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Today, after several years of research and standardization, the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute announced the official launch of the successor to H.265 HEVC, appropriately named H.266 / Versatile Video Coding (VVC). What does that mean for the future of video on Apple devices? Today, H.265 enjoys widespread use on Apple …

The Dakota Access pipeline, an oil route from North Dakota to Illinois that has inspired intense protests and legal battles, is to be closed pending an environmental review and to be drained of oil by August 5, a district court ruled Monday. The decision, which could be subject to appeal, …

Filipino lawyer groups and a senior congressman on Monday called on the Supreme Court to overturn the president’s controversial new anti-terrorism law, or parts of it, calling it unconstitutional for infringing on civil liberties. Three petitions filed by opposition Congressman Edcel Lagman and two groups of lawyers also called for …

Now, 126 years after he was buried under the Confederate Soldiers Monument on the grounds of the North Carolina State Capitol, archaeologists and conservatives from the state Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) have revealed what’s inside – A stone believed to have been taken from Gettysburg, a pair …

The Kansas City Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes have reached an agreement on a 10-year contract extension linking him to Kansas City during the 2031 season, league sources reported to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Chiefs took Mahomes’ fifth year option for the 2021 season in April, putting him under contract …