Apple has announced PICO, an image compression codec that uses machine learning. Compared to AV1, AV2, VVC, ECM, and JPEG-AI, PICO can produce images of the same quality with up to one-third the data ...
The app’s aim is to make images load faster on web pages. Reducing the image’s size is the right direction to take. The app runs entirely from the browser, even though it carries heavy operations in ...
Inspired by the discussion here, which was inspired by a front-page news item... This is a non-scientific comparison of the various compression programs out there. I DLed every one that was mentioned ...