Adobe Animate, the 2D animation software, will no longer be available for purchase after March 1, 2026, according to an announcement on Adobe's website. Existing users will have one year to download their files.
Adobe cited the emergence of new platforms that better serve user needs as the reason for discontinuing sales of the software, according to a FAQ posted on their website. Emma Roth of The Verge reported the shutdown on February 2, 2026.
In other tech news, OpenAI launched a new desktop application for macOS called Codex, VentureBeat reported on February 2, 2026. The application is designed to run multiple AI coding agents in parallel. Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive, described the Codex app as a "command center for agents," allowing developers to delegate multiple coding tasks simultaneously, automate repetitive work, and supervise AI systems that can run independently for up to 30 minutes before returning completed code. Altman told VentureBeat that it was the "most loved internal product we've ever had."
However, the effectiveness of AI use in software development is being questioned. According to Hacker News, teams using AI completed 21 more tasks, yet company-wide delivery metrics showed no improvement, according to Index.dev in 2025. A METR study in 2025 found that experienced developers were 19% slower when using AI coding assistants, even though they believed they were faster. Apiiro reported in 2024 that 48% of AI-generated code contains security vulnerabilities. Hacker News highlighted a point raised on rExperiencedDev: "A developer's job is to reduce ambiguity. We take the business need and outline its logic precisely so a machine can execute. The act of writing the code is the easy part."
Meanwhile, in the realm of renewable energy, a court ordered the restart of all US offshore wind construction, Ars Technica reported. The Trump administration had blocked permitting for offshore wind projects, but the court ruled the action arbitrary and capricious. The administration had also temporarily blocked five offshore wind projects currently under construction.
In the world of AI-generated content, MIT Technology Review reported on a civilian online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, that is letting users buy custom instruction files for generating celebrity deepfakes. A study from researchers at Stanford and Indiana University found that between mid-2023 and the end of 2024, a significant portion of requests on the site, called bounties, asked for animated content designed to make pornographic images banned by the site.
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