Nintendo vs. Sega, PlayStation vs. Xbox – the gaming industry has been full of competition for decades now, leading the top companies in the market to go head-to-head in what gamers have dubbed the "console wars."However, one of the original console wars has finally come to an end, roughly around 45 years after either company's gaming system has been relevant.
One of the oldest, still-running online platforms is finally closing its doors after 27 years. ICQ, a once-popular instant messaging service, announced on Friday via its website that it would be shutting down next month. "ICQ will stop working from June 26," reads a message on ICQ.com. "You can chat with friends in VK Messenger, and with colleagues in VK WorkSpace."The alternative recommendations are messaging platforms belonging to VK, a Russia-based social media platform popular in the country and works much like Facebook.
Elon Musk has a lot on his plate these days: Running a publicly traded EV car company, rebranding one of the internet's biggest social media platforms as "X," and launching satellites into space. According to a new report from The Information, Musk is about to split his time with yet another major project: an xAI supercomputer, which he has been calling a "gigafactory of compute."This new report comes from an investor presentation Musk has been using in order to raise money for his AI company, xAI.