9 Animated Shows That Are Amazing From Start to Finish

Avatar: The Last Airbender is a Nickelodeon banger that stands as one of the greatest animated series ever created. The ...

After 23 Years, Star Wars Gives the Sith Code the Ultimate Upgrade (& It’s Inspired By Rogue One)

Shadow Lord, is already redefining the Sith. The Sith have always been a corruption of the Jedi Order, taking the goodness and beauty of the light side and twisting it in a dark direction. There’s ...
Wall Street Journal

Inside a Legendary Animation Studio’s Race to Save Its Clay

For decades, the animators behind “Chicken Run” and “Wallace & Gromit” have used a very specific type of clay. It’s pliable enough to reshape for months, but firm enough not to melt or crack under ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code previews agent plugins

Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP servers, and hooks. Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.110, an ...
Android Authority

What to expect from Google Pixel Studio's upcoming animation tool

The latest version of Pixel Studio has strings related to its upcoming animation feature. The code explains how to use the feature and get the best results. Users will be able to share their creations ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Claude Code Edges OpenAI's Codex in VS Code's Agentic AI Marketplace Leaderboard

Anthropic's Claude Code for VS Code has surpassed OpenAI's Codex extension in Visual Studio Code Marketplace installs and review volume despite launching later. OpenAI positions Codex as an IDE ...
IEEE

Diverse Code Query Learning for Speech-Driven Facial Animation

Abstract: Speech-driven facial animation aims to synthesize lip-synchronized 3D talking faces following the given speech signal. Prior methods to this task mostly focus on pursuing realism with ...
TechCrunch

After backlash, Adobe cancels Adobe Animate shutdown and puts app on ‘maintenance mode’

Adobe is putting on hold its plan to discontinue Adobe Animate following intense backlash from its customers after it announced plans to shut down the 2D animation software amid an increased focus on ...
Cartoon Brew

Bonne Animation Launches As A Human-Focused, CalArts-Bred Studio With A Global Footprint (EXCLUSIVE)

In an animation industry that increasingly feels overrun by consolidation, studio aversion to taking risks, and the proliferation of soulless automation, indie artists are launching their own studios ...
The New York Times

This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.

Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...
Wired

How Claude Code Is Reshaping Software—and Anthropic

Engineers in Silicon Valley have been raving about Anthropic’s AI coding tool, Claude Code, for months. But recently, the buzz feels as if it’s reached a fever pitch. Earlier this week, I sat down ...