Apple’s obsession with ads is killing the iPhone
Disappointing news for iPhone and iPad owners last week, when it emerged that from the start of March, Apple will run more ads in App Store search queries. You may feel that searching for “into…
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AOL is killing dial-up service. What it did for ’90s internet culture must never be forgotten
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Google is killing Steam for Chromebooks at the end of this year
Chromebooks have never quite been full-blown gaming machines, but they’ve gotten more gaming-capable in recent years. Some Chromebooks are good enough to handle cloud gaming, but more importantly, there was a version of Steam for…
8 mistakes that are killing your power bank
Feel like your power banks never last as long as you expected? The device might not be the one at fault. Just like smartphone batteries, there are a few things to consider with mobile power…
RIP IEEE 1394: macOS Tahoe drops FireWire support, killing the original iPod
Technology is always moving forward, which often means old technology gets left behind. For example, NekoMichiUBC on X has discovered that the macOS Tahoe beta lacks support for FireWire. That means that legacy devices, such…
Microsoft is killing Authenticator’s password manager features soon
If you use Microsoft’s Authenticator app on your mobile phone as a password manager, here’s some bad news: Microsoft is discontinuing the “autofill” password management functionality in Authenticator. According to the announcement post (spotted by…
Blame your phone for killing off this traditional Windows app
If you’ve ever used your phone to navigate from one appointment to the next, then you’ve probably never used Windows Maps. That’s basically why Microsoft is getting rid of it. In an ongoing calendar of…
Heads up! Microsoft is killing OneNote for Windows 10 soon
Microsoft has been ramping up its efforts to signal the end of Windows 10 support and get users switching over to Windows 11 sooner than later. Yet, while the official deadline isn’t until October 14,…
This Office app survived 35 years. Now Microsoft is killing it
As Microsoft Word and PowerPoint continually improve their feature sets, the two apps are slowly strangling one of Microsoft’s traditional Office apps: Microsoft Publisher. Microsoft now says that Microsoft Publisher will disappear in October 2026,…
Gmail is killing SMS-based 2FA login codes in favor of this instead
With around 1.8 billion active users worldwide, Gmail remains the most popular email service by far. Google was also one of the first to pioneer and popularize two-factor authentication (2FA). You know those text messages…