in the adobe internet plug-in for playing games is being discontinued after 24 years, flash. ♪ llo, andcome if you are watching on pbs in the united states oun athe world. please stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the u.s. has passed a gri milestone in the pandemic, recording more than 20 million cases, more than any other country in the world. according to the latestnsigures from jopkins university, there are now 20,007,149 cases of coronavirus in the u.s. 300 46,408 peopleliave lost theis during this pandemic. on wednesday alone, moren t 3900 people died of covid-19 in the u., a new daily record. let's speak now to the senior vice president and dean of college of medicine in houston, texas. that figure of 20 million, first ofmi all, a very gristone. >> grim is a good word,nd happy new year to everybody. this year is feeling a lhole like the last year, unfortunately. but 20 million is aig number. almost 4000 dead two days ago, so we are still very much in the thick of this pandemic. simon: is anything going in theh direction? we are focusing o

that letter was scathing on adobe and it never made it onto the iplayer. open source flash player called raffle which can do most things/ used to do. it can play the sounds and cartoons on the internet archive, which is if you look up an old website and find what is to look like, they're trying to preserve some flash animation. they have a collection of about 2000 and animations that went viral in the early days of the internet. there a kind of get it to play these animations, but a lot of things will be lost in this, which a lot of people think is a shame. what should people think is a shame. what should people do if they still got flash on the computer that home? from today, adobe is not issuing any more security updates for flash and they've encourage people to uninstall it. you can find most website don't use it any more. things like youtuber bbc iplayer, they've moved away from flash. from they've moved away from flash. from the 12th of january, adobe will make it so that flash will not play the animations. the instructions on their website if you wan

adobe discontinues the software. music.cal change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're going to use money we picked up in belgium today, and then we'll be in france, and again, it'll be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic! that's better! bells toll. this is bbc news. the latest headlines — with more than 20 million cases recorded, the united states is the country hardest hit by the coronavirus. there have also been over 350,000 deaths. scientists have confirmed that the new variant of the coronavirus first identified in the uk is the "most serious change in the virus since the epidemic began". a new era has begun for the united kingdom after completing its formal separation from the european union. there w

but that letter was scathing on adobe flash, and it never made it onto the iphone.ed ruffle, which can do most of the things that flash used to do for animation. it can play the sounds and the cartoons and things like that. and the internet archive, which is known for that wayback machine, if you look up an old website and you want to find what it used to look like, they're trying to preserve some flash animation. so they've got a collection of about 2000 flash animations, famous ones that went viral back in the early days of the internet. so there is a project to kind of still be able to play these animations, but a lot of things will be lost in this, which a lot of people think is a shame. 2020 was a difficult year for people of all ages. so how do younger generations feel the year affected them and their futures? the bbc has been gauging some of their views. i've been alone in lockdown for three months. it's been really, really hard. i mean, i don't like being alone, so it's been an experience, like a bad experience for me. in two ways, 2020 has been really shock

but that letter was scathing on adobe flash, and it never made it onto the iphone.re's work to make an open source flash player called ruffle, which can do most of the things that flash used to do for animations. it can play the sounds and the cartoons and things like that. and the internet archive, which is known for that wayback machine, if you look up an old website and you want to find what it used to look like, they're trying to preserve some flash animation. so they've got a collection of about 2000 flash animations, famous ones that went viral back in the early days of the internet. so there is a project to kind of still be able to play these animations, but a lot of things will be lost in this, which a lot of people think is a shame. now on bbc news, survival: to the brink and back explores how nature helped the veteran explorer robin hanbury—tenison recover from covid—19. robin was one of the first covid—19 patients into derriford hospital. he may be a veteran of 30 expeditions, but surviving coronavirus would prove to be one of robin hanbury—tenison‘s toug

released in the early days of the web, adobe's flash player was once one of the most popular ways too make the transition to the smartphone era. sudan's acting foreign minister, 0mer ismail, has said his country's army has changed and will protect civilians in darfur. in an interview, he told the bbc that sudanese forces have taken over security in da rfur after a united nations and african union peacekeeping mission came to an end. in less than three weeks, donald trump will be leaving the white house and joe biden will take office, marking a dramatic shift in us politics. in the last of our series of look aheads to 2021, our senior north america reporter anthony zurcher, takes us through his predictions for the year ahead. of course, the biggest topic in us politics in 2021 is that there is going to be a new president leading the country. donald trump's time in the oval office is coming to an end and onjanuary the 20th, joe biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the united states. normally in the first 100 days of a presidency, the president focuses on his agenda and his p

but the ste jobs letter was scathing on adobe flash and never made it on the iphone. >> what happensall the animations on the games now? >> there is work to make an open-source flash player called russell -- it can play the sounds or cartoons. the internet archive, known for old website and you want to know what it used to look like, they are trying to preserve some flash animation. ey have a collection of about 2000 famous flash animations that went viral back in the earl there are still a project toni play thesetions but a lot of things will be lost in this which is a shame. >> there is no doubt that 2020 was a brutal year, but trying to be positive has given us a chance to discover what we value perhaps who we are. richard freeman has him looking at what 2020 hasau tght us. he is a professor in new york. he joins us now. thanknd you, richard,appy new year. do ngreat respect, we need a psychiatrist to tell us that we have had a difficult year. what is it taught you about us -- what has it taught you about us? >> it taught me that humans are actually a pretty resilient bunch. m i'ed

adobe will no longer offer security updates for flash and has urged people to uninstall it.or the uk to boost its trade ties around the world ? what will be the sticking points with the world's biggest economies as prime minister borisjohnson tries to reach the trade deals that will help him realise his dream of a global britain. in a moment we'll hear from our correspondents in india and china, but first here's michelle fleury in new york on the challenges of getting a deal with the world's biggest economy, the united states. for brexiteers, forging a new trade deal with america has been a much sought after prize and plenty of progress had been made on uk—us trade talks under the trump administration. mr trump supported brexit and was keen for a deal on america's terms. but what does that mean for the incoming biden administration? well, much of the work towards a new agreement has already been done. yet key differences remain stopping for instance, there is the issue of how to regulate the pharmaceutical industry, and what impact this may have on the buying power of the uk

released in the early days of the web, adobe's flash player was once one of the most popular ways ton to the smartphone era. covid—19 vaccines are being rolled out around the world. almost ten million people have already received their first shot. but it's not being distributed evenly across the globe. some vaccine programmes are racing ahead. at the top of the list is israel — which expects to have vaccinated over 10% of its citizens by the end of this week. china has been able to vaccinate around four and a half million people. meanwhile, many vaccination programmes in africa are will not even start until the middle of the year. and the covax scheme — a who vaccine initiative, aims to protect 20% of the populations from 92 low and middle and income countries by the end of 2021. —— and middle income. the uk's chief medical officers have defended the covid vaccination plan, after criticism from a doctors' union. people will receive the two doses of the oxford and pfizer vaccines 12 weeks apart, instead of four weeks. i have been speaking to professor adam finn who, with other experts

but that letter was was scathing on adobe. it never made it onto the iplayer.d games now? there's work to make an open source flash player called russell which can do most things that flash used to do. it can play the sounds and cartoons. the internet archive which is known for that way back machine, if you look up that way back machine, if you look up an old website, they try to preserve some flash animation. they have a collection of about 2000 flash animations, famous ones that went viral back in the ordering days of the internet. so there is a project to be able to play these animations —— but the early days. but a lot of things will be lost, which a lot of people think is a shame. there's no doubt 2020 was a brutal year. but trying to be positive, has the pandemic given us a chance, however unwelcome, to discover what we value and who we really are? richard friedman has been looking at what 2020 has taught us. he is a professor of clinical psychiatry at weill cornell medical college in new york. hejoins me now. thank you very much for your time. hgppy than

released in the early days of the web, adobe's flash player was once one of the most popular ways toare failed to make the transition to the smartphone era. a new era has begun for the united kingdom, after completing its formal separation from the european union. there will be changes to many aspects of life, from travel to security, migration and business. on the first day of the separation, there's been no reported disruption to freight across the channel between england and france. our correspondent mark easton reports from the dover port. the dawn of a new year and at the uk border in dover, the start of a new chapter for cross channel relations. brexit is now a reality. these lorries needing to navigate a tingle of red tape, customs checks and regulatory expressions. plus covert test before being permitted to cross the board. —— covert test. 25 miles outside the port, hgvs reach a police checkpoint on the m 20. need to have a can't access perm, nicknamed kermit to demonstrate their paperwork is in order. heading to the continent, european truck services seem sanguine about the

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now the once popular video software adobe flash player has been shut down the company stop supporting and updating it as of january 1st and is urging people to uninstall the software before it blocks all flash content on the 12th 1st released in 1906 flash allowed content creators to make and share animations and games online but security issues have plagued it for years and its struggle to keep up as users move to smartphones to access the web. time for a quick check on the headlines here on al-jazeera more than 20000000 people in the u.s. have now tested positive for the corona virus that's almost a quarter of the world's cases comes as the government struggles to distribute vaccines fewer than 3000000 at and given the job robert mills has more now from los angeles here in southern california were hospitals or virtually overwhelmed with patients emergency rooms are crammed people are being treated in conference rooms and gift shops in the hospitals and one prominent public health epidemiologist said we are in the midst of a viral tsunami the number of covert cases as reported by joh

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adobe analytics so did find that curbside pick up grew a whopping 88 percent 80 percent between november 1st and december 9th so looking at those numbers just imagine what we're going to look at or what the numbers are going to look like for the entire month of december but i also want to bring up a google survey google's head of product management local carney she cited several google 2020 surveys when it comes to how consumers change their behavior and it found that 80 percent of shoppers will consolidate shopping to make fewer trips than in previous years obviously this is due to the pandemic people want to save time searches for of vailable near me they've grown globally by more than 100 percent since last year and 60 percent of shoppers plan to confirm on line that a desired item is in stock before going to buy it and again because buyers really want to make sure their items are in stock they opt out for this line or even more conveniently curbside pick up and you can tell merchants they're really just adapting to these new business models adapting to these new trends. sure that the

this afternoon, saying that a man had been shot in front of the home on casa grande, a road near old adobearrived to find the man with several gunshot wounds. he was pronounced dead at the scene. the sheriff's office hasn't released the man's identity and no arrests have been made. a napa businessman is under under arrest tonight for having a huge cache of weapons. and he's being held on $5 million bail as authorities try to determine his intentions. ktvu deborah villalon has more on why authorities say this man's political views are sending up red flags. this person in he. is a nap in. you know what i mean? he is one of us. everyone in this community of auto shops was shocked when napa sheriff sand bomb squad raided british auto repair and arrested owner in benjamin rogers never heard anything bad or off color about him, you know, seemed to be pretty cheerful guy. my employee saw him, you know, being handcuffed and taken away. this is roger's booking photo friday. the 44 year old authorities say had more than 50 guns, including automatic weapons at us. all rifles, plus explosives and gunp

now the once popular video software adobe flash player has been shut down the company stop supporting and updating it as of january 1st and is urging people to an install the software before it blocks all flash content on the 12th 1st released in 1906 flash allowed content creators to make and share animations and games online but security issues have plagued it for years and its struggle to keep up as users move to smartphones access the internet. rights advocate check of the headlines here on al-jazeera more than 20000000 people in the u.s. have now tested positive for corona virus that's almost a quarter of the world's cases it comes as the government struggles to distribute vaccines fewer than 3000000 have been given the chance has more from los angeles. here in southern california where hospitals are virtually overwhelmed with patients emergency rooms are crammed people are being treated in conference rooms and gift shops in the hospitals and one a prominent public health epidemiologist said we are in the midst of a viral tsunami the number of covert cases as reported by johns ho

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the once popular video software adobe flash player has been shut down the company stop supporting and updating it as a general 1st people to and install the software before it blocks all flash content on the 12th 1st released in 1906 flash allowed content creators to make and share animations and games online but security issues have plagued it for years and it struggled to keep up as users move to smartphones access the internet. all right time for a quick check of the headlines here on the al-jazeera more than 20000000 people in the u.s. have now tested positive for corona virus that's almost a quarter of a.

now the once popular software adobe flash player is no more the company has stopped supporting it's and updating it as of january the 1st and is urging people to an install the software before it blocks all flash content on the 12th 1st release in 1906 flash content creators to make and share animations and games online but security issues have plagued it for years. but cuba is overhauling its money the peso will be kept but devalued it's more the so-called convertible peso will be eliminated latin america gets to the cia near an reports. that he stole medicare owns one of her banners most successful private restaurants a must even for the most high profile visitors until now his customers paid in cook's r c u c a state invented substitute for the u.s. dollar with $25.00 times more than the cuban bissau but now the cook is being scrapped with an unsustainable dual currency an exchange rate system there is only me that it just means the elimination of a currency that was circulating for a long time and reactivate in our national currency. if only it were that simple one of the most commo

now the once popular video software adobe flash player has been shut down the company's stop supporting and updating it as of january 1st and is urging people to an install the software before it blocks all flash content on the 12th 1st released in 1906 flash allowed content creators to make and share animations and games online but security issues have played it for years and its struggle to keep up as users move to smartphones to access the web. all right time for a quick check on the headlines here on al-jazeera more than 20000000 people in the us have now tested positive for the corona virus that's almost a quarter of the world's cases it comes as the government struggles to distribute vaccines fewer than 3000000 have been given the job robert mills' has more now from los angeles.

adobe flash player — once one of the most popular ways to stream videos and play games online — has reached end of its life, after failing to adapt to the smartphone era. now on bbc news, for black students studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isn't always the only challenge, for some it can feel like a new world. for black students studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isn't always the only challenge. for some, it can feel like entering a new world. you feel like you have to be strong. you know? my mum keeps saying to me, "just keep fighting. " tearfully: "just keep going, just get that degree." over the years, oxford and cambridge universities have come under pressure for their lack of ethnic diversity. i think it's a place where race has not been acknowledged as relevant, particularly to the whole intellectual experience of being at cambridge. last year at cambridge, the numbers improved on previous years, with the university accepting a record number of 91 black british undergraduates. but bey

that's not for today thanks for your company paid adobe's along next with the latest inside story. facebook and apple at logan heads and it's all about privacy but no way is this fight going to stay private apple says it's changing its software to protect users facebook own views little home small businesses whose bright this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter told me today it's not david versus goliath it's goliath versus goliath it's being sold as a fight for small businesses and consume a privacy your privacy in reality it is 2 of the world's richest companies going head to head in a very public argument one which affects both their bottom lines yup it's all about profits in one corner apple not only the most dominant company in tech worldwide but the highest valued business anywhere on the planet it's devices are in the hands of more than 1000000000 people in the other corner facebook its social media platform is used around the globe by close to 3000000000 people that reach gives it an extremely commanding hold on online advertising and that's the prob

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an upward-sloping market, you could have been complacent in maybe google or facebook or amazon or adobecrosoft if, all names we still own because they will resurge again. to that imagery, they will bark again as older dogs. to me, that's the area we're still focusing, some of these tech stocks have been kind of left behind but are starting to resurge again because i believe that's the future of the stock market as far as ownership for individual investors. charles: erin, i know management is important to you. it's the easy to take your eye off the ball when you're number one, and a lot of times investors ride this wave, and people stuck in ibm if, they spent almost two years protecting their share price instead of perfecting the company. how important is it to you? >> yeah. well, one, you know, companies with share buybacks and dividends versus looking at capital expenditures or acquisitions, and so one of my favorites is not a technology stock, it's estee lauder. they really have an exceptional track record of growing by acquisition. the kind of name that they own, they basically own e

shoppers spent online during the 2020 holiday season up over 32% from the prior year according to adobelytics >> welcome back, people buying online and going to the retailer to get it. those type of transactions, they more than doubled in 2020, call it click and collect or bopus, buy online and pick up in store. it's been the biggest driver for ecommerce market share according to a new report. they share the data exclusively with cnbc. it shows the big four click and collect retailers, walmart, home depot, best buy and target they saw numbers double. the result, a 3% gain in market share. that translates into roughly $23 billion more in revenue in 2021 if you extrapolate based on those 2020 ecommerce numbers e marketer is forecasting big box stores making more gains, coming mostly from mall-based retailers. >> click and clak inside of a mall, there's the most friction to the pickup experience even if you have it available, mall-based retailers are really in the worst position. they're losing share as a result of that. >> amazon, it still gained about 2% of the ecommerce market share in

i haven't tried the adobe yet, but just smelling it yet brings back home and a ton of memories. >> the binca is made out of different ingredients, including cheese. but here, we put a twist on it. why not have nutella, rocky road, we have blue berry. we're not just limiting it to just the classic with salted egg and cheese. >> we try to cook food that you don't normally find from filipino food vendors, like the lichon, for example. it's something that it took years to come up with, to perfect, to get the skin just right, the flavor, and it's one of our most popular dishes, and people love it. this, it's kind of me trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. when i got tired of the corporate world, i decided that i wanted to give it a try and see if people would actually like our food. i think it's a wonderful opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. everybody keeps saying filipino food is the next big thing. i think it's already big, and to have all of us here together, it's just -- it just blows my mind sometimes that there's so many of us bringing -- bringing filipino f

i have a different adobe program i am not used to working with. i have projected that i can do budget cuts and salary savings of $90,000. that is due to the offset from the disability access funds of the $54,000 of administrative costs and then in discussion with the position at the abdc -- sbdc that is not utilizing its entire time doing just legacy business work. they are doing other general support work with the small business development center, that is about 25% of their time. another $45,000 being offset from that position to help do the salary savings. again, i won't be able to do -- i can't cut personnel any more than that or offset the salaries any more than the $90,777 so looking at fiscal year 23, it is the same amount. budget and overhead. i have put in the overhead which pays for the shared administrative costs with oewd for hr services, payroll, finance, contracting, other things. i am cutting our amount of our overhead contribution. i do think we are being charged a little too much since we have very little contract work. much of th

i haven't tried the adobe yet, but just smelling it yet brings back home and a ton of memories. >> the binca is made out of different ingredients, including cheese. but here, we put a twist on it. why not have nutella, rocky road, we have blue berry. we're not just limiting it to just the classic with salted egg and cheese. >> we try to cook food that you don't normally find from filipino food vendors, like the lichon, for example. it's something that it took years to come up with, to perfect, to get the skin just right, the flavor, and it's one of our most popular dishes, and people love it. this, it's kind of me trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. when i got tired of the corporate world, i decided that i wanted to give it a try and see if people would actually like our food. i think it's a wonderful opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. everybody keeps saying filipino food is the next big thing. i think it's already big, and to have all of us here together, it's just -- it just blows my mind sometimes that there's so many of us bringing -- bringing filipino f

he lived in a one-room adobe house with a thatched roof.an economic opportunity and provide a future for their kids. i was born here. one of the things we saw here is when mexico developed its economy, when it became better, you saw blessed immigration to the united states. a lot of my family never decided to move here because they had more of a future in mexico. now the migration from mexico to the united states is zero. so if we actually do focus on the root causes, we can actually create a situation where the net migration from those three countries becomes zero, but it's a lot of work to do because you need to stomp out corruption, build up economies, and make sure they do have a way forward. but it's the only way you really can deal with the immigration, undocumented immigrants coming to the country, focused on developing the nation's economist and making them more secure. >> congressman gomez, you're the son of immigrants and also a harvard graduate. so it shows what immigrants contribute to this country. jacob soboroff, i understand

i haven't tried the adobe yet, but just smelling it yet brings back home and a ton of memories. >> the binca is made out of different ingredients, including cheese. but here, we put a twist on it. why not have nutella, rocky road, we have blue berry. we're not just limiting it to just the classic with salted egg and cheese. >> we try to cook food that you don't normally find from filipino food vendors, like the lichon, for example. it's something that it took years to come up with, to perfect, to get the skin just right, the flavor, and it's one of our most popular dishes, and people love it. this, it's kind of me trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. when i got tired of the corporate world, i decided that i wanted to give it a try and see if people would actually like our food. i think it's a wonderful opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. everybody keeps saying filipino food is the next big thing. i think it's already big, and to have all of us here together, it's just -- it just blows my mind sometimes that there's so many of us bringing -- bringing filipino f

i have a different adobe program i am not used to working with. i have projected that i can do budget cuts and salary savings of $90,000. that is due to the offset from the disability access funds of the $54,000 of administrative costs and then in discussion with the position at the abdc -- sbdc that is not utilizing its entire time doing just legacy business work. they are doing other general support work with the small business development center, that is about 25% of their time. another $45,000 being offset from that position to help do the salary savings. again, i won't be able to do -- i can't cut personnel any more than that or offset the salaries any more than the $90,777 so looking at fiscal year 23, it is the same amount. budget and overhead. i have put in the overhead which pays for the shared administrative costs with oewd for hr services, payroll, finance, contracting, other things. i am cutting our amount of our overhead contribution. i do think we are being charged a little too much since we have very little contract work. much of th