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FBI Confirms Data Was Breached in Cyber Attack on Springfield Schools

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has informed Springfield (Massachusetts) Public Schools that the district’s data has been breached as a result of the recent cyberattack that closed schools last week. The breach appears to include staff and student information. …

FBI Confirms Data Was Breached in Cyber Attack on Springfield Schools

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Add casting to a custom HTML5 video player without breaking it

TL;DR We're adding a cast button to a custom <video> player using the Remote Playback API, with an AirPlay fallback for Safari. Then we fix the four bugs that make casting work on your laptop and fail on an actual TV: token expiry, CORS on the receiver, unreachable hosts, and treating prompt() as if it were a connection.

  • Add cast button using Remote Playback API
  • Address token expiry, CORS, unreachable hosts
  • Implement feature detection for browser compatibility

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