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As both inspiration and impetus, and in celebration of Black History Month this February, we delved into the archives to shine a light on some key Black tech pioneers who may have been overlooked by history. Roy Clay Any history of Black contributions to the field of computer science has to include Roy L. Clay, Sr., the founder and former CEO of ROD-L Electronics, a manufacturer of electrical safety testing equipment. Before founding ROD-L, Clay was a programmer. He started his career in 1956 p...

So long and thanks for all the vulnerabilities, Firefox browser kills Flash and blocks ‘supercookies’.

Stadtratte / Getty Images Some people can’t wait for a new version of Windows 10. They sign up for insider editions and eagerly watch for the next release. I’m exactly the opposite of that. I wait and make sure the version of Windows 10 that I’m using is fully compatible with my applications and I have time to deal with any side effects. My philosophy with security updates is the same; I don’t install them right away. (Though I do install them every month without fail.) ...

Mozilla Firefox 85 Kills Support for Adobe Flash Player Zainab SaeedLast Updated: Feb 2, 2021 Mozilla has released an updated version Firefox 85. This new version has ended the support for Adobe Flash Player plugin and “protects” users from supercookies. Firefox 85 is no more supporting the Adobe Flash neither have a setting to re-enable it. It was a pre-decided move. Mozilla announced in 2017 that it will end the support for Adobe Flash Player in Firefox 85. Mozilla Firefox 85 Kills Suppor...

Firefox 85 removes support for Flash and adds protection against supercookies Mozilla noted that supercookies are store user identifiers, and are much more difficult to delete and block. Now with Firefox 85, the browser maker has ended support for the Adobe Flash Player plugin and has brought in ways to block supercookies. India Today Tech | January 27, 2021 | Updated 14:49 IST (Picture: Reuters) Last week Google released Chrome 88 and permanently ended support for Adobe Flash Player. Adobe an...

Do you hear that? It’s the last dying breaths of Adobe Flash, which might finally be rendered obsolete by Mozilla’s release of Firefox 85 on

Mozilla Firefox 85 Ends Support for Adobe Flash Player, Cracks Down on Supercookies Firefox 85 aims to isolate supercookies to prevent them from tracking users’ Web browsing from one site to the next. By Tanishka Sodhi | Updated: 27 January 2021 17:08 IST Firefox 85 does not have a setting to re-enable Adobe Flash Highlights As per Mozilla, Firefox 85 will protect users from supercookies Supercookies can track you online even after you clear cookies Mozilla Fi...

Firefox was the last major browser to support Flash on January 27, 2021, 11:10 What just happened? Those who prefer Mozillas Firefox over the likes of Chrome will be pleased to hear that the latest version of the browser has arrived, bringing protection from supercookies and finally removing Adobe Flash Player support. By killing off Flash in Firefox 85 (download here), Adobes once universally popular software is now no longer supported on any major browsers. The move has ...

Deactivation of Adobe Flash crippled Chinese railroad; heres how First announced in July 2017, Adobe had said it would stop updating and distributing Flash Player after December 31, 2020. Representative image Three years after the announcement, Adobe stopped supporting Flash Player on December 31, 2020 with Flash content being blocked from running in the multimedia software starting January 12, 2021. The planned move did have one unexpected result for some people in China. For them, the death o...

25 January 2021, 7:46 pm EST By Adobe Flash Player Shutdown Caused Chaos for Chinese Railroads for Over 20 Hours  ( Screenshot From Pxhere Official Website ) Back in 2017, Adobe had announced that it would officially be deactivating its Flash by the end of 2020. Some time earlier this month, on the 12th of January, Adobe had finally carried out with its non-negotiabl...