Cloud communications platform Twilio is buying email API platform SendGrid in a deal valued at approximately $2 billion. The deal adds email to Twilio’s existing ability to let contact center agents and apps communicate with customers by phone, text, chat, and video. SendGrid says it has over 74,000 paying customers.

Speaking of replaceable: we sometimes wonder why we’re paying Jamie, our Department of the Obvious Intern, to sit and read The New York Times. Then we remember he’s not paid. Jamie tells us that the latest scoop from The Time’s crack tech reporting team is that Internet of Things devices might spy on you. Wow.

Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation.  The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.