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A new PNG spec

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-28 02:54:43

PNG is back! Jun 24 2025 A new PNG spec was just released! Everyone, go update your 2003 forum avatars. Jokes aside, this is exciting news. PNG is back to its former glory after its progress stalled for over two decades. Did you know the U.S. Library of Congress, Library and Archives Canada, and the National Archives of Australia recommend PNG? It is important that we keep PNG current and competitive. After 20 years of stagnation, PNG is back with renewed vigor! What's new? Proper HDR support

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The Probability of a Hash Collision

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-25 07:34:16

The probability of a hash collision Tags: probability A hash function takes arbitrarily complex input - a word, a website, an image, a human being - and maps it to a single number. This is useful for various computer science stuffs, such as data storage and cryptography. For example, let's say you want to store a book in one of N N N boxes. If you put the book in a random box, it's quite likely that you'll forget which box you picked, especially as N N N gets bigger. What you can do instead i

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PNG is back

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-28 07:54:43

PNG is back! Jun 24 2025 A new PNG spec was just released! Everyone, go update your 2003 forum avatars. Jokes aside, this is exciting news. PNG is back to its former glory after its progress stalled for over two decades. Did you know the U.S. Library of Congress, Library and Archives Canada, and the National Archives of Australia recommend PNG? It is important that we keep PNG current and competitive. After 20 years of stagnation, PNG is back with renewed vigor! What's new? Proper HDR support

Topics: hdr new png spec support

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Amazon Fire Tablet Down to $54, Rivaling the $329 iPad with This New All-Time Low Price

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-28 21:09:47

Amazon has already started this year’s Prime Day celebrations ahead of schedule, and it unveiled special deals on its website since morning. On most of its own brand products such as Fire TV and Fire tablets, Prime members are discovering fantastic deals. Of these, one of the standout devices is the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus tablet and it is now available at a fresh all-time low price of $54: That’s a big markdown from its regular list price of $120, and at 54% off, it’s not surprising that this ta

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HDMI 2.2's full specs have been finalized, with better support for modern displays

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-30 05:00:20

The new cables have to be labeled 'Ultra96' to indicate they support up to 96Gbps in bandwidth. The HDMI forum, which develops and manages HDMI specification, has officially launched the final and full specifications for HDMI version 2.2. First revealed at CES 2025, version 2.2 was designed to make it significantly easier to send videos with higher refresh rates and resolutions to modern TVs, such as those with 4K and 8K displays. Version 2.2 cables are required to be branded with the Ultra96 f

Topics: cables fps hdmi resolution support

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How many PhDs does world need? Doctoral graduates outnumber academia jobs

news.ycombinator.com Kwon 2025-08-30 21:08:11

More than 600,000 students were enrolled in PhD programmes in China in 2023.Credit: ChinaImages/Sipa USA via Alamy The number of doctoral graduates globally has been growing steadily over the past few decades. And in countries such as China and India, those numbers are exploding. Conventionally, the doctorate was a stepping stone to a lifelong career in academia. But today, the number of PhD graduates vastly exceeds the number of job openings at universities and research institutions. Research

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AMD's next-gen UDNA graphics cards will support up to 80 Gbps HDMI 2.2 connectivity

techspot.com Kishalaya Kundu 2025-09-02 17:20:00

Something to look forward to: AMD has reportedly been working on its next-generation GPU architecture for at least two years. The new architecture will be called UDNA, replacing the RDNA name, and is expected to deliver significantly faster performance than RDNA 4. A tipster has now shared details about the rumored HDMI configuration of the first-generation UDNA GPUs. According to Kepler_L2, UDNA GPUs – codenamed GFX13 – will support 64 Gbps and 80 Gbps bandwidths over HDMI 2.2 connections. If

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One UI 8 could give screenshots an HDR glow-up that was missing from betas

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-03 08:36:59

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is testing HDR screenshot support for One UI 8 with its latest closed beta (ZYF7) release. The feature likely relies on Android 16’s embedded gain maps to show true HDR imagery when viewed correctly. HDR screenshots aren’t yet available in the One UI 8 Beta 2 release, but may arrive with future open betas or the stable release. Samsung will be bringing Android 16 to its devices with the release of One UI 8. The beta program is live for the Galaxy

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How Hourglass Vision Transformers Are Redefining Camouflaged Object Detection

computer.org Enrique Quezada 2025-09-06 12:58:20

Introduction While camouflage gives wildlife and military vehicles a strategic survival advantage, it poses challenges, both for human and computer vision systems. It is difficult enough to detect objects designed to blend with their environments, but when the objects have blurry edges, the detection process is even more problematic. However, in a paper written for the 2025 IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), Jinpeng He, Biyuan Liu, and Huaixin Chen of the Uni

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From SDR to 'Fake HDR': Mario Kart World on Switch 2

news.ycombinator.com Alexander Mejia 2025-09-08 22:07:42

Nintendo’s Switch 2 launched on June 5th 2025 with Mario Kart World headlining the platform and on paper showcasing its new 4K60 + HDR output pipeline. That promise lands in a market where HDR is the consumer standard: analysts value the global HDR TV segment at ≈ US $150B in 2024 and project US $250 B by 2033. Consumer TVs with HDR functionality started shipping in 2015, and seeing that most consumers replace their TV every 6.4 years this means a high percentage console owners in 2025 now game

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Not Quite Free But Close, This 15″ Portable Monitor Is on Sale at Amazon Like It’s Black Friday

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-09-11 21:29:25

If you’ve ever felt frustrated by the cramped screen of your laptop, you’re not alone. Many of us dream of a second display to boost productivity, organize tasks or simply enjoy more screen real estate. The Arzopa 15-inch Full HD portable monitor is the answer you’ve been looking for: An ultra-slim, lightweight monitor that’s easy to slip into your bag and that’s at least as large (if not larger) than your current laptop screen. What’s more, Amazon is currently offering it at an all-time low: T

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Debunking HDR [video]

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-09 20:56:00

DEBUNKING "HDR" Chapter: Intro The Setup Roadmap Notes On The Recording Foundational Topics __Human Perception Of Tonality Is Relative __Understanding Display Colorspaces __Colorspaces: More Tech Details "SDR" vs "HDR" Colorspaces "SDR" <--> "HDR" Conversion Solved A Serious Man: Artful Highlights Introducing Part 2 Detriments Marketed As Benefits __Inefficiency Isn't An Advantage __"Wider Gamut" Misinformation __Patches On An Unnecessary Problem __Edge Cases Aren't The Crux __Flooding The Zone

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TCL 55-inch 4K QLED Smart TV With Google TV (2025) Is Already Nearly 50% Off Only at Best Buy

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-09-16 01:40:16

How old is the TV in your living room? It might be time to upgrade to some of the modern luxuries that comes with a new TV. You don’t have the break the bank either. The TCL Class QM5K Series is available at Best Buy for a discounted rate. Normally you can get the 55″ model of this 4K QLED smart TV for $700, but right now Best Buy has it discounted by $320. That’s over 45% of the standard price, bring it down to just $380. You’ll find similar discounts across the whole family of TCL 4K QLED TVs

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Change These 7 Nintendo Switch 2 Settings Before You Play Another Game

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-16 08:55:24

Fans are questioning why the brightness looks off on the Nintendo Switch 2 and getting frustrated with the functions of the A and B buttons. Fortunately, these are easily tweaked in the Settings menu, but they're not easily found. Since the Switch 2 has been out for only a week, a lot of people are still exploring all that it can do while enjoying their new portable gaming machine. It's understandable to just rip the package open and start playing, but to get the most out of the Switch successor

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Android 16 lets you take proper screenshots of your beautiful HDR photos

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-06-02 10:00:43

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 is implementing support for true HDR screenshots, enabling you to take screenshots of HDR content. This capability is live in Android 16 Beta 2 and builds upon the previous work that Google did to support HDR in Android screenshots. However, HDR screenshots captured by Android aren’t easy to view on other devices. The reason most people take a screenshot on Android is to share what they see with other people, and Android can handle that sor

Topics: android content hdr screenshots sdr

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It’s the end of the road for Chromecast with Google TV

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-06-02 10:16:47

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is discontinuing the Chromecast with Google TV, including both the 4K and HD models, after nearly five years on the market. The Chromecast with Google TV is no longer available on Google Store, with the new Google TV streamer priced at $99.99 as its replacement. Existing Chromecast with Google TV users will still receive software updates, including Android 14, but future updates may not include many new features. Nearly five years after its de

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Latest Tech News

A new PNG spec

The Probability of a Hash Collision

PNG is back

Amazon Fire Tablet Down to $54, Rivaling the $329 iPad with This New All-Time Low Price

HDMI 2.2's full specs have been finalized, with better support for modern displays

How many PhDs does world need? Doctoral graduates outnumber academia jobs

AMD's next-gen UDNA graphics cards will support up to 80 Gbps HDMI 2.2 connectivity

One UI 8 could give screenshots an HDR glow-up that was missing from betas

How Hourglass Vision Transformers Are Redefining Camouflaged Object Detection

From SDR to 'Fake HDR': Mario Kart World on Switch 2

Not Quite Free But Close, This 15″ Portable Monitor Is on Sale at Amazon Like It’s Black Friday

Debunking HDR [video]

TCL 55-inch 4K QLED Smart TV With Google TV (2025) Is Already Nearly 50% Off Only at Best Buy

Change These 7 Nintendo Switch 2 Settings Before You Play Another Game

Android 16 lets you take proper screenshots of your beautiful HDR photos

It’s the end of the road for Chromecast with Google TV

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