Google Groups Broken - nothing updated since June 25, 2011?

Can't find any word from Google, so it's reasonable to assume they don't care about Usenet anymore. Time to get real "newsreader" software and a real Usenet server. People say eternal-september.org provides good free Usenet service and I know you can find all sorts of free newsreader software. Myself, I use the inexpensive software and service provided by Forte.