It's the end of an era as one of the first big free video chat platforms waves goodbye, to be replaced by Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft has confirmed to The Verge that Skype will shut down on May 20th, 2025, with the free version of Microsoft Teams for consumers as the designated successor. The company said, "Skype users ...

THOUSANDS of Discord users were hit with an outage across the United States and the United Kingdom. The platform was down for ...

Should you FaceTime your friends more? Why experts say it can lead to closer connections than a regular phone call.

We didn’t have choices — or, to put it differently, the choices were taken from us. In his book “ The Paradox of Choice ,” ...

In the epic US-Russian prisoner swap last summer, Vladimir Putin brought home an assassin, spies, and another prized ally: the man behind one of the biggest insider trading cases of all time.

Skype has been part of online calling and messaging since 2003. Millions of people counted on it to connect across the globe. Microsoft took ownership in 2011, hoping to offer a strong service that ...

it's possible Skype was your introduction into modern video chats. The app made it easy to call friends and family via video no matter where in the world you all were. As long as you had a stable ...

If I close my eyes, I can hear the once iconic Skype ringtone: "Da DA-da, do-do DO do." It was the sound of communication and possibility. Who knows what would happen during that video call ...