Bottom line: The JPEG image format was first introduced in 1992. It is widely used on today's internet and isn't going away anytime soon. Despite the availability of modern alternatives, the humble ...

If you’ve tried to save an image off the web recently, there’s a chance it’s appeared in a strange new format. The AVIF format is growing in popularity online—and there’s every chance that it could ...

While much of the technology behind digital cameras has changed since the first prototypes, one feature that’s nearly as old hasn’t: the JPEG. A JPEG is one of the most widely used file formats for a ...

With WebP, Google hopes to drastically cut data-transfer barriers to Web browsing. But it's not easy to challenge JPEG's dominance. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

JPEG XL is an emerging image file format designed to increase image fidelity while decreasing file size when compared to other popular image formats, particularly the old JPEG format. At present, both ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

A hot potato: The JPEG XL image format is a royalty-free standard supporting lossy and lossless compression. The standard was designed to replace the older JPEG format. However, browser companies seem ...

AVIF (AV1 Image File, derived from the AV1 video codec) files are relatively new compared to more well-known types such as GIFs, JPEGs, or PNGs, but support for them has been steadily growing. Many of ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., ALTOONA, Pa., CHICAGO, DETROIT and PITTSBURGH — By the time we made it back to Lot 14 outside Beaver Stadium at 1:36... JPEG (or JPG) and PNG – two titans in the world of image ...

Microsoft has added support for the JPEG XL image format to Windows 11 24H2 by making the JPEG XL Image Extension available on the Microsoft Store. Users can install this extension to view JPEG XL ...