Tag: Leading

Exploring Chinese Text-to-Speech with Taiwanese Accent: A Comparison of 6 Leading Tools

During a random conversation the other day, someone asked me about the best TTS (text-to-speech) for Mandarin. I thought it would be nice to quickly conduct an examination to compare a couple of TTS products, focusing on their ability to handle Chinese text-to-speech, ideally with a Taiwanese accent...

5 Celebrities: Leading the Way in Sustainable Fashion

Sustainability has become inseparable from fashion. Fashion brands are looking at ways to be less impactful on the environment, and they are launching various sustainability campaigns. Especially in 2023, we’ve seen not only brands, but also a great many celebrities spreading the message of su...

A Brief History of NLP leading to LLMs ??? Part 1

“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants” — Sir Isaac Newton LLMs were not invented in a vacuum and they certainly were not built overnight. Instead, it took decades of research especially in the areas of deep learning and specific...

Texas Leading Up To A Civil War Or Taking Control Of Its Own Border

As the second-largest state in the United States, Texas shares a long and often porous border with Mexico. With a major influx of migrants seeking to enter the country, the issue of border security has become a burning topic, dividing opinions across the state. Some argue that Texas’s proxi...

Venezuela: Top Court Upholds Election Ban on Leading Opposition Candidate

Here are the key facts of this story, as agreed upon by ¹FOX News, ²Agenzia Nova, ³Al Jazeera, ???United States Department of State, ???Washington Post and ???Telesur English. Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice has dismissed opposition ...

Top 5 Technology Companies Leading the Race To Replace Human Driver

Many things are inevitable in the domain of self-driving technology, mainly autonomous trucks, a $700 billion industry, for long-haul routes. More technology companies are developing technology, regulators are working on new laws, and the top companies are emerging to fill the gap rapidly. The...

No Authority? No Problem. Six Tactics for Leading With Influence

15+ years ago, I sat in a small windowless room and tried to convince a bunch of hyper-smart startup people to give me a shot at being a first-time rookie PM despite zero PM experience whatsoever. Eventually, the CEO showed up to have a brief chat, usually a sign that I had successfully tricked t...

Leading When You???re Not in Charge.

Just because you’re not in a position of authority doesn’t mean you have to give up your ability to lead others. CC0 licensed picture downloaded from Pixabay.com An issue that has faced most of us sometime during our careers is trying to lead other people when you’re not ...