{"id":92768,"date":"2017-07-28T12:55:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T12:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=92768"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:49:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:49:30","slug":"this-is-what-happened-last-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-is-what-happened-last-week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"This is What Happened Last Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__title\" style=\"text-align: left\" data-auto=\"article-name\">This week has seen<strong> 2 tech titans fall<\/strong>. <strong>MS Paint<\/strong> and <strong>Adobe Flash Player<\/strong> will soon be consigned to the history books as <strong>obsolescence beckons<\/strong>. Life must go on, however, and at Softonic we&#8217;ve been putting together some <strong>tips and tricks<\/strong> to help you deal with this n<strong>ew modern and scary world<\/strong> that we live in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__title\" style=\"text-align: left\" data-auto=\"article-name\">On top of that, there have been a few stories that this week that have <strong>caught our imagination<\/strong> and we&#8217;ve also had plenty of fun putting together some features that&#8217;ll make you laugh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__title\" style=\"text-align: left\" data-auto=\"article-name\">We hope you like em and they help you <strong>enjoy the rest of your weekend<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article__title\" style=\"text-align: center\" data-auto=\"article-name\">Tips and Tricks<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/l3vR0vNPYoaxLT7OM\/giphy.gif\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 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MS Paint and Adobe Flash Player will soon be consigned to the history books as obsolescence beckons. 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