Is Your Gmail Username Embarrassing? You Can Finally Change ItIf your Gmail address includes juvenile slang, outgrown hobbies or embarrassing number strings, you may not need to wallow in shame much longer. Google's latest feature update lets you change your Google Account username (the part of the address before @gmail.com).This feature has been anticipated for a long time, and we've known...

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for April 16, #1762Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.Today's Wordle puzzle is going to stump a lot of people, and break a few streaks. Think of the Book of...

AI's Biggest Risk Is the Story We're Not Being ToldIn one of the opening shots of Un Chien Andalou, a 1929 French film co-written by Salvador Dalí, often cited as one of the first surrealist films, a young woman stares directly at the camera as a razor blade slices across her eye. OK, she didn't actually have her eye slit open, thanks to movie magic and all. But the movie uses surrealism...

FBI seizes pro-Iranian hacking group’s websites after destructive Stryker hack The FBI seized and took down two websites linked to the pro-Iranian hacktivist group Handala, which last week claimed responsibility for a destructive cyberattack against the U.S. medical tech giant Stryker.  As of Thursday, the contents of a website where Handala publicized its hacks, as well as another...

Jammed broadcasts to blocked website: BBC Russian's 80 years of defianceOleg BoldyrevBBC News RussianBBCThe Kremlin is tightening its grip over what Russians can do and see online, making it harder for outlets like the BBC to reach their audiences. For the past 80 years BBC Russian has sought to bypass those restrictions, which for decades featured jamming of its short-wave radio broadcasts and...