The Java browser plugin, which allows certain applications to run in your browser, is being retired later this year. It was a common security vulnerability.

Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that. “Oracle plans to deprecate ...

Google removed the technology needed for Java applets in September, and Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 operating system shipped with its Edge browser six months ago without support for plugins ...