Meta returns to open source AI with Omnilingual ASR models that can transcribe 1,600+ languages natively

Meta has just released a new multilingual automatic speech recognition (ASR) system supporting 1,600+ languages — dwarfing ...

Coders paired with bot buddies work fast, but take too many shortcuts

Pair programming is a common practice in developer circles, though it did not become a formal "pattern" until the turn of this century. The practice is credited with producing better quality code, ...
IEEE

FPGA Implementation of PoolFormer Network Using Python-Driven High-Level Synthesis Framework for Edge-AIoT Speech Recognition

Abstract: This brief presents an edge-AIoT speech recognition system, which is based on a new spiking feature extraction (SFE) method and a PoolFormer (PF) neural network optimized for implementation ...
Stars and Stripes

‘Long-overdue validation’: CDC formally recognizes Gulf War illness

WASHINGTON — Gulf War illness, a debilitating medical condition linked to military service, has received formal recognition as a legitimate illness after more than three decades of reports by veterans ...
techannouncer

How to Use a Python Visualizer to Debug and Understand Your Code Effectively

Sometimes, reading Python code just isn’t enough to see what’s really going on. You can stare at lines for hours and still miss how variables change, or why a bug keeps popping up. That’s where a ...
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Netanyahu attacks Palestinian recognition as dozens walk out of UN speech

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attacked the recognition of a Palestinian State by multiple Western countries during a combative speech at the UN General Assembly. Netanyahu labelled the ...
The Forward

Why was Netanyahu wearing a QR code at the UN, and where did it lead?

“Remember Oct. 7,” read dozens of billboards and trucks around the United Nations building and in New York City’s Times Square, accompanied by a QR code that links to a website with images of dead ...
Al-Monitor

In UN speech, Trump slams allies’ Palestine recognition as 'reward' to Hamas

NEW YORK CITY — President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly to press for the release of hostages held by Hamas and condemn the flurry of US allies that recognized ...
The New York Times

Everyone’s a Free-Speech Hypocrite

Mr. Lukianoff is the president and chief executive of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. If you’re a free-speech lawyer, you face a choice: Either expect to be disappointed by people ...
The New York Times

What to Know About ‘Hate Speech’ and the First Amendment

There has been a lot of talk from Trump administration officials about punishing speech. Here is what the law says. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington In the wake of the killing of the ...
Slator

Alibaba’s New Speech Recognition Model Pushes Accuracy But Keeps Weights Closed

On September 8, 2025, Alibaba’s Qwen team introduced Qwen3-ASR Flash, an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system covering 11 languages — as well as multiple dialects and accents — and a range of ...