Google killing Gmail in August 2024? Don’t believe rumours, only a part of it is accurate

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For many people across the globe, their day begins with logging in to Gmail..

On Thursday, rumours of Google deciding to kill off Gmail started floating on X when an image went viral that appeared to be an official email from Google titled "Gmail is sunsetting."..

The rumours started doing rounds online following Google's apology on behalf of Gemini when the generative AI tool declined to generate images of white people and was termed "racist" by many users online...

This was confirmed back in September 2023 when Google's support page said that after January 2024, the default mode for all users to access Gmail would switch from HTML view to Standard view...

In simpler terms, this meant that Google strengthened its ability to identify and block tricky spam tactics, such as emails containing special characters, emojis, and typos that could slip through Gmail's defences..