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Line 34: Joystiq and TUAW were shut down and folded into Engadget in February 2015. Around the same time, AOL Autos and AOL Tech were shut down and redirected to Autoblog and Engadget, respectively. In 2015, AOL was acquired by [[Verizon]]. In 2017, AOL's content business, along with that of [[Yahoo!]], which was also acquired by Verizon, were combined into a new online media subsidiary. Then Verizon sold that to private equity firm [[Apollo Global Management]].<ref name="Verizon 2021 deal">{{Cite news \|last1=Lee \|first1=Edmund \|last2=Hirsch \|first2=Lauren \|date=May 2, 2021 \|title=Verizon Near Deal to Sell Yahoo and AOL \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/business/verizon-yahoo-aol-sale.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502235556/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/business/verizon-yahoo-aol-sale.html \|archive-date=May 2, 2021 \|access-date=July 11, 2024 \|work=The New York Times \|language=en-US \|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|last=Koebler \|first=Jason \|date=July 9, 2024 \|title=A Beloved Tech Blog Is Now Publishing AI Articles Under the Names of Its Old Human Staff \|url=https://www.404media.co/a-beloved-tech-blog-tuaw-is-now-publishing-ai-articles-under-the-names-of-its-old-human-staff/ \|access-date=July 11, 2024 \|work=[[404 Media]]}}</ref> In 2015, AOL was acquired by [[Verizon]]. In 2017, AOL's content business, along with that of [[Yahoo!]], which was also acquired by Verizon, were combined into a new online media subsidiary called [[Oath Inc]]. Currently, Engadget and Autoblog are the only remaining former Weblogs Inc. titles. Line 61: === The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW){{anchor\|TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog)}} === [[File:TUAW logo.png\|100px\|frameless\|right]] '''TUAW''' covered tips, reviews, news, analyses, and opinions on [[Apple Inc.\|Apple Inc]].'s products. Founded in 2004 and one of the most successful blogs from Weblogs, Inc., TUAW was shut down February 3, 2015.<ref>{{cite web \|title= So long, and thanks for all the fish \|url= http://www.tuaw.com/2015/02/03/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/ \|first= Steven \|last= Sande \|website= TUAW \|date= 2015-02-03 \|access-date= 2015-02-04 \|df= mdy-all }}</ref> and its archives republished on Engadget.<ref name=":0" /> The blog was revived in mid 2024, publishing [[Natural language generation\|AI-generated articles]]. Many are AI-generated summaries of old posts from the original staff, often incorrectly attributing the wrong author and including [[AI-generated image\|AI-generated images]] of people alongside their [[bylines]]. According to TUAW's website, the brand was acquired by Web Orange Limited in 2024, "without its original content". Web Orange Limited says on its website to be a [[Hong Kong]]-based "advertising services" company.<ref name=":0" /> === Download Squad ===