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Instagram says it fixed the issue that let someone send all those password reset emails

If you’re one of the many, many people who received a password reset email from Instagram the other day, the company says it fixed the issue. What was the issue? Unclear. All we know is that an “external party” triggered the emails, and Instagram says you can safely ignore them. The company posted on X that the issue had been fixed and also claimed there was no breach of its systems. This seemingly contradicts reports from Malwarebytes, which said that information on 17.5 million Instagram accounts, including usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses, was available on the dark web.
https://www.theverge.com/news/860337/instagram-fixed-password-reset-emails

Google Adding an AI Inbox, AI Overviews to Gmail. Does Anybody Want This?

Google is adding several Gemini 3-powered features to the free version of Gmail, including a new AI Inbox that promises to filter out clutter and AI Overviews of your messages. "Email has changed considerably since Gmail launched in 2004," Google says. "With email volume at an all-time high, managing your inbox and the flow of information has become as important as the emails themselves."
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-adding-gmail-ai-inbox-ai-overviews-does-anybody-want-this

Google is letting some people change their @gmail address

If you’ve been saddled with some awful Gmail address you chose in high school (looking at you, LazySexyCool3030), help appears to be on the way. According to a Google account support page in Hindi the company is allowing some people to change their email address. The updated support page isn’t showing up in English, and the option to change your Gmail address hasn’t appeared for any Verge staffers yet. According to 9to5Google the feature is “gradually rolling out to all users.”
https://www.theverge.com/news/850237/google-change-your-gmail-address

Notion brings its AI-powered email app to the iPhone

Back in April, Notion launched its AI-centric email client on the Mac. Four months later, Notion Mail has arrived on iOS. The app uses AI to help sort incoming messages automatically. Users can tell the system which types of emails matter most, and it will label and organize them accordingly.
https://9to5mac.com/2025/08/18/notion-mail-iphone/

Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out

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Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, is gaining a more prominent place in your inbox with the launch of email summary cards, which will appear at the top of your emails. The company announced Thursday that users no longer have to tap an option to summarize an email with AI. Instead, the AI will now automatically summarize the content when needed, without requiring user interaction.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/30/gemini-will-now-automatically-summarize-your-long-emails-unless-you-opt-out/

Google’s AI pitch is a recipe for email hell

But Google’s onstage ideas were almost impressive in their ability to serve precisely none of writing’s core purposes. Its examples of Help me write calcify the worst tendencies of “professional” communications. They’re bland, bloated boilerplate that turns a human prompt into something that uses more words to say less.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/13/23719115/google-ai-help-me-write-communications-email