FFmpeg 8.0 释出
开源多媒体编解码器项目 FFmpeg 正式释出了代号为 Huffman 的 v8.0 版本。新版本距离上个大版本的发布相距约 17 个月。主要新变化包括：为 RealVideo 6.0、ADPCM IMA Xbox、G.728、Sanyo LD-ADPCM 引入了新的原生解码器；为三星 Advanced Professional Video 引入了 APV 解码器；为 APV、动画 JPEG-XL 和 libx265 alpha 层编码功能引入了编码支持；OpenHarmony 的编码和解码支持；Video Acceleration API (VA-API)的 VVC/H.266 支持； AVX-512 优化、FFV1 改进、AV1 RTP 分组器/解包器、AMD AMF 解码器、Vulkan 视频增强、更好的 HDR 视频支持；新的过滤器如 colordetect、pad_cuda、scale_d3d11、Whisper 等等等。 via Solidot
开源多媒体编解码器项目 FFmpeg 正式释出了代号为 Huffman 的 v8.0 版本。新版本距离上个大版本的发布相距约 17 个月。主要新变化包括：为 RealVideo 6.0、ADPCM IMA Xbox、G.728、Sanyo LD-ADPCM 引入了新的原生解码器；为三星 Advanced Professional Video 引入了 APV 解码器；为 APV、动画 JPEG-XL 和 libx265 alpha 层编码功能引入了编码支持；OpenHarmony 的编码和解码支持；Video Acceleration API (VA-API)的 VVC/H.266 支持； AVX-512 优化、FFV1 改进、AV1 RTP 分组器/解包器、AMD AMF 解码器、Vulkan 视频增强、更好的 HDR 视频支持；新的过滤器如 colordetect、pad_cuda、scale_d3d11、Whisper 等等等。 via Solidot
Amid Service Disruption, Colt Telecom Confirms 'Criminal Group' Accessed Their Data, As Ransomware Gang Threatens to Sell It
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Amid Service Disruption, Colt Confirms 'Criminal Group' Accessed Their Data, As Ransomware Gang Threatens to Sell It
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Making Cash Off 'AI Slop': the Surreal Video Business Taking Over the Web
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Arch Linux Faces 'Ongoing' DDoS Attack
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Amid Service Disruption, Colt Confirms 'Criminal Group' Accessed Their Data, As Ransomware Gang Threatens to Sell It
August 23, 2025 at 10:34PM
August 23, 2025 at 10:34PM
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Amid Service Disruption, Colt Confirms 'Criminal Group' Accessed Their Data, As Ransomware Gang Threatens to Sell It
British telecommunications service provider Colt Telecom "has offices in over 30 countries across North America, Europe, and Asia, reports CPO magazine. "It manages nearly 1,000 data centers and roughly 75,000 km of fiber infrastructure." But now "a cyber…
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FSF Announces Photo Contest Honoring 40 Years of Free Software
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August 24, 2025 at 02:34AM
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Threads Has 400 Million Monthly Users. But Who Are They?
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James Cameron Struggles With Real-World Horrors for 'Terminator 7' and New Hiroshima Movie
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Nvidia Release Massive AI-Ready Open European Language Dataset and Tools
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Nvidia Release Massive AI-Ready Open European Language Dataset and Tools
"Only a tiny fraction of the more than 7,000 languages on Earth are supported by artificial intelligence models," reported SiliconANGLE this week. So Nvidia announced "a massive new AI-ready dataset and models to support the development of high-quality AI…
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New Zealand Air Traffic Control Failure Likely Caused By Data Transfer Issue
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Intel's New Funding Came From Already-Awarded Grants. So What Happens Next?
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Solar Energy Was America's Largest Source of New Energy for 21 Straight Months
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Will Google's 'Battery Health Assistant' Throttle Your Pixel 10's Battery?
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YouTube's Sneaky AI 'Experiment': Is Social Media Embracing AI-Generated Content?
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August 24, 2025 at 07:34PM
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FBI Warns Russian Hackers Targeted 'Thousands' of Critical US Infrastructure IT Systems
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Firefox 142's Link Previews Have a New Option: AI-Generated Summaries
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A Future Air Taxi? Archer's Electric eVTOL Flies 55 Miles in 31 Minutes
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Music Services Caught Streaming AI-Generated Albums Impersonating Real Singers
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August 25, 2025 at 12:34AM
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Music Services Caught Streaming AI-Generated Albums Impersonating Real Singers
The BBC reports a growing trend in music: "for established (but not superstar) artists to be targeted by fake albums or songs that suddenly appear on their pages on Spotify and other streaming services." Even dead musicians have had AI-generated "new" material…
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August 25, 2025 at 01:34AM
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America's Secretive X-37B Space Plane Will Test a Quantum Alternative to GPS for the US Space Force
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