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Skype Is Finally Shutting Down on May 5 Microsoft today announced that it will officially retire Skype on May 5, 2025, concluding its 14-year tenure as the owner of the once-dominant internet calling and messaging service (via Bloomberg). Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion in what was then its largest-ever acquisition. At its peak, Skype had more than 300 million month…

Why Trump’s Potential Plan to Make Crypto Gains Tax-Free Could Be a Bad Idea The elimination of capital gains taxes on crypto might not be the huge boon to American investors that it would appear to be.

Bitdeer Buys the Bitcoin Dip With BTC Price Set for Worst Month in 3 Years Bitdeer currently holds 855 BTC, valued at approximately $69 million.

Apple accused of misleading consumers with Apple Watch ‘carbon neutral’ claims Apple customers filed a class action lawsuit against the company, alleging it misled consumers with claims that certain Apple Watches are carbon neutral. For a product to be considered carbon neutral, its manufacturer has to offset or cancel out any pollution the item generates.   Apple said in 2023 that “select case and band combinations” of

What to expect at MWC 2025 Mobile World Congress 2025 is nearly upon us, and we’re heading to Barcelona to see what the world’s smartphone manufacturers have to offer as they launch new devices, tease new features, and talk incessantly about AI. The show officially kicks off on March 3rd and runs to March 6th, but the first announcements should arrive on

Intel pushes Ohio chip factory opening to 2030 Intel is delaying the opening of its $28 billion Ohio chip plants yet again. In an update on Friday, Intel executive vice president Naga Chandrasekaran said the company now expects its first factory to begin operations between 2030 and 2031 – years later than its initial plan to kick off production in 2025. Meanwhile, the

MWC 2025: all the phones, gadgets, and commentary from Barcelona The Verge is heading to Barcelona, Spain, for Mobile World Congress 2025. We’re fresh off CES, where we saw plenty of new gadgets, from TVs to gaming handhelds and smart glasses. But, as it says right in the name, MWC 2025 is more focused on… mobile stuff. And it’s for a global audience, which means

iPhone 16e Teardown Reveals Larger Battery, C1 Modem, and More YouTube channel REWA Technology today shared an iPhone 16e teardown video, providing a look inside Apple’s new entry-level smartphone. In its iPhone 16e announcement video, Apple said the device has a new internal design that allowed for a larger battery. The video shows that the iPhone 16e has a 4,005 mAh battery capacity, which is a 12% incre…

NHL Collaborating With Apple to Give Referees Apple Watches Apple is collaborating with the National Hockey League (NHL) to equip on-ice officials with Apple Watches featuring an app designed to help officiating during games (via The Verge). The NHL Watch Comms app allows referees to receive in-game updates by syncing with the NHL’s Oasis system. Officials can track the game clock and receive alerts for…

iPhone 16e Has an Action Button: Here’s Everything It Can Do Apple’s new entry-level iPhone 16e has inherited the Action button first seen on the iPhone 15 Pro and now found on all iPhone 16 models. The Action button replaces the traditional Ring/Silent switch – a staple of the iPhone since it launched in 2007. For users unfamiliar with the Action button, here’s a rundown of its functions – including one …

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: UNI Drops 7.1% as Nearly All Assets Trade Lower Aave (AAVE) joined Uniswap (UNI) as an underperformer, declining 7% from Thursday.

CME Group to Launch Solana Futures as Demand for Crypto Derivatives Grows CME Group expands its crypto offerings with Solana futures, set to debut in March.

NHL officials will start wearing Apple Watches on ice The Apple Watch is now the smartwatch of choice for National Hockey League officials. Apple and the NHL just announced a collaboration where on-ice officials will wear Apple Watches that are running special software to receive important in-game information. Using the custom-built NHL Watch Comms app, on-ice referees can view the game clock direc…

Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teams It’s the end of an era. Microsoft is shutting down Skype in May and replacing it with the free version of Microsoft Teams for consumers. Existing Skype users will be able to log in to the Microsoft Teams app and have their message history, group chats, and contacts all automatically available without having to create

DJI’s drone-in-a-box can now launch from moving vehicles DJI has announced the third iteration of its drone-in-a-box solution designed for missions like safely inspecting power lines and emergency response. As with previous versions, the DJI Dock 3 is small enough to be transported in the back of a pickup truck, but it’s the first that allows DJI’s new Matrice 4D and Matrice 4TD

The high stakes for AI Alexa Amazon has been trying to make virtual assistants happen for more than a decade. Alexa is, by many definitions, wildly successful, but it has so far failed to become the kind of omnipresent, omnipotent helper the company imagines. (It has also, by all accounts, failed to become a compelling business for Amazon.) This week, though,

Severance opens up a new kind of terror in latest episode Severance has always been a horror story, albeit one set in a mostly generic office. That blandness is a large part of what makes it so scary: underneath the corporate speak, drab decor, and unflattering fluorescent lighting is something very sinister. And in the show’s latest episode, it uses that energy to tap into a

Boerse Stuttgart Partners With DekaBank to Offer Crypto Trading for Institutional Clients The collaboration comes as part of the exchange’s plan to expand partnerships with major financial institutions.