In a battle between budget laptops, more memory and a better screen always wins When shopping for a cheap laptop, choices are limited. Laptops at this price range are as basic as can be, maybe not in ...

AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) was invented by a group of technology companies to be an open, royalty-free alternative to other video codecs, like HEVC/H.265. But a lawsuit that Dolby Laboratories Inc. filed ...

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) today announced that Qencode, a leading provider of video encoding, streaming and storage solutions, has joined the ...

The Youyeetoo NestDesk is a little computer that’s almost small enough to fit in a pocket. But with an Intel N150 processor, dual 2.5 GbE LAN ports, 12GB of RAM, and four M.2 2280 slots for PCIe NVMe ...

A new tech blog from Netflix highlights the importance of the AV1 open video codec, which now powers about 30% of the platform’s streaming and discusses a variety of opportunities to expand its ...

Netflix has revealed almost a third of all viewing on its platform is powered by the AV1 codec. In a blog post, the streamer’s tech team explained that the H.264/AVC codec still powers the majority of ...

Contributing Editor Jan Ozer recently spoke with Alex Davies, senior analyst at Rethink Technology Research, about Rethink’s new report, “The Media and Entertainment Transcoding Workload and Device ...

Meta, Vodafone, and YouTube parent Google have called on smartphone chip designers to support the AV1 video codec in devices to better compress videos and reduce increasing network strain. In a white ...

I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest happenings in the ecosystem. In my entire writing career, I've reviewed ...

Video compression doesn’t always get the attention it deserves, but make no mistake: Compression technology is one of the most important driving forces in the video surveillance industry. Each time a ...

There’s a new version of a pocket-sized mini PC available from AliExpress that packs an Intel N150 quad-core processor, 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and an M.2 slot into a body that measures just 145 x 62 x ...

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