The WebP image format developed by Google for the past eight years has found a home this week in Microsoft's Edge browser, and will also be added in Firefox next year. WebP is a lossy and lossless ...

One of the biggest challenges of the web is the adoption rate of new technologies. It’s not enough to develop a great idea, a new format or a technology in general if the majority of people can’t use ...

A new image format is set to revolutionize the way we store and view photos.

Google has released Chrome 145 with official JPEG-XL image format support on February 11, 2026. The update signals renewed ...

Image compression, once the domain of the PC, is becoming pervasive in embedded environments. This trend is largely a result of the increased processing power and multimedia capabilities of new DSPs.

Most of your digital photos are stored in the JPEG format (a.k.a. JPG), but when you download an image from the web these days, it may be using the more modern WebP format. It's likely you're also ...

Google Chrome Labs has released Squoosh, a web app that can compress and reformat images to make lighter web pages. The tool is aimed at helping web developers quickly compress images and reduce image ...

With the aim of developing a royalty-free video codec, the Alliance for Open Media (AOM), which includes Google, Mozilla, Netflix, etc., will add the next generation video codecAV1"Has been developed.

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Google has developed a new open-source image compression algorithm that it says can reduce the size ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Figure 1. JPEG 2000 applications. Click here to see an enlarged diagram. The JPEG 2000 standard, ...