David Huffman's 1952 algorithm reveals a deep puzzle: the more predictable a message source, the shorter its optimal code.

MP3 has been the most popular lossy audio file format for decades, but AAC is now a popular alternative. Here's what you need to know about which is better.

JSSC is an open-source, lossless string compression algorithm designed specifically for JavaScript strings (UTF-16). It produces compressed data that remains a valid JS string, making it ideal for ...

Google has unveiled TurboQuant, an AI memory compression algorithm. Some on the internet have humorously suggested that if Google's AI researchers had a sense of humor, they would have named the ...

If Google’s AI researchers had a sense of humor, they would have called TurboQuant, the new, ultra-efficient AI memory compression algorithm announced Tuesday, “Pied Piper” — or, at least that’s what ...

People store large quantities of data in their electronic devices and transfer some of this data to others, whether for professional or personal reasons. Data compression methods are thus of the ...

Researchers from Rice University and startup xMAD.ai have detailed Dynamic-Length Float (DFloat11), a technique achieving approximately 30% lossless compression for Large Language Model weights stored ...

The term lossless is a big one in music streaming right now. Ever since Apple Music rolled out lossless-quality tracks to its subscribers at no extra cost, it forced the hand of all the legacy ...