Indiatimes

‘Death squad’: DC shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal is linked to Afghanistan's elite ‘Zero Unit’ - What is it

An Afghan national, formerly with US military and CIA-backed units, was arrested for a daylight shooting in Washington D.C. The incident led the Trump administration to pause asylum decisions and ...
The New York Times

The Suspected D.C. Shooter Was in a ‘Zero Unit’ in Afghanistan. Here’s What to Know.

The units were backed by the C.I.A. and trained to conduct missions in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in the country. By Jonathan Wolfe Elian Peltier Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Fahim Abed The man ...
Futurism

Founder Admits His “AI Transcription” Startup Was Just Him Joining People’s Meetings and Taking Notes by Hand

In 18th century Vienna, the Hungarian engineer and debutant Wolfgang von Kempelen shocked court patrons with a bizarre contraption: a great mechanical box which could seemingly play and even win chess ...
Medical Xpress

Targeting key transcription factors may offer new Crohn's disease therapy

A research group has revealed that transcription factors RUNX2 and BHLHE40 play crucial roles in inducing T cells involved in Crohn's disease. Crohn's disease is an intractable disorder characterized ...
Soompi

SEVENTEEN's S.Coups And Mingyu Confirm Plans For Unit Debut

Get ready for SEVENTEEN’s next unit! On August 11, Newsen reported that SEVENTEEN’s S.Coups X Mingyu will officially debut as a new unit in September. According to the reports, the two recently ...
VentureBeat

Mistral’s Voxtral goes beyond transcription with summarization, speech-triggered functions

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Mistral released an open-sourced voice ...
IGN

Resident Evil Survival Unit Announced, and It's a Real-Time Strategy Spin-Off for Mobile

A real-time strategy take on Resident Evil has been announced for iPhone and Android, developed in "close collaboration with Capcom to ensure authenticity and quality." Resident Evil Survival Unit is ...
9to5Mac

MacWhisper now supports Nvidia’s impossibly fast Parakeet transcription model

MacWhisper has long been one of the best and easiest ways to transcribe anything on a Mac. I’ve relied on it heavily since it launched, and I can’t recommend it enough. Today, it got even better with ...
BGR

Apple's New AI-Powered Transcription Outperforms OpenAI's Whisper

It appears Apple has several under-the-hood AI improvements in the works for iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe. While most of the features are building on what's already available, the company will also offer a ...
MacRumors

Apple's New Transcription APIs Blow Past Whisper in Speed Tests

Apple's new speech-to-text transcription APIs in iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe are delivering dramatically faster speeds compared to rival tools, including OpenAI's Whisper, based on beta testing conducted ...
PC World

Plaud Note review: Smart, simple AI transcription in a tiny package

Plaud Note is a compact AI-powered voice recorder that automatically transcribes audio into text in 112 languages. It magnetically attaches to your phone, has long battery life, and saves time for ...