Once hailed as a technology of the future, the video calling and messaging service Skype officially shut down on Monday, May 5, after 22 years in operation. Microsoft, which has owned Skype for 14 ...

Microsoft is doing away with video-calling service Skype in favor of its newer video chat counterpart, Teams, according to an announcement from the software company. Skype will be sunsetted on May 5, ...

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011. The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to ...