Google, Amazon and Meta are pouring billions into AI infrastructure, but at what cost to the planet, creatives, and the grid?
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December 2023
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Adobe’s $20bn merger with Figma abandoned; UK economy ‘limping’ as high interest rates bite – as it happened
Adobe drops $20bn takeover of Figma after EU and UK regulator concerns
October 2023
UK lost out on £2bn in tax in 2021 as big tech shifted profits abroad, claim campaigners
TaxWatch analysis estimates British arms of seven major tech firms paid £750m in corporation tax instead of possible £2.8bn
August 2023
John Warnock, Adobe co-founder and inventor of PDF, dies aged 82
Creator of pioneering document sharing technology founded Adobe in 1982 with Charles Geschke
May 2023
Adobe to integrate AI into Photoshop amid fears of job losses and mass faking of images
Company says Adobe Firefly is a ‘co-pilot’ to graphic design rather than a replacement for humans
March 2023
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TechScape: The AI tools that will write our emails, attend our meetings – and change our lives
From Gmail to Office 365, AI is about to become deeply integrated into the apps we use every day. Here’s how
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January 2023
The shifting patterns of English
May I have a word about… Adobe’s creative use of language
Jonathan Bouquet
The software company wants me to push my digital design envelope. Chance would be a fine thing
September 2022
The networker
Adobe can’t Photoshop out the fact its $20bn Figma deal is a naked land grab
John Naughton
The software giant paying vastly over the odds for a small but strategically threatening company should alarm US regulators
January 2021
The networker
How FarmVille and Facebook helped to cultivate a new audience for gaming
John Naughton
The Flash-based title, now put to rest alongside Adobe’s animation tool, was much derided, but broadened the appeal of computer games
August 2019
Ask Jack
What’s the best PC for video editing for £1,000?
Johnny’s 13-year-old daughter needs a new PC for Adobe’s Premiere Pro costing about £1,000. What are the options?
June 2019
Ask Jack
What’s the best cheap tablet or e-reader for PDF files?
Thomas needs a device to read A4 PDFs of technical papers that is cheaper than a good laptop
August 2018
From Macs to iPods and apps: how Apple revolutionised technology
Over 42 years, the company has created an ‘app economy’ and placed itself at the centre of it
February 2018
Ask Jack
Would a cheap refurbished laptop run Photoshop?
Yuri needs a laptop to run Adobe Creative Suite but is short of funds. Could he get an old machine that will do the job?
October 2017
Ask Jack
Which is the best desktop PC for photo editing?
Paul is looking for a desktop PC to edit his photos in Adobe Lightroom. What sort of specification would be best?
September 2017
Ask Jack
Which is the best laptop for photo editing?
Aileen is going to study photography and needs a powerful laptop for editing photos. It’s a job that any laptop can do, but perhaps not to the high level required
July 2017
Adobe to pull plug on Flash after years of waning popularity
The media-powering technology was once inescapable – but it began to fall out of favor after Apple decided not to use it on the iPhone
October 2016
Ask Jack
What’s the best software for editing drone videos?
Paul’s company wants to create professional-looking videos from drone camera footage. What are the options?
February 2016
Adobe pulls update that deletes unrelated files without warning
