Google began rolling out the June 2026 spam update, applying globally and to all languages. It's the second spam update of 2026, and Google announced no new spam policies with it. Ranking or traffic ...

I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest happenings in the ecosystem. In my entire writing career, I've reviewed ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime operation, alleging that the group used artificial intelligence to send more than 2 million text messages with fraudulent ...

For months, scammers have been taking advantage of a loophole that allows them to send spammy emails from an internal Microsoft email address typically used for sending legitimate account alerts. It’s ...

Spam has unveiled a new product perfect for the dog days of summer. The canned meat brand is now making hot dogs, it announced on its website. The company described the Spam dog as a "reimagination of ...

Imagine this: You're relaxing at the ballpark on a beautiful Minnesota summer evening, eating a hot dog. But part of you wishes that you were eating a can of Spam instead. Well, Minnesota-based Hormel ...

About a week ago, Google stunned many by saying that they updated their spam report to pass along all information to the site that you enter in the spam report. There was a lot of backlash to that and ...

Websites that engage in “back button hijacking” might soon appear less prominently in Google Search results as part of a new spam policy. Back button hijacking occurs when a site prevents users from ...

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...

Turn on built-in filters first: Use your phone’s “Silence Unknown Callers” (iPhone) or spam protection settings (Android) to automatically block or send unfamiliar numbers to voicemail. Use your ...

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Google started rolling out the March 2026 spam update on March 24. The updated was completed in less than 24 hours. The update applies globally and to all languages. Google has finished rolling out ...