It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow. The company confirmed it would discontinue the service on Tuesday, September 30th, citing routine evaluations of its offerings. Dial-up is no longer advertised on AOL's website, and former help pages related to the service are unavailable. AOL, formerly America Online, introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago. The creaky door to the internet was characterized by a once-ubiquitous series of beeps and buzzes heard over the phone used to connect your computer online. Eventually, broadband and wireless offerings rose to dominance — but some consumers still use other dial-up offerings today.
German police on Wednesday temporarily closed the famed Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich in response to a bomb threat issued by a man who later committed suicide. The 57-year-old suspect was carrying an explosive device inside his backpack and had set his family home ablaze earlier Wednesday, police said.
The price of gold surged to a record high of $3,870 per ounce on Tuesday, fueling a powerful rally across the sector and catapulting the market debut of Zijin Gold International, which saw its shares soar over 66% on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Today, the Federal Trade Commission sued Zillow and Redfin over an unlawful agreement that eliminates Redfin as a competitor in the market for placing advertising of rental housing on internet list
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