It has been fascinating to watch the evolution of Adobe Flash. What started out as a simple animation program 15 years ago has been transformed over time into a full-fledged development platform for ...

As you were at home celebrating the end of a dismal past year, Adobe Flash officially died a quiet death. Its discontinuation marks the end of an era in the internet's life when people experimented ...

After 24 years, Adobe Flash Player — the once-ubiquitous utility that fueled the Internet's transformation from text-only to a multimedia bonanza — is heading into the sunset. Adobe this week issued ...

Few technologies have yielded such divisive and widespread passion as Flash. Many gush over its versatility and ease of use as a creative platform or its critical role in the rise of web video. Others ...

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 ...

Adobe Flash, once a hugely popular way for web browsers to provide multimedia, is almost dead. And Apple is helping bring on the funeral by completely removing support for the Flash plugin from the ...

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 ...