The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe
… Blender, the free open-source 3D computer graphics software suite, is continually gaining new features, and has proved capable enough to be used in Oscar-winning feature film releases. …
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Ford’s EV and software chief Doug Field is leaving the company
… These updates will include new electric architectures, enhanced interior experiences, higher levels of automation, and a new generation of integrated services and software products, he said. …
Volvo is trying to put its EV stumbles in the rearview
… To achieve this, the automaker rebuilt its development process around a more modern software-defined architecture. “So all the lessons, all the polishing, all the infrastructure, all the learning stuff that has been quite painful over the last few years has now gone into the whole machinery and the… …
Android Auto is now one (screen) size fits all
… The company also announced some updates for cars that run on Google’s built-in native software, including the ability to ask Gemini questions that are specific to the car you’re driving. …
Welcome to the personal software revolution
The tyranny of software is almost over. Since the first computer programmers wrote the first computer programs, we, the users of that software, have been forced to live in the worlds those programs create. The features are the features. …
Microsoft Teams is trying to fix accidental hand-raising
… Microsoft is redesigning its online meeting software, which will move the raise hand button from the main toolbar and allow users to personalize the controls displayed there. …
Amazon’s color screen Kindles are finally getting a system-wide dark mode
… The software update introducing the system-wide dark mode to Colorsoft devices “will be rolling out to readers worldwide” in the coming weeks, and available for download through Amazon’s website. …
Canva’s AI 2.0 update goes all in on prompt-powered design tools
… Canva says the AI 2.0 update marks its “biggest shift since bringing design from complex desktop software into the browser,” and that it “marks the beginning of the next era of creation.” If that sounds familiar then you may have seen that Adobe made similar claims about its own prompt-based editin… …
DaVinci Resolve adds new photo editing tools to take on Lightroom and Photoshop
Blackmagic Design announced an update to its powerful multipurpose post-production software today adding new tools and improved workflows for editing photos. …
The AI code wars are heating up
… Claude Code may have captured a lot of the software world’s imagination, but Anthropic’s competition hasn’t been far behind. OpenAI’s Codex, which launched in 2025 a few months after Claude Code, has gotten a series of updates and is also a powerful and popular tool for writing code. …