Use Gmail's "Recovery Contacts" feature to regain access to your Google account during an emergency. All you need to do is reach out to a trusted contact.

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Anyone who's ever had their Google account hacked can tell you what a pain it is to recover. You'll spend hours or even days on it, and recovery isn't guaranteed, no matter what you do. On Wednesday, ...

The Recovery Contacts feature allows you to designate someone who can verify your identity to regain account access. The Recovery Contacts feature allows you to designate someone who can verify your ...

Google has begun rolling out a new AI-powered security feature for Google Drive desktop, which will automatically pause file syncing when it detects a ransomware attack to minimize impact. While this ...

Google Adds AI-Powered Ransomware Protection and Recovery to Drive for Desktop Your email has been sent Google is deploying an update to Drive for desktop that uses AI to analyze files for abnormal ...

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Tuesday released a letter sent to the committee from an attorney representing Google, updating YouTube’s position on moderating YouTube accounts and ...

Google has announced it will allow YouTube accounts previously banned for political speech to be reinstated, acknowledging that the Biden administration had pressured the company to remove content ...

Google has admitted to censoring political speech under pressure from the Biden administration and pledged to reinstate thousands of banned YouTube accounts. In a letter to the House Judiciary ...

FIRST ON FOX: Google vowed on Tuesday to offer YouTube accounts that were permanently banned for political speech the ability to be reinstated, and the big tech giant admitted that it once faced ...

Google didn't say much but did write: Released the August 2025 spam update, which applies globally and to all languages. The rollout may take a few weeks to complete. Then at 2:14 am ET on September ...