Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

Google’s TurboQuant has the internet joking about Pied Piper from HBO's "Silicon Valley." The compression algorithm promises ...
Hackaday

Slug Algorithm For On-GPU Rendering Of Fonts With Bézier Curves Now In Public Domain

The Slug Algorithm has been around for a decade now, mostly quietly rendering fonts and later entire GUIs using Bézier curves ...
CNN

Instagram chief denies social media can be ‘clinically addictive’ in landmark case

Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, testified on Wednesday that he does not think users can be “clinically addicted” to the social media app. Mosseri is the first executive to testify in the landmark ...
Android

The Impact of Image Optimization on Website Performance

The coffee shop has low lighting as it is waiting to make a portfolio presentation for a potential high-ticket customer. After entering the URL into your browser, you press Enter and then wait. You ...
TechRepublic

TikTok Avoids US Ban as Ownership Changes Reshape App

The deal ends ban threats and uncertainty, but a weekend outage and new terms of service and privacy policies raise questions about the algorithm. Image generated by ...
The New York Times

Britain Investigates Elon Musk’s X Over Grok’s Sexualized A.I. Images

A British regulator said it had started a formal investigation into Mr. Musk’s chatbot over the spread of illegal images. By Adam Satariano Reporting from London British authorities on Monday ...
New York Post

Jan. 6 rioter who hauled Nancy Pelosi’s lectern around US Capitol launches run for Florida office

A Jan. 6 rioter who went viral after he was photographed hauling then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s lectern around the ravaged US Capitol Building announced he is running for office — on the ...
The Verge

You can’t trust your eyes to tell you what’s real anymore, says the head of Instagram

Mosseri claims digital camera companies are on the wrong path. Mosseri claims digital camera companies are on the wrong path. is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and ...
Engadget

Instagram chief: AI is so ubiquitous 'it will be more practical to fingerprint real media than fake media'

Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram and Meta speaks during the World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) event in Mumbai. (Photo by Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SOPA ...
GPS World

Safe Pro unveils new algorithms for GPS-denied drone operations for U.S. Army

The latest generation of Safe Pro’s AI technology will be presented at U.S. Army exercise at Fort Hood, Texas Safe Pro Group, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled defense and security ...
InfoQ

AlphaEvolve Enters Google Cloud as an Agentic System for Algorithm Optimization

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