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How-to: How to easily check if your data’s been breached

In these days of massive data breaches and multi-step authentication, perhaps the best question is whether your accounts have been breached in the first place? On Sunday, notable computer maven, philosopher and all-around wise human being Dirk A. Keaton pointed out the mighty haveibeenpwned.com, an aggregator web site that compiles breaches, lets people enter their […]

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Adobe announces “end of life” date for Flash Player at end of 2020

Adobe’s Flash Player now has an end date: the end of 2020. Adobe says it’s working with companies including Apple and Google to prepare for the upcoming death of Flash, as quoted here: Given this progress, and in collaboration with several of our technology partners – including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla – Adobe […]

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Apple CEO Tim Cook pushes for mandatory coding requirement at Trump administration tech summit

This is sort of nifty. On Monday, at a technology summit with President Donald Trump, Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly suggested making programming a mandatory subject in the country’s schools. Cook, who was among other tech executives, was among the representatives for the first gathering of the White House’s American Technology Council. Over the course […]

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Some users report flickering issue with 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro

As nifty as the new 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro might be, there might be some video-related bugs to hunt down. A number of posts have highlighted video-related issues, including flickering screens, have been reported. The issues have also included changes in the shade of colors alongside the considerable screen flicker. One post offered the following […]

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WWDC: Flash, older plug-ins to be turned off by default in macOS Sierra, push towards HTML5 continues

In another sign that Flash is pretty much on its way out, Apple engineer Ricky Mondello announced that Safari 10, which will arrive in the upcoming macOS Sierra operating system, will arrive with legacy plug-ins like Flash turned off by default. The Mac maker is planning similar measures with other plug-ins like Java, Silverlight and […]