RIP Skype. Born: 2003. Died: today.

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Before we were wedged into "Brady Bunch" squares on Zoom and Microsoft Teams, before we grew accustomed to summoning friends and family anytime, anywhere with FaceTime, there was Skype. Launched in Luxembourg in 2003, Skype became the first platform to offer free computer-to-computer voice calls for anyone. Soon after, it added video calling, giving birth to an era of on-demand...