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Microsoft Details the End of Flash Support for Edge
All good things must, sooner or later, come to an end. When it was announced back in 2017 that the vast majority of mainstream browsers would stop supporting ‘Flash‘, however, it must admit that it gave me more than a few nostalgic pangs of pain. Most of which, I freely…
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Flashpoint Looks to Preserve the Internets Most Classic Games
This year will mark the death of one of the longest standing media player applications on the internet. Namely, Flash. Admittedly, I have a lot of love for the program and particularly the Newgrounds website which, if you were a budding animator or game designer at the time, was one…
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Adobe Finally Killing Off Shockwave in April
End-of-Life Approaching Adobe is putting the final nail in the coffin of Adobe Shockwave plugin, announcing its discontinuation starting April 9th, 2019. One can’t really say they did not see this coming. In fact, it is surprising that it has held on for so long and it remains one of…
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Adobe Flash Sentenced to Death by 2020
Flash has been one of the foundations of online web design and animation for nearly 15 years. The reasonably easy to use interface and graphical support has allowed for some amazing creations. The go-to tool for a long time for fledgling web design, game creation and wannabe animators. Well, unfortunately,…
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60-Second Google Pixel Hack Wins $120k Prize
A team of Chinese hackers compromised the security of Google’s new premier smartphone, the Pixel, in less than a minute, earning it members a cash prize of $120,000. The white-hat hacking team, Qihoo 360, exploited a critical vulnerability in the Google Pixel while competing in the 2016 Pwnfest hacking festival…
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Flash Hit by Another Zero-Day Vulnerability
Like a sailor, desperately panning water out of a sinking ship, Adobe has released an out-of-bound patch for yet another zero-day vulnerability in its Flash Player software. Versions of Flash affected by the vulnerability are those released on 11th October and earlier, from version 23.0.0.185 (or version 11.2.202.637 on Linux).…
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Twitch Transitioning From Flash to HTML5
Game streaming platform Twitch is finally switching from the notoriously unsafe Adobe Flash to HTML5, following in the steps of YouTube, which made the same change to its videos in January this year. The HTML5 rollout, which also includes JavaScript controls, will be gradual, and the underlying videos will still…
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Flash Is Now Blocked Automatically by Firefox
Adobe has been receiving a lot of pressure lately to kill off Flash once and for all, but it looks like the company is not really ready to give up on its famous plugin. Consequently, the head of security over at Facebook publicly encouraged Adobe to make the call, and…
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Google Changes how Flash Ads Work in Chrome
Despite helping pay for web content, auto-playing Flash ads have become the bane of internet users. While third party plugins have long offered the ability to control Flash elements, Google is now baking in the ability to pause auto-playing Flash ads right into Chrome. Starting with the latest Chrome Beta…
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