N-gated Hacker News<p>🚨 BREAKING: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>'s latest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Communication</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> involves pulling the plug on their own service. 💀 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Skype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skype</span></a>, once the prime suspect in echoing calls and video lag crimes, will finally rest in peace on May 5th. 🎉 Meanwhile, Ars Technica continues to rehash press releases as if they're breaking news. 🙄<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/on-may-5-microsofts-skype-will-shut-down-for-good/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">2/on-may-5-microsofts-skype-will-shut-down-for-good/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SkypeShutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SkypeShutdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArsTechnica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArsTechnica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>