Cross-platform development: React Native 0.85 gets new animation backend

The open-source framework introduces an experimental animation backend and outsources the Jest testing framework into its own ...
Analytics Insight

Flutter vs React Native 2026: Which Framework Leads App Development?

Overview:Flutter delivers stronger UI control and smoother performance for design-heavy applications across platforms ...
The Caledonian-Record

Animation Fest Returning To VSU Lyndon April 17-18

The Vermont Animation Festival is back, offering a weekend of animation workshops for adults and children at Vermont State University Lyndon, April 17th and 18th. Space is limited ...
The Daily Dot

Newgrounds Roulette shuffles through the iconic (and sometimes forgotten) Flash animations of the early internet

A fun new website is bringing our nostalgia for Flash videos to the forefront by shuffling through classic Newgrounds animations. Although it originated in the 1990s, Newgrounds hit its stride in the ...
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 ...
The Economist

Triumph of the toons: how animation came to rule the box office

BEAVERTON IS HOME to a thriving colony of the furry, wood-chewing creatures. The mayor, however, doesn’t give a dam: he decides their forest habitat should be dislodged to make room for a freeway.
collider

8 Animated Movies That Redefined Modern Animation

Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck is a writer for Collider. He grew up creating lists, stories, and worlds, which led to his love of anime and video games. He attended Sheridan College where he earned an Honours ...
CNET

300,000 Poses in an AI Instant: My Visit to Disney Studios and the New Reality for Animation

Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She holds degrees in law and communications, and currently writes news, analysis and features for CNET across ...
TravelPulse

Disney World Announces New Animation-Themed Area for Hollywood Studios

Walt Disney World Resort is sharing more details about what’s coming to The Magic of Disney Animation experience at Disney’s Hollywood Studios when it opens in late summer, with updates centering on ...
TechCrunch

Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing

On Monday, creative suite maker Canva announced the dual acquisition of startups Cavalry, which works on animation, and MangoAI, which works on improving ad performance. U.K.-based Cavalry works on 2D ...
The New York Times

Some Readers Thought Those Little Olympians Were A.I. Here’s How We Made Them.

The Times’s tiny animated athletes flip, spin and soar through the air just like their real-life counterparts. By Alice FangMatt RubyWilson Andrews and Eden Weingart Alice, Matt, Wilson and Eden are ...