Adobe (ADBE) reported a record fiscal Q3 2026 and raised its fiscal 2026 revenue and earnings targets. Revenue rose 13% as reported to $6.76 billion, above the $6.70 billion the company had guided. But the key figure that did not move is the one to hold the quarter against: the fiscal 2026 target for growth in ending annualized recurring revenue, or ARR, still 10.2%.
The fiscal 2026 revenue target moved to $26.576 billion to $26.626 billion from $26.55 billion. The interim CFO sized that at around $50 million at the midpoint, a little less than the $60 million revenue beat in fiscal Q3. The gap is a slight currency headwind in fiscal Q4, and the interim CFO said nothing in the business changed. Non-GAAP earnings per share of $6.13 cleared the $6.08 guide, and the fiscal 2026 non-GAAP EPS target moved to $24.45 to $24.50.
Total ending ARR was $27.5 billion, up 11.2% year over year at the end of fiscal Q3, and the fiscal 2026 year-end growth target for it stayed at 10.2%. Remaining performance obligations, or RPO, grew 8% year over year. One ***** yst called that the first single-digit reading since early fiscal 2023, and down from the prior quarter. The interim CFO tied the RPO figure to the push to acquire new users through the freemium model, and said RPO typically steps up in fiscal Q4 and then stays roughly flat for three quarters.
Another ***** yst put net new ARR down 36% to 37% year over year. Management's answer: Adobe has sent a portion of its traffic into the freemium path to acquire users, and will calibrate when to convert them into paying ARR. The CEO said the company was happy to skip pricing actions that might have brought short-term relief but matter less than new user adoption. Creative freemium monthly active users, which include Firefly, Express and the web and mobile versions of Photoshop, crossed 100 million, growing more than 70% year over year.
So far the paying signal is small against the book. AI-first ending ARR passed $650 million, growing more than 150% year over year, which is about 2.4% of the $27.5 billion total. Management says credit consumption is accelerating quarter on quarter across Creative Cloud and the Firefly app, and Acrobat AI ***** istant monthly active users doubled from the prior quarter. Management gave no date for resuming the pricing actions it deferred in Creative Cloud, and said it is constantly calibrating the best conversion point.

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Adobe is handing over control to a new CEO after the current CEO spent 18 years in the role, as artificial intelligence is set to disrupt the software company that powers Photoshop and Creative Cloud.
Adobe (ADBE) is undergoing one of its largest leadership overhauls ever at a particularly challenging time for investors.
Anil Chakravarthy will become president and CEO of software giant Adobe, succeeding Shantanu Narayen, who has been at the helm for more than 18 years. Chakravarthy will take over on Dec. 1, and Narayen will move to the role of executive chair.
But Wall Street's response hinted at the scale of the task confronting Adobe's new boss.
Adobe shares fell nearly 7% on Sept. 4, after the leadership announcement and David Wadhwani's departure. Wadhwani ran Adobe's creativity and productivity business and was a potential CEO candidate.

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Jefferies reiterated a Hold rating on Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) and raised the price target to $285 from $230 on August 30, citing expectations that the company will deliver results in line with expectations. The research firm has echoed the company's long-term prospects amid heightened focus on user acquisition and engagement.
During the second-quarter earnings call, management reiterated the new focus in response to the way artificial intelligence is changing the way users discover and buy creative and productivity tools. According to CEO Shantanu Narayen, AI is accelerating customer behavior, and Adobe must respond.
Therefore, the focus is on enabling friction-free onboarding for new users through "freemium" artificial intelligence offerings, rather than pushing them into direct paid journeys. Amid the new push, Jefferies expects Adobe to reiterate its fiscal 2026 outlook for 10.2% year-over-year growth in total ending ARR. The company also expects revenue of between $26.5 billion and $26.6 billion for fiscal 2026.
Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE)'s opportunity hinges on its ability to turn Firefly, Acrobat AI, and AI-powered Creative Cloud features into monetized products, even as it focuses on attracting new users and enhancing engagement levels. The company is already seeing increasing Firefly adoption and AI-first ARR as Creative Cloud's huge installed base gives it millions of potential new AI customers.
Earlier on August 19, BofA reiterated an Underperform rating on Adobe and raised the price target to $220 from $190. BofA remains concerned that generative AI could pressure Adobe's longer-term growth as lower-cost, AI-native alternatives increase competition and Adobe's AI monetization has yet to materially accelerate overall growth. Additionally, its core products, including Photoshop, are under immense pressure from AI. Free or low cost AI native tools are making it harder for the company to expand its revenue base.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Ball State's new starting quarterback, 5-10, 250-pound Keldric ****** er, has gained national attention for his size, but on Tuesday, online betting platform Polymarket posted what the football program says was a photoshopped image of ****** er, which majorly bloated his appearance.
The fake photo of ****** er on X resulted in backlash with people calling out Polymarket for the deception. Polymarket has since deleted the post. IndyStar reached out to the company, which describes itself as "the world's largest prediction market platform for real-time global events," but did not receive a response.
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While ****** er and the Ball State football program declined to comment on the photo, Kevin Messenger, Ball State's ****** istant athletic director of communications, didn't mince words on social media.
"PolymarketBlitz your photoshop is a degrading, false, bullsh** representation of college football. Meet the real Keldric ****** er."

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Adobe Inc. (ADBE), headquartered in San Jose, California, provides digital marketing and media solutions. Valued at $115.9 billion by market cap, the computer software company offers a line of application software products, type products, and content for creating, distributing, and managing information.
Companies worth $10 billion or more are generally described as "large-cap stocks," and ADBE fits right into that category with its market cap exceeding this threshold, reflecting its substantial size, influence, and dominance in the software - application industry. Adobe's strength is its Creative Cloud lock-in tools like Photoshop dominate creative workflows, backed by a sticky subscription model and AI-powered Firefly. Strong brand and expansion into marketing and document software keep it central for creatives and enterprises alike.
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Ivanka Trump flaunts her surfing skills during a family trip to Costa Rica. President Donald Trump's daughter donned a black wetsuit and white full-sleeved top over it, with her hair tied in neat braids. Her husband, Jared Kushner, and the couple's children, Arabella Rose, Joseph Frederick, and Theodore James, didn't appear to be present.
Ivanka Trump gave a glimpse into her summer holidays by putting her surfing skills to the test in Costa Rica. The 44-year-old shared a lengthy carousel showcasing some wholesome, candid moments from her recent summer break. The photos accompanied the caption: "Summer Snaps."
Although Trump did not share photos of herself surfing in a white wetsuit, Page Six published the photos. The 44-year-old showed off her athletic prowess on a green surfboard, with an instructor reportedly guiding her through the process.
Trump did not wear any makeup, and her skin looked flushed due to the intense water activity. However, she was seen with a dainty bracelet or her hair tie on her wrist and a surf leash on the right ankle. At one point, Trump slipped and fell in the ocean but got back on her feet to surf again. In a few other snaps, she flaunted a candid smile, indicating that she seemingly enjoyed surfing by herself.
The US President's daughter might have enjoyed her surfing outing, but the internet wasn't particularly impressed by it. One fan commented, "I think you mean—'took surfing lessons.'" A second fan quipped, "If you show her dad these pics he might stay awake in meetings!" A third fan joked, "Those pictures look like a poor photoshop job." A fourth fan wrote, "That's not surfing, it's yachting with fins."

#Surfing #Trump #costa #rica

The will-they-or-won't-they is over. They will.
The Cowboys are signing 37-year-old eight-time Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller, according to a report late Sunday from ESPN's Adam Schefter and later confirmed by the team. A first-round draft pick out of Texas A&M in 2011, Miller has played with four different teams previously, most recently the Washington Commanders last season, when he tallied nine sacks.
Miller already considers the Dallas area home and owns a poultry farm in nearby DeSoto. He has been lobbying for a spot on the Cowboys roster during this offseason, even creating a series of social media posts to help apply pressure on the organization.
On Sunday, he posted a photoshopped image of himself wearing a Cowboys uniform and sporting the No. 40 jersey. His caption read, "Dallas! Let's make this one Special!"
Currently sitting just outside the NFL's all-time top 10 in sacks, the MVP of Super Bowl 50 brings a wealth of experience and veteran leadership to the revamped Dallas defense under first-year coordinator Christian Parker (who Miller crossed paths with in Denver).

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The Dallas Cowboys are bringing former All-Pro edger rusher and Super Bowl champion Von Miller home in an effort to help their questionable pass rush.
Multiple sources confirmed that the two sides agreed to a one-year deal on Sunday night.
The Cowboys subsequently announced news of the agreement on their social media states.
And Miller himself confirmed the homecoming on his X account and via via an Instagram post.
"Hereee Weee Gooo," Miller posted with a photoshopped image of himself in a No. 40 Cowboys uniform and a photo from high school in DeSoto, a suburb south of Dallas.

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Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has spoken about how fake news and online trolling can spread quickly, recalling an incident involving Pakistan cricketer Babar Azam during the 2023 ODI World Cup.

Pathan said a false story claimed Babar had refused to give him an interview because of his alleged comments about Pakistan. According to Pathan, the report was created using a manipulated photograph.

"The trolling and fake attribution happen every day," Pathan said on JioHotstar.

He explained that a Pakistani media outlet had published a story suggesting he had approached Babar for an interview, only to be turned down.

"The media in our neighbouring country once ran a story claiming that I had gone to interview Babar Azam, and that he refused because, according to him, 'He trolls our country, so I won't give him an interview.' It was a complete lie. Someone had photoshopped my face onto a picture," he said.

Pathan clarified that the person in the original photograph was actually a young Bangladeshi reporter who had approached Babar but was denied an interview.

"The person in the original image was a young Bangladeshi reporter who had gone to the ground for the first time and was refused an interview. They literally put my face on his body and spread the story. It got over a million views, and people believed it was me. This happens every day, but I don't respond. Every day, some lie is told in our name or about some player. If you keep responding to everyone, you won't be able to live your life," he added.

Pathan was part of India's 2007 T20 World Cup-winning team and was named Player of the Match in the final against Pakistan. He took 301 international wickets and scored 2,821 runs. In the IPL, he played 103 matches, taking 80 wickets and scoring 1,139 runs.

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Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) is one of the Best Software Stocks to Buy in 2026. Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) has declined around 14% over the past month. The major reason behind the decline has been the rising competition concerns from AI. ***** ysts have differing views on the company's future outlook. Overall, the Street's average 12-month price target suggests more than 11.5% upside from current levels.
On June 29, Phillip Securities downgraded Adobe to Neutral, slashing its price target to $203 from $385. The firm noted that the key concern behind the cautious rating is slowing core software growth. Phillip Securities highlighted that despite the company's early AI investments, the revenue stream is expected to stay immaterial for years. The firm added that peers are already monetizing AI more meaningfully, and it sees little room for a near-term valuation rebound in application software.
On the other hand, just a few days later, on July 2, HSBC took a more bullish view and upgraded the stock from Hold to Buy, lifting the price target from $282 to $308. The firm argued that fears about generative AI disrupting Adobe's business have gone too far. It pointed to strong fiscal Q2 results, reflecting 12.7% revenue growth and a 13.1% rise in remaining performance obligations, as evidence that customers are sticking with Adobe's ecosystem rather than using AI-native rivals.
Moreover, HSBC also raised earnings estimates for 2026-2028 by 3% – 8%, citing operating momentum and buybacks, and noted the company's AI push as complementary to its core software segment.
Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) is a provider of multimedia and digital marketing software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, among others. It also offers AI products such as Adobe Firefly and Adobe Sensei. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

I was initially going to call this “Bouncy Castle Blues,” because that’s what Tropicana Field reminds me of as much as anything. With its synthetic fabric top, and its weirdly springy turf, and the fact that try as we might we never seem to play competent baseball there, it seems fitting. But that would have led me to Google Images and then probably an extended session of foolishness with Photoshop, and I realized I really wanted nothing more than to get this recap done as soon as possible, because it wasn’t a fun baseball game to watch, even with the always pleasant company in the Game Day Thread. And rays are basically fish, right? They live in water and they swim around in it, anyway. Whatever.
Young Jose Cabrera was making his second start of his young major league career, and I was kind of excited to see that, because I must admit I slept through the early innings of his debut last Sunday. And you know what, the kid looked pretty good, even though his final pitching line doesn’t quite reflect that.
We also staked him a lead before he’d even taken the mound, thanks to a one-out Geraldo Perdomo double off the top of the wall in right center that just missed being a home run, followed by a Corbin Carroll single to right that drove him in. Carroll was then promptly thrown out trying to steal second, and Gabriel Moreno grounded out to third to end things against Tampa opener (and former Diamondback, apparently) Cole Sulser. 1-0 DBACKS
Sadly, Cabrera gave that run right back in the bottom of the first. After retiring Yandy Diaz and Jonathan Aranda without any drama at all, he allowed a 2-1 sinker to catch a little too much of the plate, and Junior Caminero launched it over the fence in the left field corner for his third first-inning home run in as many games. 1-1 Tie
And there things stood until the bottom of the fifth, as Cabrera settled down and put up zeroes in the next three innings, while the Diamondbacks offense could do nothing whatsoever against Sulser (who pitched the second inning as well) or former Doyer Michael Grove (who pitched three scoreless with no blemishes other than a Moreno single in the fourth). Cabrera retired the last two batters in the Rays’ order to start the fifth, flipping the lineup back to the top, where their big bats live. And they did big bat things, alas: Diaz drew a 7-pitch two-out walk, and threw Aranda a sweeper on the inside that Aranda turned on and sent into the right field seats. 3-1 Tampa

The WNBA continues to discover new ways to shoot itself in the foot.
It is the league’s 30th anniversary season, and the latest self-inflicted wound is a poster celebrating that historic milestone.
On the surface, it looks harmless. The poster looks like something that might hang in a 10-year-old’s bedroom or a college kid’s dorm. Dawn Staley’s awesome teal and purple Charlotte Sting jersey pops in the middle of it and she’s surrounded by a handful of recognizable faces from the past and present: Breanna Stewart, A’ja Wilson, Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese, to name a few.
But a closer look shows a few things the WNBA is guilty of far too often: incompetence, a lack of oversight and a void of creativity.
For starters, this poster is $30 and looks like something that could’ve been designed in PhotoShop 15 years ago. It is simply a collection of logos and stock images of players. It seemingly wants to take inspiration from one of those throwback Sports Illustrated covers the magazine rolled out during March Madness, a “Where’s Waldo” style collage meant to evoke excitement for the NCAA Tournament.