When Is Skype Shutting Down? What to Know and Do Before It Closes
Microsoft shutting down Skype in May
 · 5dCNET
Microsoft to Shut Down Skype: Farewell to the 'Rotary Phone' of Communications
OpenAI launches GPT-4.5, its largest model to date
Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we’re diving into OpenAI’s newest, biggest model GPT-4.5, Microsoft pulling the plug on Skype, how Anthropic
Local News 83d
Start your week smart: DOGE’s chaotic cuts, emergency summit, slowing the measles spread, Oscars preview, tariffs
Do you remember Skype? The internet-based phone and video service that was once the dominant way of staying connected in the mid-2000s is logging off for good in May. Microsoft bought the service 14 years ago for a whopping $8.
LAist13h
Trump’s address to Congress showed the country’s stark partisan divide
The White House revoked certain press access and it was met with a lawsuit from the Associated Press. How does Trump's relationship with the media differ from the precedent set by past presidents? Microsoft has decided to shut down Skype to focus on Teams.
105.7 The Point2d
Those Are Gay Cargo Shorts
Headline Goo   Microsoft hangs up on Skype: Service to shut down May 5, 2025 Ingrid Andress Has Returned From Her Hiatus Wi
Hanging up on Skype; Google’s future in Seattle; Microsoft’s quest for a quantum leap
Google prepares to say goodbye to Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, we get ready to say farewell to Skype; and we take a quantum leap with one of Microsoft's top technical leaders in the field: theoretical physicist Chetan Nayak,
Why Microsoft is killing off Skype and sending it to the tech graveyard
Microsoft Corp. said on Friday that it was killing off Skype, one of the first services to offer phone and video calls over the internet. Skype was a vestige of the early-2000s tech boom and bust, and its current users will be transitioned over to free accounts on Microsoft Teams — the company’s preferred videoconferencing and workplace-communications tool,
Microsoft pulling the plug on Skype after buying it for $8.5 billion
Microsoft will soon switch off Skype, a pioneering telecom and video call platform that emerged from the rubble of the dotcom era.
End nears for internet calling pioneer Skype as Microsoft plans shutdown
Skype was an a pioneer in live video-calling that was bought by Microsoft in 2011, but was later overtaken by competing services.
Microsoft Is Shutting Down Skype in May
The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams, its flagship videoconferencing and team applications platform. Skype users will be able to use their existing accounts to log into Teams.
Microsoft Will End Skype Internet Calling Service in May
For users, Skype will go offline on May 5, when Microsoft replaces it with a free version of Microsoft Teams. Teams has been Microsoft’s chosen successor for years, offering the same kinds of video calls and group meetings.