is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011. Adobe ...

Widely used technologies take a long time to fade. Adobe's move this week to rename Flash Professional is only one nail in its coffin. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Supportive of everything from browser games to live streaming, Adobe Flash wasn’t the internet’s favorite multimedia platform without reason. Even in its heyday, though, Flash wasn’t universally loved ...

Adobe announced in 2017 that Adobe Flash Player, better known over the years simply as "Flash," would no longer be supported after December 2020. Twitter users asked why — Flash had been around for 24 ...

Flash Player will reach its end of life (EOL) on January 1, 2021, after always being a security risk to those who have used it over the years. The demise of Adobe's multimedia software platform was ...

Adobe Flash, the world’s most hated software, is finally dead. Technically, it’s been on its way out for years, but today it received one of its final blows which will go down in history. Google ...

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My earliest memory of Flash was that it got me into trouble. I had heard about a website that hosted brutal games, including one particularly difficult shooter starring an audacious yellow alien. I ...

Here is a step-by-step guide to reducing your digital footprint online, whether you want to lock down data or vanish entirely. Read now Adobe plans to prompt users and ask them to uninstall Flash ...

UPDATE 8:39 A.M. PST: Adobe confirmed it will cease Flash development on mobile devices. In an abrupt about-face in its mobile software strategy, Adobe will soon cease developing its Flash Player plug ...