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While high-quality photos can take up a lot of storage space, it's the videos that will get you. Just one minute of 4K footage can take up over 1GB, versus 150 to 340 high-quality JPEG photos in that ...

After years of begging and pleading from users, Spotify has finally answered our prayers and is delivering an even higher quality audio experience - introducing Spotify Lossless. But what actually is ...

WASHINGTON — Spotify has officially launched its highly anticipated lossless audio feature, years after teasing the higher-sound quality option. The music streaming company announced Wednesday that it ...

Spotify announced that Premium plan subscribers can now stream lossless audio in up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC. Lossless audio allows people to listen to music without losing information usually lost ...

After eight years of teasing, Spotify subscribers will finally be able to enjoy lossless streaming. More importantly than that, the company isn't releasing a HiFi or Music Pro subscription. Like its ...

A new, high-resolution audio format has just launched on Spotify. Spotify announced Lossless Listening on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The new feature allows users to stream music in 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC, the ...

File Compressor v2 is an advanced, user-friendly web application for compressing and decompressing files using both Huffman Coding and Lempel–Ziv (LZ77/LZW) algorithms. Designed with efficiency in ...

Sennheiser's most expensive Ambeo soundbar is getting a substantial update. The company announced that the Ambeo Soundbar Max, a $2,000 beast of a living room speaker, will gain two features it calls ...

What if you could double your frame rates on the Steam Deck without sacrificing the crisp visuals that make gaming so immersive? Imagine playing your favorite single-player titles with buttery-smooth ...