Microsoft’s AI Push Notches Early Profits
Microsoft’s strategy to install artificial intelligence (AI) as a default feature on its software may be paying off.
The company is seeing a 10% rise in revenue from consumer subscriptions to Offic...
The War On Internet Phone Calls
Today Microsoft shut down Skype, a company that helped revolutionize phone calls online. To commemorate the death of Skype, we’re running a recent “Pessimist’s Archive” article on the history ...
Why I love my Brother 1034D Serger
Cath Virginia is the senior designer here at The Verge, who creates illustrations and collages for our articles. However, she also has “dabbled” (as she puts it) in feature designs for article...
RIP Skype — you were right about almost everything
"When I knew it was over was when I downloaded Skype."
All the way back in 2003, Michael Powell, then the chairman of the FCC and the United States' chief regulator of the telecom industry, told ...
Microsoft shuts down Skype after 21 years
Microsoft is shutting down today, as part of its efforts to push users towards Microsoft Teams, a collaboration and communication platform designed for businesses and organizations.
Skype, launched in...
Why Services Firms Are Worried About Tariffs Too
From law to consulting firms, services firms don’t face the same direct pressure from U.S. tariffs that the goods sector does. However, that doesn’t mean they’re in the clear.
U.S.-based goods f...
