tech evolution

You might want to take a seat and cling onto your closest desktop, because if you’re reading this on an aging Windows 10 PC, the digital hourglass is tumbling dangerously low. Microsoft, in a move that has left users gasping more than Clippy at a cybersecurity conference, has urged—nay...

Few pieces of technology have left as profound a mark on digital communication as Skype, the pioneering VoIP platform that once redefined how we connect across continents. With Microsoft’s shifting priorities, Skype’s recent phase-out feels less like a dramatic finale and more like the closing...

As one chapter of digital communication history closes, Microsoft has announced that it will retire Skype on May 5, 2025, marking the end of an era that began nearly two decades ago. This strategic shift signals Microsoft’s deepening focus on its modern collaboration tool, Teams, and poses...

The software world is often described as fast-moving, but few technologies exemplify both meteoric rise and gradual fading into obsolescence quite like Skype. Once hailed as the trailblazer of internet-based communications, Skype’s upcoming retirement marks not just the closing of a chapter for...

It marks the end of an era in global internet communications: after more than two decades of shaping the way people connect across the world, Microsoft has announced the retirement of Skype, effective from May 2025. The company is steering users towards its more modern collaboration suite...

For over two decades, Skype stood as a trailblazer in the evolution of digital communication, acting as both a symbol of early internet innovation and an enduring pillar of global connectivity. Microsoft’s official announcement that Skype will be retired in May 2025 marks not just the end of an...

For more than twenty years, Skype stood as a familiar icon of online communication—a staple for video calls, instant messaging, and inexpensive international phone calls that connected friends, families, and professionals around the globe. With Microsoft’s recent announcement to shutter Skype...

The news that Microsoft has officially shut down Skype on May 5, 2025, draws a line under a transformative chapter in the story of internet-based communication. For over two decades, Skype was not just a tool but an emblem of real-time connection, helping to shrink distances for families...

Skype's journey from being the undisputed leader in video calling to its final sunset is both a story of rapid innovation and the relentless tide of competition in the tech space. Today marks the end of an era for millions, as Microsoft officially begins shutting down Skype, the service that...

After 21 transformative years as a mainstay of internet communication, Microsoft’s decision to shut down Skype marks the end of an era for digital connectivity. Once a trailblazer and synonym for video calling across the globe, Skype’s story is a lesson in evolution, competition, and strategic...

Fifty years ago, Microsoft was founded in Albuquerque by Bill Gates and Paul Allen with a simple yet revolutionary vision: to put a computer on every desk and in every home. What started as a small startup writing software for the Altair 8800 quickly became a technological juggernaut, defining...

Microsoft’s campaign to move Windows 10 users onto Windows 11–specifically, new Copilot+ PCs–marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of consumer computing. As Windows 10’s end-of-life approaches, signaled by the looming cessation of security updates and mainstream support, Microsoft is not only...

Windows finds itself at a moment of uncomfortable reckoning—one poised between its vast legacy and a growing sense of ennui, even resentment, among loyal users. Once the great disruptor, now the reluctant incumbent, Microsoft’s operating system dominates desktop computing in raw numbers, but...

Microsoft's gradual retirement of the classic Control Panel has become one of the hottest topics among Windows enthusiasts. For decades, the Control Panel has been at the heart of system configuration, but recent trends indicate that Microsoft is set on a future where its modern Settings app...

An era in digital communication is quietly drawing to a close: Microsoft’s announcement that its Skype service will cease operations in May signals more than a corporate change. It encapsulates the remarkable journey of one of the most influential consumer technologies of the early 21st century...

Few executives in the gaming world have had careers as storied as Peter Moore’s. A veteran whose fingerprints are visible on SEGA’s Dreamcast era, EA Sports’ resurrection, and—most relevantly—the Xbox 360 launch that redefined what consoles could be, Moore’s opinions carry both the nostalgia of...

Let’s not mince words: the Nvidia RTX 5090 is the graphics card equivalent of a fireworks display in the Louvre—spectacular, excessive, and guaranteed to empty wallets. This is a flagship GPU for those whose very definition of “future-proofing” includes a line about “mildly warming the...

With the advent of Windows 11, Microsoft has set the stage for a modern computing experience—one where security is not just an afterthought, but a fundamental building block. Central to this security architecture is the Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (TPM 2.0), a small chip that is proving to be a...

In the age of digital transformation, where every measured second is a canvas for productivity—and distraction—the humble on-screen clock has found itself at the very center of a rather peculiar tech saga. Windows 11, Microsoft’s flagship operating system, is finally bestowing upon its...

It starts with a creeping sense of digital claustrophobia. You’re not a video editor juggling multi-terabyte files, nor are you running an AI research lab out of your studio apartment. No, you’re just an ordinary Windows laptop user with a desk plant and a bruising collection of browser...