TADA is a unified speech-language model that synchronizes speech and text using 1:1 alignment, achieving high-fidelity synthesis with reduced computational overhead. It leverages a novel tokenizer and architectural design, allowing each autoregressive step to cover one text token, dynamically determining its duration and prosody. TADA supports multilingual speech synthesis and can be used for text-speech continuation.

FedCM, a new web API for federated identity, needs adaptation for the open social web, which has countless authorization servers and applications. The FedID Community Group proposed Identity Provider Registration to address this, but it requires advocacy within the FedID Working Group. A grant from Bluesky Social PBC will fund this work for 12 months, ensuring independence and collaboration with various decentralized web communities.

A 1996 case study coined the term “tundra tongue” to describe the phenomenon of a tongue sticking to a cold metal surface. Anders Hagen Jarmund, a graduate student, investigated the science behind this phenomenon, finding that the greatest risk occurs between -5° and -15° Celsius. Jarmund’s experiments with pig tongues revealed that pulling the tongue too quickly can result in tearing.