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Marissa Mayer wants to clean up your contacts, and that’s just for starters

Working with longtime colleague Enrique Muñoz Torres, the Google and Yahoo vet is launching Sunshine, a little company with big ambitions.

Marissa Mayer wants to clean up your contacts, and that’s just for starters

Today is the last day to get cash in the Yahoo data breach. Here’s how to apply

Today is the last day to apply for a piece of the $117.5 million pie that is the Yahoo customer data breach litigation settlement.

Today is the last day to get cash in the Yahoo data breach. Here’s how to apply

An alarming number of Americans say they will not get a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available

A YouGov-Yahoo News poll shows 19% of Americans would not take the critical public safety step.

An alarming number of Americans say they will not get a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available

How to stop Uber, Hulu, Pornhub, and more from selling your data

California’s new privacy law’s most powerful and controversial feature is the right to stop companies from selling data they collect on you to other companies. Here’s how you can take advantage.

How to stop Uber, Hulu, Pornhub, and more from selling your data

These 5 email alternatives do what Gmail can’t

Wrangle attachments, watch out for data leaks, collaborate in your inbox, and more.

These 5 email alternatives do what Gmail can’t

Verizon says archiving Yahoo Groups would strain its resources. The reality is much sadder

Yahoo Groups is a cautionary tale about our corporate-owned internet. At any moment, the corporation can pull the plug.

Verizon says archiving Yahoo Groups would strain its resources. The reality is much sadder

Watch Google, Facebook, and YouTube’s rise to dominance in this hypnotic video

A mesmerizing eight-minute video shows how AOL, Yahoo, and MSN fell to the current web kingpins over the course of two decades.

Watch Google, Facebook, and YouTube’s rise to dominance in this hypnotic video

Deleting Yahoo Groups will leave a permanent stain on Yahoo’s legacy

The once-popular community site is part of internet history. Now Verizon plans to bulldoze much of it.

Deleting Yahoo Groups will leave a permanent stain on Yahoo’s legacy

Yahoo might owe you $358. Here’s how to claim it

The settlement is for the largest data breach in history.

Yahoo might owe you $358. Here’s how to claim it

A former Yahoo engineer hacked into women’s accounts looking for ‘sexual images’ of coworkers

It’s not the first time a tech engineer has been caught creeping on people’s private accounts.

A former Yahoo engineer hacked into women’s accounts looking for ‘sexual images’ of coworkers

Yahoo has a new logo and brand. Again!

Created by Pentagram, it’s the company’s third new logo in 10 years—and hopefully a true fresh start.

Verizon sells Tumblr for a pittance of what it was once worth

Wordpress parent company Automattic is taking the embattled free blogging site Tumblr off Verizon’s hands for perhaps less than 2% of what it was once worth.

Verizon sells Tumblr for a pittance of what it was once worth

Yahoo View and its free Hulu videos are being ‘decommissioned’

You’ll still be able watch recent network TV episodes for free, but not from Yahoo or Hulu.

Yahoo View and its free Hulu videos are being ‘decommissioned’

Yahoo data breach settlement upped to $117M because the first one wasn’t big enough

An earlier settlement was thrown out as not being adequate.

Yahoo data breach settlement upped to $117M because the first one wasn’t big enough

Japanese authorities found an online auction selling uranium

This is certainly unnerving.

Japanese authorities found an online auction selling uranium

The frantic, unprecedented race to save 700,000 NSFW Tumblrs for posterity

Volunteers are scrambling to download up to 800 terabytes of content from Tumblr’s adult-themed community before it disappears from view on December 17.

The frantic, unprecedented race to save 700,000 NSFW Tumblrs for posterity

Verizon says its media brand Oath is almost worthless

Oath’s brand value is now worth just $200 million. Verizon paid a combined $8.9 billion for Yahoo and AOL (the main parts of Oath).

Yahoo and AOL are reading your emails

Every email you receive in your Yahoo or AOL inbox is read by Oath’s software to extract data so the company can better target ads at you.

Yahoo and AOL are reading your emails

Some of the U.S.’s biggest companies are founded by immigrants

This is just a glimpse at the positive impact immigrants have had on the U.S. economy.

Some of the U.S.’s biggest companies are founded by immigrants

Yes, Flickr Has A Future—As “A Safe Place For Photographers”

The iconic photo-sharing service’s new management isn’t trying to take on Instagram. It just wants Flickr to make the most of its photos and community.

Yes, Flickr Has A Future—As “A Safe Place For Photographers”

Impact

This soap refill company is salvaging soap dispensers from other brands

These new poverty maps could reshape how we deliver international aid

Ready for post-vaccine life? This astronaut explains how to reenter society after a long time away

News

Should the America First Caucus sound an alarm about white nationalism?

How opera singers are using low-latency ‘jam session’ tech to prepare for live performances

Claws or tails? No matter. This Panera Bread lobster dish has been recalled in 20 states

Co.Design

This clever children’s book uses interactive data visualizations to explain the universe

Green and gorgeous: This new e-com site sells only the world’s most sustainable home goods

Miss the smell of the office printer? These candles recreate our prepandemic life

Work Life

3 types of boundaries to emphasize while continuing to work from home

This special sixth sense has helped my career

The 4 work personas that have come out of the pandemic