Abstract: High-quality image captions play a crucial role in improving the performance of cross-modal applications such as text-to-image generation, text-to-video generation, and text-image retrieval.

Key cyber updates on ransomware, cloud intrusions, phishing, botnets, supply-chain risks, and nation-state threat activity.

Google Search Advocate John Mueller pushed back on the idea of serving raw Markdown files to LLM crawlers, raising technical concerns on Reddit and calling the concept “a stupid idea” on Bluesky.

Current low-light face detection usually enhances images first and then detects faces. Image enhancement focuses on the global enhancement of the whole image and is suitable for the human perspective.

Thanks to the latest Windows 11 update you can now reduce the size of image files before sharing them with one of the neat new applications offered. To do this, right-click on the image file and go to ...

The jsPDF library for generating PDF documents in JavaScript applications is vulnerable to a critical vulnerability that allows an attacker to steal sensitive data from the local filesystem by ...

On Jan. 29, American Airlines Flight 5342 collided over the Potomac River with Army Black Hawk helicopter, killing 67 people, including many young local ice skaters, their coaches and families.

Editor's note: This story is the fourth in a series for The Star's annual year in review and focuses on photos in Ventura County. I’ve been working as a photojournalist for more than 30 years, ...

On Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, a batch of the the highly-anticipated files from sex offender and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein were shared to the public. The release came after Congress passed a ...

The Department of Justice restored online a photo from the Jeffrey Epstein files that contained images showing President Donald Trump after backlash over its removal. Deputy Attorney General Todd ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Images of disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at the sprawling southern Santa Fe ...

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have just released a new batch of images from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. The 68 newly released images include photos of several influential people ...