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The best AI-powered dictation apps of 2025

December 31, 2025
In some ways, 2025 was when AI dictation apps really took off. Dictation apps have been around for years, but in the past they’ve proved slow and inaccurate – unless you speak with particular accents and enunciate clearly. But advances in large language models (LLMs) and speech-to-text models have helped improve the systems that can decipher speech better while retaining the context…
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These are the best photography awards to enter in 2026, ranked by submission deadline

December 31, 2025
If your New Year’s resolutions include “finally enter that photo competition”, consider this your friendly, mildly bossy reminder that time waits for no photographer – and deadlines certainly don’t. Whether you’re chasing a career-changing accolade, eyeing a glossy exhibition slot or simply hoping to justify the amount you’ve spent on lenses this year, 2026 is positively bursting…
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EIA: All net new generating capacity in 2026 may be renewables

December 31, 2025
During the first 10 months of 2025, solar and battery storage have dominated growth among competing energy sources. Further, all net new generating capacity in 2026 is forecast to be provided by renewable energy and batteries, according to data recently released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign. Solar set new records in October EIA’s latest…
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Nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles enter active service, Russia says

December 31, 2025
Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system has entered active service in Belarus, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, as the U.S. efforts to broker a deal to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine have entered a pivotal stage. The ministry released a video showing combat vehicles that are part of the mobile intermediate range ballistic missile system driving across a forest as part…
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