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Consider using Zstandard and/or LZ4 instead of Deflate

Article URL: https://github.com/w3c/png/issues/39 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44801027 Points: 111 # Comments: 66

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

iPadOS 26 beta 5 is available now, here’s what to expect

iPadOS 26 developer beta 5 is rolling out now, bringing the latest changes ahead of the software’s public launch next month. Here’s what to expect. more…

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

Substack rival Ghost connects to the open social web with its latest public release

While the ActivityPub integration is a main selling point for Ghost 6, this major release includes a number of other changes and new additions.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Lenovo ThinkPad X9-14 Aura Edition review: A solid business laptop with some quirks

Step aside, old boy. The ThinkPad X9-14 Aura Edition is making me forget all about the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the most renowned business laptop for over a decade. Of course, Lenovo isn’t doing away with the X1 Carbon, but the X9 series certainly seems like the company’s experimental project for the same premium category. It’s not perfect, but I like where Lenovo is going with it. Much love has been packed into the X9-14’s...

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Apple releases iOS 26 beta 5 for iPhone

Apple has released the fifth developer beta version of iOS 26. We expect the redesigned version of the iPhone software to officially launch next month. Apple also launched the first public beta version of iOS 26 last week. The latest build is 23A5308g. more…

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

Users report unwanted Windows 11 upgrade offers on incompatible Windows 10 PCs

Microsoft has scheduled the end of mainstream support for Windows 10 for October 14, 2025, and that date is rapidly approaching. The company continues to offer a free upgrade to Windows 11, but it should theoretically be unavailable to customers with incompatible PCs. Yet some of those users report receiving the upgrade prompts anyway.Read Entire Article

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: TechSpot favicon TechSpot

watchOS 26 beta 5 rolling out for Apple Watch now

Apple has just released watchOS 26 beta 5, the latest update for developers running the Apple Watch beta. Here’s what to expect. more…

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

Surprising no one, Grok's image and video generator now has an NSFW 'spicy' mode

Elon Musk’s chatbot is seldom out of the news. When it isn’t vomiting antisemetic rhetoric or fixating on conspiracy theories without invitation, it’s inviting you to romance its anime-inspired AI companions. Grok’s NSFW credentials now extend to xAI’s new image and video generator. Grok Imagine is exclusive to paying SuperGrok and Premium+ X subscribers and, as reported by TechCrunch, has a baked-in text-to-image and...

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Apple releases developer beta 5 for visionOS 26

Alongside the new macOS 26 developer beta 5, Apple has also pushed out the fifth developer beta of visionOS 26, and the rest of its operating systems. more…

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

macOS Tahoe 26 developer beta 5 is out, here’s what’s new

Apple just released a fresh batch of developer betas, including the latest test build of macOS 26 Tahoe. Here are the details. more…

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

tvOS 26 beta 5 now available for Apple TV 4K

Apple TV users, there’s a new tvOS 26 beta rolling out today. tvOS 26 beta 5 is now available for download. more…

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

Ray-Ban Meta stealth stickers go viral but fail to beat safeguards

A worrying number of smart glasses owners are trying to hide the privacy light. For now, they seem to be failing.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Introducing Amazon Elastic VMware Service for running VMware Cloud Foundation on AWS

Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) enables organizations to run VMware Cloud Foundation environments directly within Amazon VPCs, simplifying workload migration while maintaining familiar tools and providing access to the scalability, agility, and elasticity of AWS.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: AWS Blog favicon AWS Blog

Sonos Roam speakers are overheating and partially melting, company admits

Complaints on Reddit shared over the past week have exposed a problem with Sonos’ first-gen Roam speakers overheating and partially melting, which the company just acknowledged while downplaying the number of known cases. more…

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

US GENIUS Act sparks stablecoin boom with record $1.5 trillion transaction volume in July

The total on-chain stablecoin transaction volume surged to a new all-time high of $1.5 trillion in July, marking a significant milestone in the sector. According to Sentora’s (formerly IntoTheBlock) data, this figure represents a sharp increase from the $1.26 trillion processed in June and surpasses the previous high seen in August 2024, when volumes topped […] The post US GENIUS Act sparks stablecoin boom with record...

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: CryptoSlate favicon CryptoSlate

Leaks may have revealed the iPhone 17 lineup release date

Apple's iPhone 17 lineup release date may be in early September, according to leaked internal documents from a wireless carrier.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

FOX One streaming service gets launch date and pricing

Earlier this year, we told you about plans for a standalone streaming service from FOX with a former Apple TV+ veteran at the helm. As of today, FOX has announced pricing and the launch date for its direct to consumers subscription video service. more…

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

Some Microsoft Office apps are losing access to voice tools soon - here's what to know

Microsoft says a backend update will cause older versions of Office to lose support for some voice features, including dictation.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Israel-Gaza war: Netanyahu deciding on next steps amid reports he could escalate conflict – as it happened

Israeli PM to convene security cabinet as local media reports he is inclining towards expanding the offensive and even seizing entire territoryHere are some of the latest images sent to us over the newswires from Gaza:Reuters is reporting that Israeli tanks pushed into central Gaza this morning but it was not clear if the move was part of a larger ground assault. Continue reading...

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

Best Vitamins and Supplements for Women in 2025

A good multivitamin is a great way to fill nutritional gaps and help you look and feel your best.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

OpenAI releases a free GPT model that can run on your laptop

OpenAI is releasing a new open-weight model dubbed GPT-OSS that can be downloaded for free, be customized, and even run on a laptop. The model comes in two variants: 120-billion-parameter and 20-billion-parameter versions. The bigger version can run on a single Nvidia GPU and performs similarly to OpenAI's existing o4-mini model, while the smaller version […]

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

OpenAI announces two “gpt-oss” open AI models, and you can download them today

OpenAI's new open models can run on your hardware instead of in the cloud.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

OpenAI Just Released Its First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2

The models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, represent a major shift for the AI company.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Wired - Business favicon Wired - Business

OpenAI's first new open-weight LLMs in six years are here

For the first time since GPT-2 in 2019, OpenAI is releasing new open-weight large language models. It's a major milestone for a company that has increasingly been accused of forgoing its original stated mission of "ensuring artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity." Now, following multiple delays for additional safety testing and refinement, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b are available to download from...

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

OpenAI launches open-source models

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is launching two open models (gpt-oss-120B and gpt-oss-20B), which it claims outperform similarly sized models on reasoning through complex tasks.The US frontier AI firm said the ...

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Why I Abandoned My 30-Year Open-Source Project

Note: A Human wrote this article. Other than proofreading and sentence-level style suggestions, no AI was utilized. This is one of the last surviving members of its kind. Introduction I started an open-source project in 1996, I am abandoning now. It was not my first OSS project and certainly not the last one. It definitely was the one that lasted the longest and that I had the most faith in having an impact on the...

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: DZone favicon DZone

OpenAI returns to open source roots with new models gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b 

Enterprises can use a powerful, near topline OpenAI LLM on their hardware totally privately and securely, without sending data to the cloud.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Sony’s noise-canceling WH-1000XM6 are discounted to their Prime Day low

With back-to-school season in full swing, it feels like we’re stumbling on great deals for students every day. From Kindles to MacBooks, many of our favorite gadgets are currently receiving a discount — including Sony’s latest noise-canceling headphones, the WH-1000XM6. Right now, you can pick them up at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target for around […]

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

OpenAI has finally released open-weight language models

OpenAI has finally released its first open-weight large language models since 2019’s GPT-2. These new “gpt-oss” models are available in two different sizes and score similarly to the company’s o3-mini and o4-mini models on several benchmarks. Unlike the models available through OpenAI’s web interface, these new open models can be freely downloaded, run, and even…

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: MIT Technology Review favicon MIT Technology Review

OpenAI’s open‑source model: gpt‑oss on Azure AI Foundry and Windows AI Foundry 

With the launch of OpenAI’s gpt‑oss models—its first open-weight release since GPT‑2—we’re giving developers and enterprises unprecedented ability to run, adapt, and deploy OpenAI models entirely on their own terms. The post OpenAI’s open‑source model: gpt‑oss on Azure AI Foundry and Windows AI Foundry appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Azure Blog favicon Azure Blog

OpenAI launches two ‘open’ AI reasoning models

For the first time in more than five years, OpenAI is launching a new open language model that appears to be state of the art.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

14 ex-Huawei employees handed down prison sentences in China — accused face up to six years for taking 'chip-related business secrets' with them to form startup Zunpai

China’s courts take tech secret pilfering seriously, if one of its homegrown companies appears to be the victim.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

Spider-Punk Is Getting His Own Animated Movie

Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya will co-write—and presumably reprise his voice role—in a standalone film following Hobie Brown, last seen in 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.'

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

Google's Pixel Watch 4, Fold Pro 10 and Buds 2a are rumored to launch later than the rest of its new gear

Google has an event lined up for August 20 and has promised to reveal "new Pixel phones, watches, buds" and more. However, rumors have been swirling that the company won't have many of these products ready to go after being unveiled. Winfuture has reported that the Pixel Watch 4, Fold Pro 10 and Buds 2a will be announced at the Made by Google event, but won't be available until October. The Pixel 10 line of smartphones...

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Delta and other airlines are working with an AI startup that personalizes prices

Delta Air Lines has come under scrutiny for its work with a controversial AI startup that offers dynamic pricing.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable