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HTML5 by default: Google’s plan to make Chrome’s Flash click-to-play
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Google will be taking another step towards an HTML5-only Web later this year, as the systematic deprecation and removal of Flash continues.

In a plan outlined last week, Flash will be disabled by default in the fourth quarter of this year. Embedded Flash content will not run, and JavaScript attempts to detect the plugin will not find it. Whenever Chrome detects that a site is...

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The unethical superhero: Why science in The Flash needs some oversight
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This is the view you'd have if you were imprisoned in the Flash's secret extrajudicial detention center. (credit: The CW Network)

Marvel is fast becoming synonymous with the superhero—a pair of blockbusters and two critically praised Netflix shows just this year will have that effect. But they aren't the only game in (cape)town.

DC Comics might not...

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Adobe ditches ‘Flash’ name as it tries to catch up with a web built on open standards
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Adobe is getting rid of Flash, at least in name. The company announced today it’s changing the name of its Flash Professional CC software to Animate CC, reflecting better tools for creating content with HTML5 instead of Flash. With the rise of mobile computing and smartphones, Flash has seen steep competition from open web standards like HTML5, which can...
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