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AI-powered dictation tools have become popular over the past few years. In addition to existing dictation apps like Wispr Flow, Superwisper, Willow, and Monologue, new apps are released every week. On Thursday, hardware company Nothing launched its own competing product called Essential Voice. The basic idea is similar to other dictation apps, and Essential Voice works with any app to convert audio into formatted text, removing filler words like “uh” and “ah” along the way. The company says you can also create custom audio shortcuts for words, links, templates, and repeated phrases. For example, you can assign the “My Address”…

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference after the Federal Reserve Board’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting on October 29, 2025 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong | Getty ImagesThe Justice Department on Friday dropped a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, removing a major hurdle to the Senate’s confirmation of Kevin Warsh’s nomination to replace President Donald Trump.Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia, announced her decision to abandon the Powell investigation in a post about X three days after Warsh testified about his nomination before the Senate Banking Committee.Pirro said the…

An Israeli soldier was filmed pointing what appeared to be a hammer or ax at a statue of Jesus Christ in a village in southern Lebanon, which was replaced by Italian peacekeepers. After the images sparked outrage in Christian communities in Lebanon and around the world, Israel apologized and detained two soldiers. Six more soldiers are being questioned over the incident, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was “completely inconsistent with the expected values” of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). On Wednesday, Italian peacekeepers escorted the Vatican’s ambassador to Lebanon, Archbishop Paolo Borgia, to the Christian-majority village of Debel,…

surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which kicks off this year’s TechCrunch event lineup on April 30th at the Centro Philippine Cultural Center, is adding new participants to its ever-growing roster of speakers. Praveen Neppalli Naga, CTO of Uber, joins us to discuss operating at scale in the age of, you guessed it, AI. However, you’ll need to act fast to snag tickets to what’s becoming a popular event on the sci-fi startup scene next week. This is the ideal one-stop shop for founders and investors looking to expand their network, deepen community ties, and learn from our currently very extensive speaker…

Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you the first information about tomorrow and the last information about today. Sign up for free to receive it straight to your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV producers were looking at Thursday and what they’re looking at for Friday’s session. Intel’s “Wake Up Call” and “Squawk Box” pick up where the night team left off as Intel soars 19% in after-hours trading following the earnings release. The stock price is in the $79 range, or $78! In the fall of 2024, 18 months ago, the stock was at a…

Used by approximately 3.6 billion people meta The social networking company plans to operate 32 data centers to handle the load with the completion of a new data center in Oklahoma. But that’s not enough.Amazon’s The cloud division announced Friday that Meta has agreed to use Amazon’s generic Graviton chip in a deal that will last at least three years.The deal shows Meta, under CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is willing to splurge to meet high computing demands. alphabet and microsoft. In recent weeks, Meta has signed deals with CoreWeave and CoreWeave worth a combined $48 billion. Neviusboth rent access to Nvidia…

U.S. officials cited by Reuters said an email was circulated within the Pentagon listing potential actions the U.S. could take against NATO allies such as Spain and Britain that it believes are not sufficiently supporting the war against Iran.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said in an internal email that options were being considered, including suspending Spain’s membership in NATO and reevaluating Washington’s position on the British Falkland Islands, which are also claimed by Argentina.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe official said the email asserted “a sense of European entitlement” and was intended as a signal to…

A double insult to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni – one from the US president and one from a Russian commentator – appears to be gaining support among at least some of her critics. Last week, US President Donald Trump, who has a historically close relationship with Italy’s conservative leader, slammed Meloni as “unacceptable” after he stood up for his criticism of Pope Leo XIV. “She is an unacceptable person, because she doesn’t care if Iran has nuclear weapons and would blow up Italy in two minutes if she had the chance,” he told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. “I’m…

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel on Thursday night called on the media to be “accountable” ahead of the NFL Draft after a photo of him with NFL reporter Deanna Russini was released.Vrabel and Russini were recently photographed holding hands at an Arizona resort, but the couple initially downplayed the incident. Russini has since resigned from his role with The Athletic, but Vrabel said earlier this week that he had “difficult conversations” with his family and the Patriots organization. Vrabel, who just led the Patriots to the Super Bowl in his first season as head coach, announced late Wednesday…