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ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down
(www.pcmag.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I always said way back in the early 2000s that once corporations figured out the internet, it and society in general would be very screwed. Their early attempts at trying to make things go viral and create engagement were laughably bad. Then they hired a bunch of psychologists and sociologists, bought up everything, and the rest is history.