Neowin News Feed for: Retirement

Windows will be reimagined for the agentic era before Copilot executive leaves next year

Usama Jawad — Fri, 22 May 2026 15:36:01 +0000

A leaked Microsoft memo reveals longtime executive and Copilot marketing chief, Yusuf Mehdi, will help "reimagine" Windows for the AI era before leaving next year. Read more...

Microsoft is retiring a Teams feature next month

Usama Jawad — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:18:01 +0000

Microsoft is removing a long-standing feature from Microsoft Teams next month as it prioritizes performance and simpler meetings. Read more...

People are furious that Microsoft is killing off Publisher

Usama Jawad — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:22:04 +0000

Microsoft's Publisher shutdown sparks fury as users face locked files, forced migrations, and what many call another careless kill-off. Read more...

Senior Microsoft executive announces retirement as org chart shakes yet again

Usama Jawad — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:32:01 +0000

Another Microsoft veteran is calling it quits. Rajesh Jha retires after 35 years as CEO Satya Nadella reshuffles leadership yet again. Read more...

Exchange Online EWS is dying, here is what IT admins can do to prepare

Usama Jawad — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 19:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has reminded IT admins that the "time is almost up" for Exchange Online EWS, and "scream tests" are on the way. Read more...

Microsoft is killing off an Edge feature, and users may lose their data

Usama Jawad — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:42:01 +0000

Microsoft has seemingly decided to kill off an Edge feature, but many users won't be happy to know that there is no proper alternative in place. Read more...

Despite rumors, Apple's chip boss Johny Srouji has no plans to leave the company

Hamid Ganji — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:16:01 +0000

Apple can be confident that it will retain one of its top chip executives for at least another year. Read more...

Microsoft is killing off Office Online Server

Usama Jawad — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has decided to retire a version of Office Online in an effort to focus on cloud-first solutions like Microsoft 365. Read more...

Report: Apple might already be preparing for Tim Cook's retirement

Hamid Ganji — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:48:01 +0000

It appears that Tim Cook is nearing retirement, and Apple's board is considering the company's hardware engineering chief to succeed him. Read more...

Microsoft is killing off the Mobile Plans app in Windows

Usama Jawad — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:36:02 +0000

Microsoft has decided to kill off the Mobile Plans app in Windows, and revealed plans to migrate the process to the web, while integrating with the Windows 11 Settings app. Read more...

Apple names next COO as incumbent prepares to retire

Paul Hill — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 04:58:02 +0000

Apple COO Jeff Williams is soon set to retire but the company has a plan to make the transition smooth. Williams has been at Apple for 27 years and working in the industry for 40 years. Read more...

Google's goo.gl links will no longer work after August 25th

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:24:01 +0000

Google's URL Shortener service, goo.gl, is shutting down on August 25, 2025. Starting August 23, 2024, some goo.gl links will display an interstitial page notifying users of the impending shutdown. Read more...

Microsoft wants you on New Outlook for Windows by July, August or receiving emails may stop

Sayan Sen — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 11:06:01 +0000

Whether you like it or not, Microsoft will apparently retire legacy Outlook clients very soon starting this July. A lot of such purported details have been revealed by a M365 message center post. Read more...

Report: 47% of enterprise Windows 10 PCs may be affected by IE11 retiring tomorrow

Usama Jawad — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:26:01 +0000

With Internet Explorer 11 being retired on most consumer SKUs of Windows tomorrow, a survey auditing 9 million enterprise PCs has revealed that the move may affect almost 47% of Windows 10 machines. Read more...

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Skype for Business Online is being retired today

Usama Jawad — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 07:00:01 +0000

Skype for Business Online is being retired today in favor of Microsoft Teams. The Redmond firm announced the change two years ago and is offering organizations assisted upgrades to Teams Only mode. Read more...

Here's how you need to prepare for the death of Internet Explorer 11

Usama Jawad — Thu, 20 May 2021 05:28:01 +0000

If you're part of an organization or are a consumer that is heavily dependent on Internet Explorer 11 for your daily activities and are worried about its retirement, here's what you need to do. Read more...

Alibaba's Jack Ma to retire, successor announced

Sharath Ravishankar — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:08:02 +0000

Chinese conglomerate Alibaba has announced that its founder, Jack Ma, will be stepping down as chairman next year. He is to be succeeded by the company's present CEO, Daniel Zhang. Read more...

Microsoft is terminating Zune services today

Usama Jawad — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:22:01 +0000

Nearly ten years after launch, Microsoft is formally retiring Zune services as of today. Existing Zune Music Pass subscriptions will be converted to Groove Music Pass subscriptions. Read more...

Apple's CFO to retire in September

Brad Sams — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:00:28 +0000

Apple has announced that Peter Oppenheimer will be retiring in September and that he will be replaced by Luca Maestri, who has 25 years of global financial management experience. Read more...

Here are some people who could take over the CEO spot at Microsoft

John Callaham — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 15:18:29 +0000

The list of people who could succeed Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft is vast, with choices that could come from within and also from outside the company. We take a look at just a few of the choices. Read more...

Here is Ballmer's email telling his employees he is retiring

Brad Sams — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:49:50 +0000

Steve Ballmer sent an email to all Microsoft employees to announce his retirement and we have posted a copy of the email after the jump for your reading pleasure. Read more...

Sony Chairman Howard Stringer to step down in June

Ben Buffone — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:57:56 +0000

The current Sony Chairman is set to retire this June at the annual shareholder's meeting after working at Sony for over 16 years. Stringer will use the transition to "pursue new opportunities". Read more...

Wii Invades Retirement Home

Steven Parker — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:40:13 +0000

Nintendo console has officially gone geriatric Nintendo is off to an incredible start with the Wii. With continued demand and leading sales even after the holiday season, Nintendo couldn't be happier with the system's... Read more...

Retirement plan for Windows XP SP1...

Steven Parker — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:58:36 +0000

I know it's been a while, but just wanted to toss up this reminder.... End of support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 On October 10, 2006,... Read more...

US.gov plans DES's retirement

Fri, 30 Jul 2004 20:07:02 +0000

The ageing Data Encryption Standard (DES) is no longer secure enough for use by government and should be replaced by Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) instead, according to a key US government standards agency. ... Read more...

Microsoft plans Windows 2000 Server retirement

Thu, 18 Dec 2003 04:24:58 +0000

Microsoft Corp. will gradually phase out its Windows 2000 Server family, the company said Wednesday. Effective April 1, 2006, the products will no longer be available. The retirement announcement comes eight months after the introduction... Read more...

HP outlines plans for Alpha's retirement

Thu, 05 Dec 2002 08:55:50 +0000

Hewlett-Packard in January will deliver the next version of its Alpha processor, an important architectural upgrade that will carry it through to the chip family's planned retirement in about 18 months, an HP executive said... Read more...

Windows retirement plan announced

Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:28:14 +0000

IT managers are reconsidering software strategies after Microsoft announced the dates when it will end support for versions of Windows, including NT and 2000. Support for Windows 2000 Professional, still being evaluated... Read more...