Linux users who want to view Flash content will soon have no choice but to do it through Google’s Chrome browser. That’s because Adobe is discontinuing its Flash Player for Linux as a standalone ...

Adobe’s proprietary software technology, the Flash browser plugin, is still being called “the standard for delivering high-impact, rich web content” by Adobe. The software can be used to run games, ...

Adobe Flash had a more than 20-year run as a major piece of multimedia software. But that is coming to an end. Browsers like Google Chrome are unplugging Flash. Google announced in 2017 that over the ...

The death of Flash is imminent; we've known that for a few years. A security threat and a battery hob, Flash is replaced with other tools. Even Adobe has had it with Flash. But Google will drive ...

We recently outlined a way to get rid of the Flash plug-in completely for a smoother, less battery-sucking web browsing experience. But if that's too radical of a step for you, Google's Chrome browser ...

Once upon a time I was working with a Windows user concerned about security. My first suggestion was to block Flash from running automatically in his Chrome browser. As documented on my ...

Mozilla effectively pulled the plug on Flash last month with the announcement that it would begin to automatically block certain content, and Google’s Chrome’s announcement on Tuesday signaled yet ...

Google is ready to say goodbye to Flash. Those who use Google's Chrome web browser will find that Adobe's Flash player extension will be phased out by the end of the year in favor of HTML5 as the ...

Google has announced its Chrome browser will begin blocking Adobe Flash Player next month, citing the lag in browsing experience as the reason. "Today, more than 90 percent of Flash on the web loads ...

Binary browser plugins using the 1990s-era NPAPI (“Netscape Plugin API”, the very name betraying its age) will soon be almost completely squeezed off the Web. Microsoft dropped NPAPI support in ...

Even for a Defensive Computing guy, the topic of the latest and greatest version of Adobe’s Flash player plugin is pretty boring. I thought, I’d left it in the rear view mirror. My previous suggestion ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. The web has changed quite a bit over the past few years. All major ...