The Daily Populous

Wednesday July 26th, 2017 morning edition

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Where a format didn’t exist, we invented one – such as with Flash and Shockwave.

Given this progress, and in collaboration with several of our technology partners – including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla – Adobe is planning to end-of-life Flash.

Specifically, we will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020 and encourage content creators to migrate any existing Flash content to these new open formats.

Several industries and businesses have been built around Flash technology – including gaming, education and video – and we remain committed to supporting Flash through 2020, as customers and partners put their migration plans into place.

Adobe will continue to support Flash on a number of major OSs and browsers that currently support Flash content through the planned EOL.

In addition, we plan to move more aggressively to EOL Flash in certain geographies where unlicensed and outdated versions of Flash Player are being distributed.

Looking ahead, Adobe will continue to provide the best tools and services for designers and developers to create amazing content for the web. »

Netflix Orders Matt Groening Animated Comedy ‘Disenchantment’

Authored by variety.com

Netflix has given a 20-episode pickup to the Matt Groening animated comedy “Disenchantment.”.

Animation will be handled by Rough Draft Studios, which worked with Groening on the Fox/Comedy Central series “Futurama.”.

“The series will bear his trademark animation style and biting wit, and we think it’s a perfect fit for our many Netflix animation fans. »

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Football-Players

Authored by methodsman.com

In lay terms, that suggests that CTE, as seen here with characteristic phosphorylated tau deposits, is a distinct pathological entity.

110 of 111 – that's 99% - of former NFL players had CTE.

The authors, to their credit, state that this study can not impute or imply the prevalence of CTE in footballers. »

Amazon jacked up Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor

Authored by foxbusiness.com

“They showed the product at $15.42 and then exed it out to put ‘$9.99 for Amazon Prime Day.’ And on the final day, the price was like $18.44.

Jacobs says the suggested retail price came back down to $9.99 the following day.

As part of Jacobs’ agreement with Amazon, the online retailer does have the right to set their own pricing as they see fit, he says. »

Azadeh Namdari: Backlash over conservative Iranian television host

Authored by bbc.com

Namdari is known in Iran as a proponent of the Islamic dress code.

A photo of her in full hijab was once published in the conservative Iranian newspaper Vatan-e Emruz under the headline: "Thank God, I wear the veil".

Image copyright Vatan-e Emruz Image caption Azadeh Namdari promoted Islamic dress in Iranian newspaper Vatan-e Emruz. »