By Jon Menon ( August 8, 2023, 09:17 GMT | Insight) -- Adobe has struggled to explain why it killed off an internal project to develop a rival to Figma, according to the UK Competition and Markets Authority. Project Spice was intended to develop Adobe’s next generation of web-based screen design software, but was discontinued in September 2022, the CMA said in the full text of an earlier decision to conduct an in-depth probe, published yesterday. The $20 billion merger of Adobe and Figma faces an in-depth probe from the UK regulator.Adobe has struggled to explain why it killed off an internal project to develop a rival to Figma, according to the UK Competition and Markets Authority....
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