language Can someone please explain how accents work? Devin Nealy

Audio Listen to the evolution of speech synthesizers from 1939-1985 Andrea James

politics Twitter confirms Trump will lose "public interest protections" for tweets when Biden takes office Mark Frauenfelder

speech People can hear your gesticulations Thom Dunn

animals These are the bullets that killed JFK David Pescovitz

1a The platforms suck at content moderation and demanding they do more won't make them better at it — but there ARE concrete ways to improve moderation Cory Doctorow

speech Brain-computer interface successfully translates thought into synthesized speech David Pescovitz

twitter American Conservative laments market concentration and private property as bad for free expression Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Big Tech's active moderation promise is also a potential source of eternal commercial advantage over newcomers Cory Doctorow

Internet Hate groups expose the cynicism of social media platforms Rob Beschizza

dogs Talking dogs always cheer me up Jason Weisberger

gender Vocal fry, uptalking, nasal: women's voices can never be "right" Cory Doctorow

sound What it's really like to read lips David Pescovitz

twitter How Twitter "quietly banned" harassment and hate speech Rob Beschizza

speech Why do people in old movies talk weird? Mark Frauenfelder

Copyfight Washington Redskins' lawyers enumerate other grossly offensive trademarks for the USPTO Cory Doctorow

game of thrones WATCH: Man with Hodor's condition can only say TONO Andrea James

speech WATCH: Mario Cuomo's 1984 convention speech Andrea James