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The Latest Breaking News from AOL

Dial up is dead—at least as far as AOL is concerned, as the company is pulling the plug after 34 years

But that doesn't mean US broadband infrastructure is necessarily picking up the slack.

PC Gamer

Yahoo Reportedly Nears $1.4 Billion Sale Of AOL After Internet Pioneer Ends Dial-Up Era And Closes Another Chapter

Yahoo is reportedly close to selling AOL to Italian technology firm Bending Spoons for about $1.4 billion, a move that would hand off one of the most iconic names of the early internet just weeks after AOL retired its dial-up service.

Benzinga

AOL's dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era

It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow

The Independent UK

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Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Obscenity Blocks, Cooking Oil, and D.C.'s Tipped Minimum Wage (Vol. 19)

Good intentions, bad results.

Reason

30 years since the launch of Windows 95, the 90s still has some of the best sonic branding

Here's how you can recreate it.

Creative Bloq

The End Of An Era: AOL Discontinues Dial-Up Internet After 30 Years

AOL said last week stating that it would be discontinuing dial-up internet as of Sept. 30. The move marks the end of an era when it comes to the internet, as AOL is one of the last major companies to offer the service.

Benzinga

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from the demise of dial-up to the return of a missing Apple Watch feature

Catch up on tech news from Apple, Vive, Insta 360, and more from the past seven days.

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AOL's dial-up internet hangs up the phone

What was once the way that most home users accessed the internet is soon to be no more – thanks for all the chirps and pings, AOL

In the time of tariffs, Nvidia and AMD cut unusual deals with Trump

Two chipmakers make revenue-sharing pledges, OpenAI reveals GPT-5 and AOL bids dial-up adieu

The Guardian - US

A classic internet feature is coming to an end

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The Independent UK

You got disconnected: AOL ditches 1990s relic and ends its dial-up internet service

AOL is killing its dial-up internet.

The Independent UK

AOL ends dial-up: Why the goodbye to that scratchy sounds matters

You had mail

TechRadar

End of an era: AOL to discontinue its dial-up internet service after 30 years

The hisses, pings and screeches that introduced millions of Americans to the online world will be retired in September

The Guardian - US

AOL is saying 'goodbye' to its dial-up internet service

"Goodbye."

Fortune

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Euronews

AOL is shutting down dial-up internet after 34 years

Dial-up internet will be shut down by the end of September for AOL customers.

Tom’s Hardware

AOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after its debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same day

Dial-up connectivity stalwart AOL has set a date for cutting off the remainder of its old-tech internet holdouts.

PC Gamer

AOL discontinues its dial-up internet, and we're just surprised they even offered it in 2025

Dial-up's days are numbered, after 34 years of service.

Tom’s Guide

Yahoo Mail and AOL were down for thousands — live updates on the outage

Yahoo Mail is experiencing technical difficulties that are causing users to experience an error message preventing them from accessing the service.

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TechRadar

Yahoo and AOL mail suffered hours of outage – here's how it played out

AOL and Yahoo email users couldn't access their mail for hours, especially in the US.

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Person Asks “What’s So Ancient Only Internet Veterans Can Remember?”, 25 Folks Deliver

Redditors have recently been listing old-timer things from when the internet was young, wild and free, and reminiscing about the things only "veterans" would know.

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10 Activities That Were Normal in the 90s but Risky Now

The 1990s often feel like a recent memory, but it was a vastly different world in terms of technology, safety awareness, and social norms. Activities that were a normal part of growing up or daily life in that decade are now often viewed as unacceptably risky or just plain strange.…

GamesRadar

30 years later, a lost Mario game has been found – in blood-red screenshots extracted from an old AOL file library

The Wario apparition was almost canon

International Business Times

Expert's Take: The Beginning Of The End Of Crypto's 'AOL Era' With Polygon Labs

Crypto has evolved significantly in recent years, and for a senior expert at Polygon Labs, the sector is at a critical turning point wherein it can finally end its "AOL era."

Kiplinger

M&A Is Why UnitedHealth Group Stock Is in of the 100,000% Return Club

UnitedHealth has given a master class in mergers and acquisitions over the years.

Creative Bloq

Millennials are mourning the loss of these forgotten websites

RIP, forever in our hearts.

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