Abstract: To compress an image, a technique based on optimal scalings with diagonal matrices is described. To start the process, an initial image of high compression ratio is required. Such an image ...

SlimToolkit helps shrink Docker images safely, keeping only required files to improve performance, speed, and storage efficiency.

OpenAI is rolling out a new version of ChatGPT Images that promises better instruction-following, more precise editing, and up to 4x faster image generation speeds. The new model, dubbed GPT Image 1.5 ...

When OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made the dramatic call for a “code red” last week to beat back a rising threat from Google, he put a notable priority at the top of his list of fixes. The world’s most ...

Instead of using text tokens, the Chinese AI company is packing information into images. An AI model released by the Chinese AI company DeepSeek uses new techniques that could significantly improve AI ...

Sometimes, reading Python code just isn’t enough to see what’s really going on. You can stare at lines for hours and still miss how variables change, or why a bug keeps popping up. That’s where a ...

Abstract: Emerging virtual reality (VR) applications bring significant challenges to spherical image compression. Spherical images are first converted into planar images using projections like the ...

The Python team at Microsoft is continuing its overhaul of environment management in Visual Studio Code, with the August 2025 release advancing the controlled rollout of the new Python Environments ...

I tried to load an image. OS: Debian testing/unstable Python: 3.13.5 (main, Jun 25 2025, 18:55:22) [GCC 14.2.0] Pillow: 11.1.0-5+b1 ----- Pillow 11.1.0 Python 3.13.5 (main, Jun 25 2025, 18:55: ...

Microsoft has just announced a major upgrade to Python in Excel, allowing you to directly analyze and manipulate images within your spreadsheets. The feature is available for Excel on Windows, Mac, ...