This might have passed under the radar of many people, but the fact that the volunteer computing part of the 21-year-old SETI@home project will go into hibernation is quite big news, especially since this amazing effort did not manage to deliver any solid result. However, SETI@home might be reactivated one day.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Two-decade-old-SETI-home-project-going-down-at-the-end-of-the-month.456470.0.html