The Trump administration has suspended Microsoft, Adobe, Capgemini, Cognizant, HCL, Infosys, Tata, and Wipro from a permanent labor certification program used to secure green cards for skilled foreign workers, citing alleged fraud. Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said the government will stop accepting new or pending applications tied to these companies, and Vice President JD Vance said the move targets firms he says should be hiring American workers instead. Vance also said the administration will investigate nine universities, including Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, over alleged misuse of programs for international students.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-08
A small startup in Atlanta has released ArtCraft, a free and open-source suite of creative apps designed to mimic Adobe's tools, including PhotoCraft as a stand-in for Photoshop and LightCraft for Lightroom. The apps run offline without subscriptions, cloud sync, or telemetry, and several tools remain in early alpha development with optional AI features built in.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-08
A solo developer has launched a collection of open-source creative tools built in Rust, aiming to replicate Adobe's popular products like Photoshop and Premiere. These tools, named PhotoCraft, LightCraft, and others, are available for download but have raised safety and functionality concerns among users. The developer emphasizes AI integration and a unified user experience across the suite, with claims of a clean-room reimplementation that does not use Adobe's source code.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-08
Brandon Thomas has developed seven open-source applications that mimic Adobe's popular creative tools, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere, using AI-powered reverse engineering. The projects, built in Rust and announced on Reddit, aim to provide free alternatives without subscription fees, with claims of reaching near-complete functionality within a month. The initiative was partly motivated by frustrations with Adobe's cancellation fees and subscription model.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-08
Developer Brandon Thomas launched seven open source applications that replicate the interfaces and core features of Adobe’s Creative Suite, including Photoshop and Premiere. Using AI-powered reverse engineering, these tools aim to match Adobe’s functionality, with plans to achieve full feature parity within months. The projects are built in Rust and WebAssembly for browser compatibility, though they are still in early alpha stages.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-07
PhotoCraft is a new open-source image editor built entirely in Rust as a clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop's core functionality. It supports layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, type, vector tools, brushes and native PSD file compatibility, running offline as a native desktop application. The project is part of ArtCraft, a broader suite of creative tools and community for artists.
github.com
· 2026-10-06
RevPDF has been introduced as a free software that enables users to edit, organize, and convert PDFs directly on their devices without needing an internet connection. It offers tools for text editing, form handling, redaction, OCR, and document comparison, along with automation workflows for repetitive tasks.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-05
A CNET reviewer tested the $1,299 Google Pixel 11 Pro XL against the $1,400 Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra during a weekend trip to Cape May, New Jersey, shooting unedited photos across varied lighting and moving subjects. The comparison found the Pixel's 48-megapixel ultrawide sensor renders more neutral, realistic colors, while Samsung's 50-megapixel sensor produces more saturated, vibrant tones.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-02
Android Authority's monthly roundup highlights new Android apps for October 2026, led by Adobe Premiere finally arriving on Android after launching on iPhone nearly a year earlier. The free app, with in-app purchases, offers short-form video editing tools, AI features requiring an Adobe account after free credits run out, and requires Android 13 or newer with at least 5GB of RAM. The list also features SongFlip, a free app from developer goork that addresses cross-platform music link sharing between streaming services.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-01
CISA has confirmed active exploitation of four vulnerabilities: a maximum-severity JWT authentication bypass in WSO2 API Manager and related products (CVE-2026-5430), a critical Adobe Commerce flaw (CVE-2026-71362), a high-severity SharePoint code injection bug (CVE-2026-65660), and a medium-severity Mikrotik RouterOS SSH bypass (CVE-2026-67279). Federal agencies must patch or mitigate the two critical flaws by September 27. Security firm watchTowr said its honeypots captured forged-token exploitation attempts against WSO2 systems starting September 13.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-25
A reviewer compared Apple's revamped Clean Up tool and new Extend feature in iOS 27, running on an iPhone 18 Pro Max, against Adobe Photoshop's Firefly-powered Generative Fill and Expand tools. The test used six travel photos shot on an iPhone 17 Pro Max, split evenly between object removal and image extension tasks, with settings kept as consistent as possible across both platforms.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-24
Adobe announced it is expanding its AI chatbot integrations by adding Acrobat PDF tools to its existing Claude and Claude Code plugin, and by bringing its creative tool suite to Google Gemini. The Acrobat tools let Claude users organize, redact, convert and edit PDFs, including an interactive editor and a Document Review skill that adds suggestions directly into files.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-24
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