Skype is retiring in May 2025, and Microsoft Teams is essentially stepping in to take its place. But who owns Skype anyway?

Founded in 2003, Skype’s audio and video calls quickly disrupted the landline industry in the early 2000s and made the company a household name boasting hundreds of millions of users at its peak.

This morning, Microsoft has confirmed to Ars that it's true. May 5, 2025, will mark the end of Skype's long run.

Still, Teams provides many of the core features that made Skype a household name, including one-on-one and group calls, messaging and file sharing, in addition to “enhanced features like hosting ...

It's true: Skype, the unruly and sometimes unloved communication platform, made it possible and okay to communicate with anyone via video on a PC. It was the realization of a dream that stretched ...