Adobe Animate to Shut Down in March 2026
Adobe announced it will discontinue sales of its 2D animation software, Adobe Animate, on March 1, 2026, according to a FAQ posted on the company's website. Existing users will have one year to download their files before the software is no longer supported, The Verge reported.
The company cited the emergence of new platforms that better serve the needs of animators as the reason for the decision. Adobe did not elaborate on which platforms it was referring to.
The announcement comes amid other changes in the digital landscape. Crunchyroll, a streaming service popular for anime, recently raised its monthly subscription prices by up to 20 percent, Ars Technica reported. This increase followed the elimination of its free tier, a move that sparked controversy among users. Sony acquired Crunchyroll from AT&T in 2020, at which time the service had 3 million paid subscribers and 197 million users with free accounts.
In other news, a court ordered the restart of all U.S. offshore wind construction, Ars Technica reported. The Trump administration had previously blocked permitting for offshore wind projects, but the court ruled the action "arbitrary and capricious."
Meanwhile, concerns are growing about the effectiveness of AI in software development. According to Hacker News, teams using AI completed 21 more tasks, but company-wide delivery metrics showed no improvement, according to a 2025 Index.dev report. Another study, METR 2025, found that experienced developers were 19% slower when using AI coding assistants, even though they believed they were faster. Security is also a concern, with Apiiro reporting in 2024 that 48% of AI-generated code contains security vulnerabilities.
MIT Technology Review reported on the rise of deepfake marketplaces, highlighting a civilian online marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz that allows users to buy custom instruction files for generating celebrity deepfakes. A study by researchers at Stanford and Indiana University found that many requests on the site were for animated content, but a significant portion sought pornographic images, even those banned by the site.
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