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On this week’s MashTalk, Lance, Christina and Pete are back talking about all the stuff happening in work this week.

We start out with a “hella good” discussion about Microsoft’s terrible recruitment email (0:20). Seriously, can brands stop saying bae already?

We move into a broad discussion about Snapchat Memories (2:32), one of the biggest changes to hit Snapchat in the history of the platform. We spend some time discussing what this feature could mean for helping the platform expand (especially amongst olds). If you want to know how to use Snapchat Memories – Mashable has guide for that too.

After talking about Snapchat, we segue into a discussion about Tesla and autopilot (15:50). There have been a few incidents concerning autopilot. Pete and Lance discuss what this means for the future of driverless cars and regulation.

Moving on, the we discuss the latest hoverboard recall (29:40), which conveniently happened just as Swagway released a new Swagtron, which has certification. The new Swagtron isn’t banned – but you probably won’t be able to ride it on the street anyway. Lance still loves his. 

If you bought a hoverboard that was recalled, we talk about what you need to do now (34:34).

The show wraps up talking about the public betas for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra (42:10). I'm running the beta on some of my devices and Lance is committed to installing it on one of his phones. Pete... Pete’s going to wait. But there is a discussion of some of the big features coming to both platforms.

Listen to the episode on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can also subscribe to MashTalk on iTunes by clicking the button below to get our latest episodes, instantly. If you like MashTalk, please fill out our audience survey.

On this week’s MashTalk, Lance, Christina and Pete are back talking about all the stuff happening in work this week.

We start out with a “hella good” discussion about Microsoft’s terrible recruitment email (0:20). Seriously, can brands stop saying bae already?

We move into a broad discussion about Snapchat Memories (2:32), one of the biggest changes to hit Snapchat in the history of the platform. We spend some time discussing what this feature could mean for helping the platform expand (especially amongst olds). If you want to know how to use Snapchat Memories – Mashable has guide for that too.

After talking about Snapchat, we segue into a discussion about Tesla and autopilot (15:50). There have been a few incidents concerning autopilot. Pete and Lance discuss what this means for the future of driverless cars and regulation.

Moving on, the we discuss the latest hoverboard recall (29:40), which conveniently happened just as Swagway released a new Swagtron, which has certification. The new Swagtron isn’t banned – but you probably won’t be able to ride it on the street anyway. Lance still loves his. 

If you bought a hoverboard that was recalled, we talk about what you need to do now (34:34).

The show wraps up talking about the public betas for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra (42:10). I'm running the beta on some of my devices and Lance is committed to installing it on one of his phones. Pete... Pete’s going to wait. But there is a discussion of some of the big features coming to both platforms.

Listen to the episode on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can also subscribe to MashTalk on iTunes by clicking the button below to get our latest episodes, instantly. If you like MashTalk, please fill out our audience survey.

On this week’s MashTalk, Lance, Christina and Pete are back talking about all the stuff happening in work this week.

We start out with a “hella good” discussion about Microsoft’s terrible recruitment email (0:20). Seriously, can brands stop saying bae already?

We move into a broad discussion about Snapchat Memories (2:32), one of the biggest changes to hit Snapchat in the history of the platform. We spend some time discussing what this feature could mean for helping the platform expand (especially amongst olds). If you want to know how to use Snapchat Memories – Mashable has guide for that too.

After talking about Snapchat, we segue into a discussion about Tesla and autopilot (15:50). There have been a few incidents concerning autopilot. Pete and Lance discuss what this means for the future of driverless cars and regulation.

Moving on, the we discuss the latest hoverboard recall (29:40), which conveniently happened just as Swagway released a new Swagtron, which has certification. The new Swagtron isn’t banned – but you probably won’t be able to ride it on the street anyway. Lance still loves his. 

If you bought a hoverboard that was recalled, we talk about what you need to do now (34:34).

The show wraps up talking about the public betas for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra (42:10). I'm running the beta on some of my devices and Lance is committed to installing it on one of his phones. Pete... Pete’s going to wait. But there is a discussion of some of the big features coming to both platforms.

Listen to the episode on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can also subscribe to MashTalk on iTunes by clicking the button below to get our latest episodes, instantly. If you like MashTalk, please fill out our audience survey.

On this week’s MashTalk, Lance, Christina and Pete are back talking about all the stuff happening in work this week.

We start out with a “hella good” discussion about Microsoft’s terrible recruitment email (0:20). Seriously, can brands stop saying bae already?

We move into a broad discussion about Snapchat Memories (2:32), one of the biggest changes to hit Snapchat in the history of the platform. We spend some time discussing what this feature could mean for helping the platform expand (especially amongst olds). If you want to know how to use Snapchat Memories – Mashable has guide for that too.

After talking about Snapchat, we segue into a discussion about Tesla and autopilot (15:50). There have been a few incidents concerning autopilot. Pete and Lance discuss what this means for the future of driverless cars and regulation.

Moving on, the we discuss the latest hoverboard recall (29:40), which conveniently happened just as Swagway released a new Swagtron, which has certification. The new Swagtron isn’t banned – but you probably won’t be able to ride it on the street anyway. Lance still loves his. 

If you bought a hoverboard that was recalled, we talk about what you need to do now (34:34).

The show wraps up talking about the public betas for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra (42:10). I'm running the beta on some of my devices and Lance is committed to installing it on one of his phones. Pete... Pete’s going to wait. But there is a discussion of some of the big features coming to both platforms.

Listen to the episode on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can also subscribe to MashTalk on iTunes by clicking the button below to get our latest episodes, instantly. If you like MashTalk, please fill out our audience survey.

On this week’s MashTalk, Lance, Christina and Pete are back talking about all the stuff happening in work this week.

We start out with a “hella good” discussion about Microsoft’s terrible recruitment email (0:20). Seriously, can brands stop saying bae already?

We move into a broad discussion about Snapchat Memories (2:32), one of the biggest changes to hit Snapchat in the history of the platform. We spend some time discussing what this feature could mean for helping the platform expand (especially amongst olds). If you want to know how to use Snapchat Memories – Mashable has guide for that too.

After talking about Snapchat, we segue into a discussion about Tesla and autopilot (15:50). There have been a few incidents concerning autopilot. Pete and Lance discuss what this means for the future of driverless cars and regulation.

Moving on, the we discuss the latest hoverboard recall (29:40), which conveniently happened just as Swagway released a new Swagtron, which has certification. The new Swagtron isn’t banned – but you probably won’t be able to ride it on the street anyway. Lance still loves his. 

If you bought a hoverboard that was recalled, we talk about what you need to do now (34:34).

The show wraps up talking about the public betas for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra (42:10). I'm running the beta on some of my devices and Lance is committed to installing it on one of his phones. Pete... Pete’s going to wait. But there is a discussion of some of the big features coming to both platforms.

Listen to the episode on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can also subscribe to MashTalk on iTunes by clicking the button below to get our latest episodes, instantly. If you like MashTalk, please fill out our audience survey.

On this week’s MashTalk, Lance, Christina and Pete are back talking about all the stuff happening in work this week.

We start out with a “hella good” discussion about Microsoft’s terrible recruitment email (0:20). Seriously, can brands stop saying bae already?

We move into a broad discussion about Snapchat Memories (2:32), one of the biggest changes to hit Snapchat in the history of the platform. We spend some time discussing what this feature could mean for helping the platform expand (especially amongst olds). If you want to know how to use Snapchat Memories – Mashable has guide for that too.

After talking about Snapchat, we segue into a discussion about Tesla and autopilot (15:50). There have been a few incidents concerning autopilot. Pete and Lance discuss what this means for the future of driverless cars and regulation.

Moving on, the we discuss the latest hoverboard recall (29:40), which conveniently happened just as Swagway released a new Swagtron, which has certification. The new Swagtron isn’t banned – but you probably won’t be able to ride it on the street anyway. Lance still loves his. 

If you bought a hoverboard that was recalled, we talk about what you need to do now (34:34).

The show wraps up talking about the public betas for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra (42:10). I'm running the beta on some of my devices and Lance is committed to installing it on one of his phones. Pete... Pete’s going to wait. But there is a discussion of some of the big features coming to both platforms.

Listen to the episode on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can also subscribe to MashTalk on iTunes by clicking the button below to get our latest episodes, instantly. If you like MashTalk, please fill out our audience survey.

On this week’s MashTalk, Lance, Christina and Pete are back talking about all the stuff happening in work this week.

We start out with a “hella good” discussion about Microsoft’s terrible recruitment email (0:20). Seriously, can brands stop saying bae already?

We move into a broad discussion about Snapchat Memories (2:32), one of the biggest changes to hit Snapchat in the history of the platform. We spend some time discussing what this feature could mean for helping the platform expand (especially amongst olds). If you want to know how to use Snapchat Memories – Mashable has guide for that too.

After talking about Snapchat, we segue into a discussion about Tesla and autopilot (15:50). There have been a few incidents concerning autopilot. Pete and Lance discuss what this means for the future of driverless cars and regulation.

Moving on, the we discuss the latest hoverboard recall (29:40), which conveniently happened just as Swagway released a new Swagtron, which has certification. The new Swagtron isn’t banned – but you probably won’t be able to ride it on the street anyway. Lance still loves his. 

If you bought a hoverboard that was recalled, we talk about what you need to do now (34:34).

The show wraps up talking about the public betas for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra (42:10). I'm running the beta on some of my devices and Lance is committed to installing it on one of his phones. Pete... Pete’s going to wait. But there is a discussion of some of the big features coming to both platforms.

Listen to the episode on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can also subscribe to MashTalk on iTunes by clicking the button below to get our latest episodes, instantly. If you like MashTalk, please fill out our audience survey.

Mac users will be able to install the first public beta of macOS Sierra on Thursday.

The release comes two days after Apple released its second developer preview of macOS Sierra.

To install the beta, head to beta.apple.com. There, you can sign-up with your Apple ID and get a download for the new software.

New name, new features, same core Mac goodness

Even though it has a new name, underneath the hood, macOS Sierra is still the OS X we’ve all come to know and love. But this year, Apple is adding a bunch of new features, including Siri on the Mac, a universal clipboard (that lets you copy/paste stuff from your Mac to your iOS device and vice versa) and better iCloud integration.

Because this is a public beta, there will be bugs. Apple doesn’t recommend installing this on your primary Mac just yet. On my own systems, I haven’t run into many apps that don’t work properly under macOS Sierra – but there are a few. So be aware that there are bugs.

If you do decide to install the beta, be sure you back up your Mac first with Time Machine.

As in the past, Apple will release periodic updates to the beta over the summer. Beta users will be able to install the final version when it ships later this fall.

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Google Chrome's development team announced in May that the browser will stop showing Flash content without prior user approval, except for a few top sites such as YouTube and Facebook. 

Now, with the advent of macOS Sierra, Apple's Safari browser is joining the party. But it's taking it a step further: It will replace Flash content with HTML5 if possible, and if not, it will simply block all Flash content until the user explicitly approves it. 

This was explained by Apple developer Ricky Mondello (and unearthed by MacRumors), in a post on WebKit's official blog Tuesday. 

"On websites that offer both Flash and HTML5 implementations of content, Safari users will now always experience the modern HTML5 implementation, delivering improved performance and battery life," he wrote. 

And unlike Chrome, Safari will have no "whitelist" of top sites where Flash is allowed. 

"This policy and its benefits apply equally to all websites; Safari has no built-in list of exceptions," Mondello wrote. 

Given that basically every major browser except Microsoft's Edge and IE (Firefox gave up on Flash back in July 2015) will be blocking Flash by year's end, the developers that still build on that platform will be strongly compelled to move on from Flash as well. Given Flash's history of security flaws and bugs, we're quite happy to say that 2017 will be largely Flash-less. 

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Google Chrome's development team announced in May that the browser will stop showing Flash content without prior user approval, except for a few top sites such as YouTube and Facebook. 

Now, with the advent of macOS Sierra, Apple's Safari browser is joining the party. But it's taking it a step further: It will replace Flash content with HTML5 if possible, and if not, it will simply block all Flash content until the user explicitly approves it. 

This was explained by Apple developer Ricky Mondello (and unearthed by MacRumors), in a post on WebKit's official blog Tuesday. 

"On websites that offer both Flash and HTML5 implementations of content, Safari users will now always experience the modern HTML5 implementation, delivering improved performance and battery life," he wrote. 

And unlike Chrome, Safari will have no "whitelist" of top sites where Flash is allowed. 

"This policy and its benefits apply equally to all websites; Safari has no built-in list of exceptions," Mondello wrote. 

Given that basically every major browser except Microsoft's Edge and IE (Firefox gave up on Flash back in July 2015) will be blocking Flash by year's end, the developers that still build on that platform will be strongly compelled to move on from Flash as well. Given Flash's history of security flaws and bugs, we're quite happy to say that 2017 will be largely Flash-less. 

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