Alien Skin's X4 version of Exposure makes it more capable as a standalone application, but Lightroom users will probably still want to use it as a Lightroom filter, where it adds several new features not otherwise available. In Short Circuits: Adobe's Max conference in Los Angeles introduced so many new and improved features that Adobe's presenters were unable to describe them all in a 2-hour presentation. Cybereason developed an exercise in conjunction with several Boston area police departments in which theoretical hackers attempted to create election problems without stealing voter lists, breaking into board of elections computers, or hijacking voting machines. The results were sobering. In Spare Parts (only on the website): Anyone with a hardware or software support problem that seems insoluble should check with Older Geeks because there's a good chance the problem can be solved. • FlightAware is now able to track airliners and business flights when they're on the ground and when they're in locations not visible to terrestrial tracking systems.