagging safe emails as phishing threats. A recent incident led Microsoft to identify an issue with its Exchange Online service that mistakenly flagged legitimate emails as phishing and quarantined…...
Gmail’s new "AI Inbox" feature promises faster email triage — Google still says it won't train Gemini on your emails
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (448+ words) Google promises it won't train its AI models using your Gmail data. Generative AI is slowly and subtly creeping into every part of our lives, and its latest victim is Google's Gmail app. The software giant recently announced that Gmail…...
Outlook’s spam filters are awful — here’s the obvious fix.
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (487+ words) My inbox filled with junk that Outlook ignored, yet Copilot correctly flagged the same emails from screenshots. This morning I received five spam emails in a row, all of which Outlook failed to flag as junk. Outlook has a poor…...
Grammarly kills its perfectly good name to become ‘Superhuman’ — because nothing says originality like sounding exactly like every other AI startup
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (334+ words) Grammarly just announced an AI rebrand because why be clear about your purpose when you can be corporate The suite will offer several plans: $12 per month for the Pro tier (with unlimited paragraph rewrites and translations in 19 languages), and $33 per…...
Microsoft fixes bug preventing classic Outlook launch — but still recommends the new Outlook for Windows as a workaround, despite it not being prime-time ready
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (388+ words) The software giant recently indicated that it had fixed an annoying bug preventing users from launching the classic Outlook email client. Microsoft shipped the new Outlook for Windows app in broad availability to replace the built-in Windows Mail & Calendar apps....
Microsoft’s new Outlook: Breaking mail & calendar for a ‘native’ look that many doubt
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (630+ words) The company claims the new Outlook delivers a native-like experience, yet many find its design, ads, and missing features hard to overlook. Microsoft really wants people to use the new Outlook, and apparently, breaking Mail & Calendar with an update wasn't…...
I deleted over 10,000 emails using Outlook — and my inbox has never looked better
9+ mon, 1+ day ago (348+ words) I fell behind on managing my emails, but one Outlook feature saved the day. Last week I looked at my Outlook inbox and noticed I had thousands of messages saved. They were all read emails, but they sat in my…...
Drowning in email? Outlook’s Copilot-powered Priority view could throw you a lifeline.
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (346+ words) Priority view in Outlook will use Copilot to sort emails that require a reply or are highpriority. Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android is about to get an AI feature that will help you see your most important emails. Priority…...
Outlook’s yellow icon is back unofficially
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (504+ words) Sean Endicott is a tech journalist at Windows Central, specializing in Windows, Microsoft software, AI, and PCs. He's covered major launches, from Windows 10 and 11 to the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT. Sean's journey began with the Lumia 930, leading to…...