Monthly Archives: September 2022

Dear Sophie: My EB-2 priority date will be delayed 2 years! What should I do?

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: Is…

OpenAI open-sources Whisper, a multilingual speech recognition system

Speech recognition remains a challenging problem in AI and machine learning. In a step toward solving it, OpenAI today open-sourced Whisper, an automatic speech recognition system that the company claims enables “robust” transcription in multiple languages as well as translation from those languages into English. Countless organizations have developed highly capable speech recognition systems, which…

How to watch ‘Andor’

What: Andor Where to watch: Disney+ Premiere date: September 21, 2022  Our favorite galaxy far far away is expanding. Disney’s latest Star Wars endeavor is Andor, a two-season prequel series to 2016’s spinoff film Rogue One.  The new show follows Rebel Captain, Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), five years before the events of Rogue One. Andor explores…

Iranian authorities restrict Instagram as last effort to silence protesters

The death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman at the hands of Iran’s morality police has sparked a wave of protests since Friday.  Authorities seem to be using different means to crackdown on protesters: from internet shutdowns, to water cannons and teargas. Local media has also reported that further “temporary restrictions” to telecommunications are planned.     Now,…