Yahoo Finance

For The Record Introduces Editable Speech-to-Text in FTR RealTime

PHOENIX, Feb. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Courts increasingly rely on speech-to-text recordings to enhance access, efficiency, and transparency. Yet as spoken words are converted into written text, small ...
VentureBeat

Mistral drops Voxtral Transcribe 2, an open-source speech model that runs on-device for pennies

Mistral AI, the Paris-based startup positioning itself as Europe's answer to OpenAI, released a pair of speech-to-text models on Wednesday that the company says can transcribe audio faster, more ...
USA Today

When is Trump's State of the Union? What to know before speech.

President Donald Trump is set to deliver the first State of the Union address of his second administration next week, speaking before a joint session of Congress. Trump did address lawmakers in March ...
The Hindu

In his maiden speech at Rajya Sabha, Kamal Haasan calls SIR a ‘disease giving rise to many living dead’

Actor-turned-MP and president of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) Kamal Haasan, in his maiden speech in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday (February 4, 2026), raised concerns over the ongoing Special Intensive ...
The Guardian

Queensland moves to ban pro-Palestine slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ under sweeping new hate speech laws

Laws to be introduced this week include up to two years in prison for distributing, displaying or reciting prohibited phrases to harass or offend Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news ...
Wired

Mistral's New Ultra-Fast Translation Model Gives Big AI Labs a Run for Their Money

“Too many GPUs makes you lazy,” says the French startup’s vice president of science operations, as the company carves out a different path than the major US AI companies. On Wednesday, the Paris-based ...