The European Space Agency has developed a new compression system, initially designed to be used on so-called ‘smart’ space and satellite missions and telemetry to and from the craft. The ESA says its ...

The recent revolution in genomic sequencing has opened new fields of study, but it’s also produced a DNA data deluge that has led to almost too much genomic information for researchers to handle. In a ...

The different types of compression can have a huge effect on your big data transfers. Knowing what types to use is important for your business. The world is generating 2.5 quintillion bytes of data ...

Facebook Inc.’s software team has spent the last two years working on a way to compress application code with a view to keeping app sizes more manageable, ultimately coming up with a new technique ...