Marissa Mayer is most well-known for her stint as CEO of Yahoo, but before she took the helm of the tech giant, she took a serendipitous dive into the unknown by joining a then little-known startup called Google. Although she would later become Google’s 20th employee and first female engineer, as a graduating computer science […]
Only days before Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley’s confrontation with a young Webster police officer went viral, she sent an email to staff that bounced between complimentary and disparaging. The email began tame enough, with Doorley applauding the work of some — highlight “some” — of her staff of prosecutors. The email then shifted […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. One year, Google posted a job opening for a Copernicus research center on the moon. Another year, […]
Accusations flew and tempers were raised Thursday night between Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones and City Council members. Second Ward Ald. Monet Wilson sent a message to the news media March 18 accusing Jones of having “disabled” her city email account. Wilson, the only woman on council, restated that belief multiple times Thursday during her […]
Mar. 26—Alaska telecommunications company GCI no longer plans to end its longtime email service. The company had said last summer it would end the service and cancel gci.net accounts sometime in mid-2024. It also launched a fee for the accounts, at $4.99 monthly. The company said it hosted about 40,000 email accounts last summer. The […]
SALEM, Ohio — It took less than a day for the attacks to begin on Senate candidate Bernie Moreno over a report linking his email to an account on an adult website that sought “young guys to have fun with.” Buckeye Leadership Fund, a super PAC supporting his GOP primary rival Matt Dolan, on Friday […]
Home shopping giant QVC apologized last week after many customers spoke out against an email that they described as “racist” toward the Asian American community. QVC president Mike Fitzharris issued on Friday an apology on behalf of the company, following a marketing email sent earlier in the day that promoted a handbag with the subject […]
On Thursday evening, Brevard Public Schools said employees received an email threatening a shooting at Andersen Elementary on Friday. Update: Brevard Public Schools released an update shortly after 5 a.m. Friday. Officials said according to law enforcement, the school threat that was received in an email by district employees Thursday night was “not a credible […]
DUBUQUE — Officials in one eastern Iowa county are trying to track down $524,284 they believe was stolen when an employee transferred it in response to a fake email message that appeared to be from the city of Dyersville. Dubuque County officials announced the money was missing Monday, according to the Telegraph Herald. The county auditor and […]
The head of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has said that a “throwaway line” was the catalyst for an issue that saw him receive payments above limits attached to Government funding. FAI chief executive Jonathan Hill received payments for expenses and in lieu of holidays not taken, which brought his pay above limits set […]
Today’s column begins with a confession: I’m on Donald Trump’s email list. I’m not sure how I landed there. Regular readers of this column know I’m not exactly a card-carrying MAGA-man. But each day, my email box fills with missives from the man who still refers to himself as “president.” His emails to me sometimes […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The release of a harshly critical Justice Department special counsel report on President Joe Biden has triggered instant flashbacks to history-shaping events of 2016. That’s when FBI Director James Comey castigated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over her email practices despite recommending against charges. In this year’s already heated election season, the Justice […]