(CNW) MulticoreWare and Small Pixels Announce AI-Powered Integrated Video Optimization Solution to Dramatically Reduce Bandwidth and Infrastructure Costs

MulticoreWare, Inc., and Small Pixels today announced a strategic technology collaboration merging two powerful optimization solutions: MulticoreWare's Ultraziq and Small Pixels' SPAIQ Stream. The ...
Tom's Hardware on MSN

Microsoft debuts DirectStorage 1.4 at GDC 2026, with Zstandard compression and GACL

DirectStorage 1.4 brings along key upgrades to the API, including support for Zstandard compression as well as CreatorID for ...

Anthropic and OpenAI just exposed SAST's structural blind spot with free tools

Can free AI scanners replace enterprise SAST? Anthropic and OpenAI found 500-plus zero-days pattern-matching tools missed — and both scanners are free.

New 'Zombie ZIP' technique lets malware slip past security tools

A new technique dubbed "Zombie ZIP" helps conceal payloads in compressed files specially created to avoid detection from security solutions such as antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) ...
Art of the Problem on MSN

The algorithm that makes data smaller: How Lempel-Ziv compression works

Every day humanity creates billions of terabytes of data, and storing or transmitting it efficiently depends on powerful compression algorithms. This video explains the core idea behind lossless ...
Jalopnik

Why Increasing An Engine's Compression Ratio Makes It More Efficient

As you may know, an engine's compression ratio is directly linked to its combustion efficiency. All else being equal, higher-compression engines tend to make more power while offering better fuel ...
Phys.org

A few weeks of X's algorithm can make you more right-wing—and it doesn't wear off quickly

A new study published in Nature has found that X's algorithm—the hidden system or "recipe" that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order—shifts users' political opinions in a more ...
Scientific American

Algorithms really do create political polarization—and this AI tool let users avoid it

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...
The Verge

Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ feature lets you tell the algorithm what you want to see

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you want to tweak what’s on your feed, you can make a post and ask. If you want to tweak what’s on your feed, ...
CNBC

Meta launches AI algorithm personalization feature for Threads

Meta on Wednesday debuted an AI feature called "Dear Algo" that lets Threads users personalize their content-recommendation algorithms. Threads users will be able to tell the Dear Algo tool what kinds ...
Phys.org

Social media feeds: Algorithm redesign could break echo chambers and reduce online polarization

Scroll through social media long enough and a pattern emerges. Pause on a post questioning climate change or taking a hard line on a political issue, and the platform is quick to respond—serving up ...