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Scientists Say They’ve Found a Way to Vocalize the “Inner Voices” of People Who Can’t Speak

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-17 02:00:38

Image by Getty / Futurism Neuroscience/Brain Science New advances in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology may make speech for those who've lost the ability to do so easier than ever before. In a new, groundbreaking study published in the journal Cell, researchers from Stanford University claimed that they have found a way to decode the "inner speech" of those who can no longer vocalize, making it far less difficult to talk with friends and family than previous BCIs that required them to e

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New Brain Interface Interprets Inner Monologues With Startling Accuracy

gizmodo.com Natalia Mesa 2025-11-18 17:00:43

Scientists can now decipher brain activity related to the silent inner monologue in people’s heads with up to 74% accuracy, according to a new study. In new research published today in Cell, scientists from Stanford University decoded imagined words from four participants with severe paralysis due to ALS or brainstem stroke. Aside from being absolutely wild, the findings could help people who are unable to speak communicate more easily using brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), the researchers say

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Best Prepaid Phone Plans for 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-19 14:30:00

With the three major carriers in the US, you’re using their infrastructure, and if there aren’t any high-speed towers in your area, you’re out of luck. By contrast, US Mobile calls itself a Super Carrier because, without a network of its own, it rides those three networks. They’re given special names -- no doubt to avoid advertising for the competition -- and they break down like this: Dark Star is AT&T, Warp is Verizon and Light Speed is T-Mobile. That sounds convoluted but it means you can sw

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Starlink Cuts the Cost of Its Satellite Dish in Half for New Customers

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-20 06:59:00

One of the biggest barriers to entry for prospective Starlink customers has always been the price: $349 upfront for equipment and $120 every month for service. That’s now starting to change as Starlink is offering its lowest monthly prices ever and slashing the cost of equipment in half. You can now get the Starlink standard kit for $175, down from its usual $349 price tag. Unlike previous deals, this one is available to new customers anywhere in the country. Most Starlink deals in the past hav

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I tested this new AI podcast tool to see if it can beat NotebookLM - here's how it did

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-11-23 22:00:17

Speechify The Speechify text-to-speech app enables its over 50 million users worldwide to convert any text, including documents, articles, PDFs, and images into audio, with over 200 voices to choose from. Now, the company is delving into a new type of audio: AI-generated podcasts. Also: I finally gave NotebookLM my full attention - and it really is a total game changer Starting today, Speechify users will be able to turn any content into a "lecture-style" podcast. They'll also get access to a

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Conversations remotely detected from cell phone vibrations, researchers report

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-27 20:14:38

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An emerging form of surveillance, “wireless-tapping,” explores the possibility of remotely deciphering conversations from the tiny vibrations produced by a cell phone’s earpiece. With the goal of protecting users’ privacy from potential bad actors, a team of computer science researchers at Penn State demonstrated that transcriptions of phone calls can be generated from radar measurements taken up to three meters, or about 10 feet, from a phone. While accuracy remains limit

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Galaxy S26 Ultra leak hints at a serious upgrade for power users

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-29 03:16:44

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A new leak claims the Galaxy S26 Ultra will use LPDDR5X RAM running at 10.7 Gbps. This would be around 11.5% faster than the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s 9.6 Gbps RAM. The speed matches Micron’s latest LPDDR5X chip, which is up to 20% more power-efficient than its predecessor. A new leak suggests Samsung’s next Ultra flagship could get a boost to both performance and battery life. If accurate, the Galaxy S26 Ultra will ship with cutting-edge LPDDR5X RAM that not o

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Speedhunters was a car culture juggernaut

news.ycombinator.com Caleb Jacobs 2025-12-03 11:20:26

Get The Drive’s daily newsletter The latest car news, reviews, and features. Email address Sign Up Thank you! Terms of Service & Privacy Policy. Speedhunters, as we know it, is done for. The car photography site that shaped a generation’s automotive imagination went out with a whimper, not a bang, when publishing quietly froze in April. After I reported the news last week, past contributors flooded my inbox with notes as they sought to share their side of the story. Now that I’ve sat down with

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YouTube’s playback speed controls are broken on Android (Updated: Official confirmation)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-06 03:00:26

Update: August 6, 2025 (1 AM ET): YouTube has acknowledged the issue of playback speed not functioning on its Android app. Its team is investigating the problem. A fix should roll out soon enough. Here’s the full update posted on YouTube’s community forums: We’re aware some of you are experiencing issues adjusting playback speed while watching videos on Android devices. Our teams are actively investigating this issue! We’ll update this thread as soon as we have new information. Thanks so much f

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You’re not going crazy: YouTube’s playback speed controls are broken on Android

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-06 06:02:26

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube’s playback controls are broken on the Android app. Playback speed controls are still functioning properly on the YouTube website and the iOS app. On Android, you can tap and hold for 2x speed, but you can’t change the speed settings from the gear icon. The YouTube app for Android appears to be experiencing a glitch that has effectively broken the playback speed controls. Currently, attempting to change the playback speed of a video doesn’t wo

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Show HN: I built a tool to replace capcut audio transcription

news.ycombinator.com Cosmos Team 2025-12-07 08:20:23

Audio Transcription Transcribe speech to text with AI, all in your browser

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I tested 3 text-to-speech AI models to see which is best - hear my results

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-12-08 12:06:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways There are now several AI tools available that can generate humanlike speech. Some AI voices can now whisper, laugh, and perform other expressive feats. TTS tools vary in terms of their level of realism and their intended audiences. Synthetic voices generated by artificial intelligence are, for better or worse, becoming commonplace. Meanwhile, the number of companies developing this technology is growing rapidly. Recent innovations in AI, s

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Balabolka is a free text-to-speech tool for Windows

techspot.com Unknown 2025-12-09 22:55:00

The on-screen text can be saved as a WAV, MP3, MP4, OGG or WMA file. The program can read the clipboard content, view the text from AZW, CHM, DjVu, DOC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, MOBI, ODT, PRC, PDF and RTF files, customize font and background colour, control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys. The program uses various versions of Microsoft Speech API (SAPI); it allows to alter a voice's parameters, including rate and pitch. The user can apply a special substitution list to impro

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Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 00:08:02

“A lot of factors contributed to this, but speed limits are one of the most important,” said Roni Utriainen , traffic engineer with the city’s Urban Environment Division. Authorities described the milestone as exceptional and credited long-term planning, targeted infrastructure changes, and lower speed limits. Helsinki has completed an entire year without a single traffic-related fatality, according to city and police officials. The last recorded death occurred in early July 2024 in the Kontul

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Ethersync: Peer-to-peer collaborative editing of local text files

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 04:15:42

🍃 Ethersync Multiplayer mode for your text editor! Ethersync enables real-time collaborative editing of local text files. You can use it for pair programming or note-taking, for example. It's the missing real-time complement to Git! Features 👥 Edit files at the same time, across different text editors 📍 See your peers' cursors and selections 🗃️ Work on entire projects, the way you're used to 🔒 Encrypted peer-to-peer connections, no need for a server ✒️ Local-first: You always have full a

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Weather Model based on ADS-B

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-08 16:14:56

I recently bought an RTL-SDR dongle and an antenna to receive ADS-B messages. These are short packets of data, broadcast by every plane in the sky, to inform others of their position, heading, speed and other flight data. The transmission of these messages is mandatory for aircraft, as it prevents mid-air accidents. They are also unencrypted, which means anyone can listen to them. All you need is an antenna and a dongle to ingest the data on your PC (pictured above), which can be bought for les

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Best Internet Speed Tests for August 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-12 23:00:00

Ever wonder whether you're getting your money's worth when it comes to your internet speeds? Taking an internet speed test is a quick way to find out. Whether you're experiencing lag during gaming, streaming or Zoom calls; you're testing the connection strength in different rooms; or you're unsure just how fast (or slow) your internet really is, a speed test can give you answers in minutes. These tests are quick, easy and free. Why should you take an internet speed test? There's nothing more an

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Starlink Is Set to Receive Billions in Federal Subsidies but Analysis Says It Can’t Handle the Traffic

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-18 11:00:00

Key takeaways A new X-Lab analysis indicates Starlink can only support 6.66 households per square mile before speeds drop below FCC broadband minimums (100/20 Mbps). Currently, only 17% of Starlink users currently meet FCC broadband speeds, yet altered BEAD program rules could direct significant federal funds to Starlink as the lowest-cost option. While Starlink greatly improves internet access and quality for rural Americans, experts worry about its long-term viability for widespread broadban

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Cash App opens up to Apple Pay and Google Pay for the first time

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-12-21 22:32:18

In this article XYZ Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Cash App’s new Pools feature lets users set a group funding goal, name the pool, and invite contributors. Courtesy: Cash App Cash App is going on the offensive in peer-to-peer payments. The Block -owned payments platform on Tuesday unveiled Pools, a new peer-to-peer feature designed to make group payments simple. It's the company's first major P2P product launch in nearly two years. "This is the first time we're going into out

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New Speed Test Data Reveals the Nation's Fastest Internet Service Provider

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-22 12:00:00

There's been a lot of talk about internet speed lately. From various company taglines -- "Don't take slow for an answer" -- to the latest news about Japan's internet data transmission record, it's all about the speed. Just recently, Ookla released its Speedtest Connectivity Report for the first six months of 2025, and AT&T Fiber topped the list as the country's fastest fixed internet service provider. (Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.) What does that mean? Does it

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bitchat mesh, Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app, debuts on the App Store

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-23 08:37:21

After a short beta period, Jack Dorsey’s new Bluetooth messaging app has officially launched on the App Store. Here’s how it works. A few weeks ago, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced bitchat, an open-source weekend project of a messaging app that relied on Bluetooth, rather than the internet, to connect users. Now, the app is live on the App Store, although Dorsey has confirmed that a bug in the iOS version is preventing it from connecting to Android devices. A fix has already been subm

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Despite Starlink’s Improved Speeds, It Still Misses the FCC’s Broadband Standard

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-24 05:39:00

Starlink is nearly twice as fast as it was two years ago, according to a recent report from the speed test site Ookla. (Disclosure: Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.) Median download speeds from the satellite internet provider have steadily ticked up over the past few years, going from 53.95 megabits per second in 2022 to 104.71Mbps today. That’s an impressive feat considering Starlink added about 5 million customers over the same period and recently passed the 6 mi

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What Is MicroSD Express? Everything You Need to Know

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-12-24 17:03:00

I got my Nintendo Switch 2, and my internal storage is already filling up with all my old games and saves! If you're in the same boat, you may have also noticed you can't just jam in the SD card from your original Switch and keep rocking. Instead, you'll need a new microSD Express card. This Express standard was introduced in late 2023, and it enables write speeds in the hundreds of megabytes, but until now the cards themselves were as rare as any devices that used the standard. As a result, th

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Xfinity vs. Verizon Fios: Which Provider Offers the Best Internet for Your Home?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-24 22:00:00

Is Verizon Fios or Xfinity better? Verizon Fios and Xfinity are some of the top providers nationwide, and while both offer competitive internet services and price guarantee of up to five years, CNET picks Verizon Fios as the better provider overall --largely due to its 100% fiber network, straightforward pricing and promotional offers. The two providers advertise comparable download speeds, but Verizon Fios can deliver symmetrical (or close) upload speeds and superior reliability over a fiber-

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5G promised a revolution, but here’s what we actually got

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 20:00:07

Robert Triggs / Android Authority Depending on where you live, you’ve likely had 5G in your pocket for at least a couple of years — or possibly close to half a decade. In any case, the wireless tech has certainly been around long enough to have had time to accomplish the numerous lofty promises that CEOs piped up to upsell us, which included everything from rejuvenating retail to traffic lights pushing updates to your car. While some of those promises might have come to pass, quite a lot of th

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New Speed Test Results Reveal the Fastest Internet Service Provider in the US

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-24 21:00:00

There's been a lot of talk about internet speed lately. From various company taglines -- "Don't take slow for an answer" -- to the latest news about Japan's internet data transmission record, it's all about the speed. This week, Ookla released its Speedtest Connectivity Report for the first six months of 2025, and AT&T Fiber topped the list as the country's fastest fixed internet service provider. (Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.) What does that mean? Does it tell

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Home Internet, Simplified: Here's Everything You Need to Know (but Were Too Afraid to Ask)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-26 21:00:00

The best internet connection is one you don't ever notice, and while we use the internet for everything these days, most of us don't know the first thing about our internet plan beyond the bill. As broadband experts, we've come a long way in terms of reading broadband nutrition labels, deciphering ISP-marketing jargon and learning how to boost our own home networks. In this article, we'll give you the rundown on how your internet works and how to pick the best possible plan. But if you take awa

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T-Mobile the fastest mobile network; AT&T best for broadband

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-30 14:42:16

Ookla’s latest speed-test report has found that T-Mobile is this year’s fastest mobile network, offering the speediest downloads overall, and the fastest 5G. For home broadband, AT&T Fiber took the crown. Plans to boost broadband speeds have, however, been thrown into doubt by the Trump administration, which wants to abandon a target for every American to have gigabit speeds … If you’ve ever tested your home or mobile broadband speed, there’s a high chance you’ve done so using Ookla’s Speedtes

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I Tried Orb, a New Internet Speed Test. It Might Be the Best I've Ever Used

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-30 12:30:00

Internet speed tests aren't just for people who obsess over their internet speeds. When my friends or parents are experiencing an inevitable home internet slowdown, I recommend always starting with a speed test. I've tested and used dozens of internet speed tests. The market is pretty saturated with them. Ideally, the best internet speed test diagnoses your bandwidth blues as simply as possible -- no ads, no extra features you can't make sense of, and no slowing down your Wi-Fi. Speed tests are

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New Speed Test Results Reveal AT&T Fiber as the Fastest Internet Provider in the US

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-30 16:06:00

There's been a lot of talk about internet speed lately. From various company taglines -- "Don't take slow for an answer" -- to the latest news about Japan's internet data transmission record, it's all about the speed. Today, Ookla released its Speedtest Connectivity Report for the first six months of 2025, and AT&T Fiber topped the list as the country's fastest fixed internet service provider. (Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.) What does that mean? Does it tell us

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