Oppo joins VVC Advance patent pool

Chinese handset maker Oppo became a licensee of the VVC Advance patent pool and renewed its HEVC Advance licence, which gives ...
Morningstar

Hisense Joins HEVC Advance Patent Pool

Access Advance LLC, the global leader in video codec patent pool licensing, today announced that Hisense Group Holdings Co., Ltd. has joined the HEVC Advance Patent Pool as a Licensee. Hisense joins ...
CNET

Bluetooth Codecs Explained: AAC, AptX, LDAC and More

Being able to wirelessly connect headphones and speakers to your phone or computer is a magic many of us take for granted. It wasn't that long ago that the idea seemed impossibly futuristic. These ...
Cosmopolitan

‘The Abandons’ Ends on a Major Cliffhanger—Here’s What We Know About Whether [SPOILER] Survived the Fire

Netflix's new show The Abandons has a true cliffhanger ending, and we're here to break it down. One of the love stories of the season does get a (kind of) resolution. Did [SPOILER] and [SPOILER] ...
Decider

'IT: Welcome to Derry' Episode 5 Ending Explained: What's in Dick Hallorann’s Box? How Is It Connected to 'Doctor Sleep'?

IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 5 ends with a development that should send chills down any hardcore Stephen King fan’s spine. It’s not enough that our heroes finally visited the house on Neibolt Street ...
TechSpot

Dell and HP turned off HEVC decoding on recent laptops without telling anyone

Facepalm: Users experiencing issues with certain videos not playing on Dell or HP laptops running recent CPUs might not realize that both companies have recently disabled H.265 video encoding and ...
Engadget

HP and Dell cut HEVC support in some laptops

HP and Dell has disabled support for the High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard in some of their laptops, Ars Technica reports. HEVC is a codec that enables the compression of large videos into ...
Ars Technica

HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs

Some Dell and HP laptop owners have been befuddled by their machines’ inability to play HEVC/H.265 content in web browsers, despite their machines’ processors having integrated decoding support.
Morningstar

Access Advance Welcomes Xiaomi to HEVC Advance and VVC Advance Patent Pools as a Licensor and Licensee

Access Advance LLC, an independent licensing administrator for leading video codec patent pools, today announced that Xiaomi has joined the HEVC Advance Patent Pool and the VVC Advance Patent Pool, as ...
Newsweek

Frankenstein Ending Explained | What Happened to the Creature?

Netflix's latest “Frankenstein” adaptation is one of the most celebrated yet. In this article, we're recapping everything that occurred and answering the question, ‘What happened at the end of ...
Forbes

The Ending Of Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein,’ Explained

Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein is now out on Netflix, with the monster (played by Jacob Elordi) shown to be far more human than his titular creator. The ending of the Netflix film differs from both ...