Visual Studio Magazine

Going Local (& a Bit Loco) with Open-Source AI in VS Code

This hands-on PoC shows how I got an open-source model running locally in Visual Studio Code, where the setup worked, where it broke down, and what to watch out for if you want to apply a local model ...
IEEE

M 4 SER: Multimodal, Multirepresentation, Multitask, and Multistrategy Learning for Speech Emotion Recognition

Abstract: Multimodal speech emotion recognition (SER) has emerged as pivotal for improving human–machine interaction. Researchers are increasingly leveraging both speech and textual information ...
PBS

Trump's big speech will be delivered to a changed nation and a Congress he has sidelined

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will stand before Congress on Tuesday to deliver the annual State of the Union address to a suddenly transformed nation. WATCH LIVE: President Donald Trump's ...
Yahoo

N.J. wins ‘ghost gun’ case. Appeals court says 3D printer code isn’t free speech.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal appeals court has backed the dismissal of a ghost gun company’s lawsuit against the State of New Jersey, which in 2018 ...
The Lancet

When to and when not to use machine learning in risk prediction models

Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. Machine learning for health data science, fuelled by proliferation of data and reduced computational ...
The Lancet

The use of advanced machine learning to predict outcomes after atezolizumab plus bevacizumab for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study

cGastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy dDepartment of Medical and ...
Microsoft

Paza: Introducing automatic speech recognition benchmarks and models for low resource languages

According to the 2025 Microsoft AI Diffusion Report approximately one in six people globally had used a generative AI product. Yet for billions of people, the promise of voice interaction still falls ...
Forbes

The FBI Is Using Facial Recognition To Identify ICE Protestors In Social Media Videos

The FBI has charged multiple people with crimes like vandalism after determining their identities using the controversial technology, according to court records. ICE protesters are being monitored by ...
The New York Times

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said. By Sheera ...
CNN

Speak in code, delete the chats: The tactics Venezuelans are using out of fear of phone checks

These recent WhatsApp messages of a Venezuelan family – who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals – underscore the caution civilians are taking in their daily conversations, on social media ...
IEEE

Ensemble Machine Learning Model for Inner Speech Recognition: A Subject-Specific Investigation

Abstract: Inner speech recognition has gained enormous interest in recent years due to its applications in rehabilitation, developing assistive technology, and cognitive assessment. However, since ...
Android Authority

Breaking: Google will now only release Android source code twice a year

The operating system that powers every Android phone and tablet on the market is based on AOSP, short for the Android Open Source Project. Google develops and releases AOSP under the permissive Apache ...