From Java and ActiveX to Flash, Houdini, and Direct3D, these 1996 releases shaped how we build apps, sites, and games today.

Animation has always enjoyed a devoted following, but 2025’s releases revealed that its audience is bigger and broader than most of us thought. In a tough year for most live-action releases, one of ...

Hexed is Walt Disney Animation Studios' fall 2026 film and is focused on an "awkward teenage boy and his Type - A mom, who discover that what makes him unusual, might just be magical powers that will ...

Wanna work at Marvel or write the next ‘Flow’? We’ve got the perfect academy for you on THR’s inaugural list. By Abbey White Associate Editor & News Writer Animation remains a thriving corner of the ...

June 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Java, the language that helped define modern enterprise computing. If you had told me in 1995 that devs would still be writing and shipping production code in ...

Some programming languages, such as Rust, Go, or TypeScript, are cool. Others, including Cobol and Java, are regarded as dull. However, while Java, which turned 30 on May 23, may not be the most ...

Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks have teamed up with the educational platform Yellowbrick to present “This Is Animation,” an all-new, free-to-access online course designed to ...

In the animated film space, two things naturally come to mind: stories for children and big-budget, formulaic projects. The former idea is something directors have been fighting for years, a recent ...

A.I. has yet to upend Hollywood. But it is starting to make big inroads in animation. The founders of Toonstar, a small animation studio in downtown Los Angeles, have incorporated A.I. at various ...

This week's Java roundup for March 31st, 2025, features news highlighting: the formal release of the Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile; the eleventh milestone release of GlassFish 8.0.0; point releases ...