Facebook is open sourcing a new compression algorithm called Zstandard that aims to replace the common technology behind the Zip file format. The most common algorithm behind the Zip file format is ...

What is known as ZIP to most of us, is actually the DEFLATE algorithm, and Google has made it slightly better. The search giant announced Zopli today, which is a new compression algorithm that is ...

Algorithm promises faster data transfer speeds and reduced Web page load times by compressing content up to 8 percent smaller than zlib. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been ...

Google has introduced a new data compression algorithm, which the company believes will make the Internet faster for all users. Known as Zopfli, the open-source algorithm is said to increase data ...

Microsoft deserves some praise for the native file archive on Windows 11. Performance aside, 7-Zip found itself playing catch-up with Windows 11 as the app recently received Zstd support. Microsoft ...

Every day humanity creates billions of terabytes of data, and storing or transmitting it efficiently depends on powerful compression algorithms. This video explains the core idea behind lossless ...

Ziv and Lempel co-invented the famous Lempel-Ziv algorithm that is the basis of ZIP files. Prof. Abraham Lempel died 7 weeks ago. On Sunday, March 26, 2023, Jacob Ziv, a prominent Israeli computer ...