Child-centered long-form recordings are essential for studying early language development, but existing speech models trained on clean adult data perform poorly due to acoustic and linguistic differences. We introduce BabyHuBERT, the first self-supervised speech representation model trained on 13,000 hours of multilingual child-centered long-form recordings spanning over 40 languages. We evaluate BabyHuBERT on speaker segmentation, identifying when target children speak versus female adults, male adults, or other children -- a fundamental preprocessing step for analyzing naturalistic language experiences. BabyHuBERT achieves F1-scores from 52.1% to 74.4% across six diverse datasets, consistently outperforming W2V2-LL4300 (trained on English long-forms) and standard HuBERT (trained on clean adult speech). Notable improvements include 13.2 absolute F1 points over HuBERT on Vanuatu and 15.9 points on Solomon Islands corpora, demonstrating effectiveness on underrepresented languages. By sharing code and models, BabyHuBERT serves as a foundation model for child speech research, enabling fine-tuning on diverse downstream tasks.

Event-based localization research and datasets are a rapidly growing area of interest, with a tenfold increase in the cumulative total number of published papers on this topic over the past 10 years. Whilst the rapid expansion in the field is exciting, it brings with it an associated challenge: a growth in the variety of required code and package dependencies as well as data formats, making comparisons difficult and cumbersome for researchers to implement reliably. To address this challenge, we present Event-LAB: a new and unified framework for running several event-based localization methodologies across multiple datasets. Event-LAB is implemented using the Pixi package and dependency manager, that enables a single command-line installation and invocation for combinations of localization methods and datasets. To demonstrate the capabilities of the framework, we implement two common event-based localization pipelines: Visual Place Recognition (VPR) and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). We demonstrate the ability of the framework to systematically visualize and analyze the results of multiple methods and datasets, revealing key insights such as the association of parameters that control event collection counts and window sizes for frame generation to large variations in performance. The results and analysis demonstrate the importance of fairly comparing methodologies with consistent event image generation parameters. Our Event-LAB framework provides this ability for the research community, by contributing a streamlined workflow for easily setting up multiple conditions.

Donald Trump's helicopter is forced to make an emergency landing with US President and Melania on board Disturbing full story of singer D4vd's relationship with girl, 13, found dismembered in his Tesla... as creepy messages, songs and links to stars are exposed'Signal 13' cop killer Matthew James Ruth donned camo and binoculars to stalk ex-girlfriend then slaughtered her helpless Labrador before murdering three officers I predicted Jimmy Kimmel's downfall. Want to understand why Disney's Bob Iger REALLY canceled Jimmy Kimmel? MARK HALPERIN brilliantly breaks down this seismic shift in America's culture war Melania insider JANE TIPPETT: I was aghast at that dress and hat, then it dawned on me... everyone has missed something quite radical Millions under tsunami threat as fallout from monster 7.8 earthquake threatens US Humiliating state of Joe Biden finances revealed: Unwanted president can't get a paid job and will likely die in debt'Israel-hating' man, 22, sports ponytail as plot to'assassinate' Republican governor is revealed Congressional staffer, 35, dies after CATCHING FIRE at her Texas home... as her eerie last words are revealed Charlie Kirk suspect's disturbing secret kinks: Sickening cache of porn searches revealed... his pedophile friend.. and'Furry Shades of Gay' game Mindset driving celebration of Charlie Kirk's death revealed... as Jimmy Kimmel is canceled over comments Chanel-toting'Karen' treats cops like servants as she's marched out of plane's first-class cabin for entitled behavior Jimmy Kimmel goes nuclear over ABC cancelling him for outrageous Charlie Kirk comments... as insiders reveal he ALREADY has new job plans Terrifying risks of new Ozempic trick celebrities swear by... but one woman tells us: 'I'm willing to take my chances' The unsolved family murder that haunted Robert Redford for decades... as police reveal'new evidence' on'killer' who is STILL one of America's most wanted Turning Point USA names Charlie Kirk's widow Erika as its new CEO Should you buy a soundbar for your TV? Here's our expert take Daily Mail journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. And with them being sold and seen at just about every tech retailer, everyday shoppers are wondering two things: What do they do? Well, I'm here to give you my expert take on all-things soundbars and answer those burning questions, and then some.

Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, talks during the keynote address of Nvidia GTC on 18 March 2025 in San Jose, California. Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, talks during the keynote address of Nvidia GTC on 18 March 2025 in San Jose, California. Nvidia to invest $5bn in Intel after Trump administration's 10% stake Nvidia, the world's leading chipmaker, has announced plans to invest $5bn in Intel and collaborate with the struggling semiconductor company on products. A month after the Trump administration confirmed it had taken a 10% stake in Intel - the latest extraordinary intervention by the White House in corporate America - Nvidia said it would team up with the firm to work on custom datacenters that form the backbone of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, as well as personal computer products. Intel shares jumped nearly 23% after markets closed, making it the largest one-day percentage gain for the company since 1987.

Massive Attack remove music from Spotify to protest against CEO Daniel Ek's investment in AI military The band cited a'moral and ethical burden' placed on artists by revenue from their work ultimately funding lethal technologies Massive Attack have become the latest act - and first major-label one - to pull their catalogue from Spotify in protest at founder Daniel Ek investing €600m (£520m) in the military AI company Helsing. In June, Ek's venture capital firm Prima Materia led the defence tech firm's latest funding round. Helsing's software uses AI technology to analyse sensor and weapons system data from battlefields to inform real-time military decisions. It also makes its own military drone, the HX-2. Ek is also chairman of Helsing.

Beneath gilded portraits and suits of armour in Windsor Castle, 160 guests wined and dined at a lavish banquet to fete US President Donald Trump's unprecedented second state visit to the UK on Wednesday evening. Along with the impeccable table settings, three-course meal and custom cocktail, who was there and, just as importantly, who was seated next to who is carefully planned, since the event is as much about diplomacy as it is about fine dining. This year's guest list was conspicuously missing screen stars or celebrity faces, with not even royal perennials like Sir David Beckham or Sir Elton John attending. Instead, the list was mostly royals, tech and finance executives, and politicos from both sides of the Atlantic. From Trump's seat of honour at the centre of the table, next to his host King Charles III, those up and down the table ranged from lesser-known but influential White House players to professional golfers.

The number of planning approvals for new homes in England is unacceptable, the new housing secretary has said, after official data showed permission for building homes fell to a record low during Labour's first year in office. Fewer than 29,000 projects were granted permission by councils in the year ending June 2025 - striking a blow to the government's promise to deliver 1.5 million homes by the next election. Steve Reed, who has taken over from Angela Rayner as housing secretary, said fixing the planning system won't happen overnight. Conservative shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly said that Labour had promised to'build, build, build' but their flagship planning reforms clearly aren't working. You can see the figures for your local area in BBC Verify's housing tracker.

In 1907, Duncan MacDougall put dying patients on a scale. William Blake's 1805 illustration for Scottish poet Robert Blair's poem The Grave imagines the soul rising from the body at death. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. It's a little complicated to weigh a dying person on a hospital bed, but that didn't matter to Duncan MacDougall. In the early 20th century, MacDougall's unique, purpose-built scale was ready to receive test subjects.

A former Reform UK MP is under investigation over alleged racial abuse against a Sky News journalist. James McMurdock, who represents South Basildon and East Thurrock in Essex, is accused of starting a chain of posts on X that spelled out a racial slur on 4 August. He appeared to deny making the post, saying his accuser, Huntingdon MP Ben Obese-Jecty, had nothing better to do. The Parliamentary standards commissioner is due to rule if he breached the House of Commons code of conduct. It was investigating a potential violation of rule 11, defined as actions causing significant damage to the reputation to the House of Commons or its MPs.

Which way is up? the way people hold the control for video games varies. Which way is up? the way people hold the control for video games varies. Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they're not what you think F ive years ago, on the verge of the first Covid lockdown, I wrote an article asking what seemed to be an extremely niche question: why do some people invert their controls when playing 3D games? A majority of players push down on the controller to make their onscreen character look down, and up to make them look up.