- AOL is shutting down its dial-up service, along with AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser.
- The service will retire on September 30th, 2025, after a 34-year long run.
- AOL’s dial-up service brought the internet to many American households back in the 90s, but it slowly faded as high-speed internet connections took over.
AOL is shutting down its dial-up internet service on September 30th, marking the end of a 34-year-long era, along with AOL Dialer and AOL Shield browser. The dial-up service that brought the internet to many American households in the 90s is ready to close its doors forever .
As revealed in a statement from the company’s Help page , this may come as a surprise to veteran internet users, especially those who had their first taste of the World Wide Web, thanks to AOL’s internet service.
The Yahoo-owned company mentions in its statements, “AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet.” It further adds, “This service will no longer be available in AOL plans. As a result, on September 30, 2025 this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued.”
Even to this day, there are a few thousand users who still use AOL’s dial-up service in rural areas . But it is a far cry from the millions of users that it hosted back in its heyday. In today’s 5G era, it is no match for its competition. Everyone and their grandma have moved on to better alternatives like optical fiber, cable, or satellite connections.
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- Apple’s next-generation Siri will feature deeper integration with third-party apps, and you will be able to control them with your voice.
- The Cupertino giant has added a note to the App Intents system, mentioning that it’s working on in-app actions via Siri.
- Apple is working with companies like Uber, AllTrails, Threads, Temu, Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp, along with a few games for its upcoming Siri.
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is working on a voice control feature for its next-generation Siri model. This will allow users to give voice commands like searching for a particular video and playing it in full screen. You can even ask Siri to book a ride from your current location to home, and it will handle the rest.
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The Cupertino giant has added a note on its developer documentation for the App Intents system. This handles connecting apps with Siri and Apple Intelligence . The note reads, “Siri’s personal context understanding, onscreen awareness, and in-app actions are in development and will be available with a future software update.”
Gurman explains in his post what this will mean : “With nothing but your voice, you’ll be able to tell Siri to find a specific photo, edit it and send it off. Or comment on an Instagram post. Or scroll a shopping app and add something to your cart. ” He further adds, “ Essentially, Siri could operate your apps like you would — with precision, inside their own interf aces.”
We have heard a lot about Apple working on an LLM version of Siri built from the ground up, and it will be more fluent and conversational. It is clear that Apple is taking Siri very seriously this time around, and we can expect huge improvements when it releases next year.
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