Abstract: We propose a quality control method that replaces rate control in video coding and achieves quality control with the minimum bit rate. First, based on the rate–distortion model, we establish ...

Abstract: In this paper, a multi-objective optimization of quality based coding tree unit (CTU) level rate control method, named MORC, for low-delay video coding of Versatile Video Coding (VVC) is ...

Alice (PM) and Bob (developer) are building a product together. Both use AI coding assistants — Alice uses Cursor, Bob uses Claude Code. Monday morning. Alice tells her AI: "Remove the Z-shaped block ...

A German top court on Monday rejected a landmark climate case brought by environmentalists that had aimed to force auto giants BMW and Mercedes-Benz to stop selling combustion-engine cars from 2030.

Several of the Earth’s systems are changing faster than predicted as global temperatures rise, scientists say. By David Gelles Scientists who study global warming are currently wrestling with a ...

A judge ruled in December that the agency could not cancel a program that had helped states invest billions of dollars in disaster readiness. By Scott Dance Reporting from Washington The Federal ...