Abstract: Chatbots have become a trending topic with emerging platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot, for conversation assistance. Current chatbots mainly focus on the general public assuming a ...

A host of high achievers from the Bay of Plenty and Lakes regions have been named in the New Year 2026 Honours List. They are listed below with information from their citations. In the coming days, we ...

Today, Science, Technology, and Innovation are increasingly important in all spheres of human life. As science and technology rapidly advance, some developing nations are seizing the opportunity to ...

VALL-E 2 is the latest advancement in neural codec language models that marks a milestone in zero-shot text-to-speech synthesis (TTS), achieving human parity for the first time. Building upon the ...

As jazz music, which began in Black communities, spread across the nation in the 1920s, more than 60 cities adopted rules limiting or outright banning it in dancehalls. Clergy and civic reformers ...

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump delivered a forceful defense of his first 11 months in office during a primetime address from the White House, pointing the finger at Democrats for Americans' ...

Aphasia occurs when a brain disorder affects a person’s language abilities, such as speaking, reading, and writing. The type of aphasia a person has depends on where damage occurs in the brain.

In the arena of digital accessibility tools, the embedded screen reader—also known as a text-to-speech (TTS) tool—is among the most commonly used features in secondary education. While this feature ...

Tom Boggioni is a writer, born, raised and living in San Diego — where he attended San Diego State University. Prior to writing for Raw Story, he wrote for FireDogLake, blogged as TBogg, and worked in ...

President Donald Trump addressed the nation in a primetime speech from the White House on Dec. 17, touting what he claimed were achievements in his second administration's first 11 months. "Eleven ...