Abstract: This paper introduces FlowMAC, a novel neural audio codec for high-quality general audio compression at low bit rates based on conditional flow matching (CFM). FlowMAC jointly learns a mel ...

During the Palisades fire, a nearby reservoir was empty for repairs. State officials say even if it had been full, the water ...

Abstract: The efficacy of magnetic particles (MPs) in cancer treatments prompts the investigation into MP detection methods. However, due to their microsize, MPs produce weak magnetic field signals ...

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The Royal Irrigation Department on Monday raised the discharge rate at the Chao Phraya barrage dam to help manage the flood surge from the North, and issued a warning for low-lying communities ...

The 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 6.22%, up five basis points from last week, while the 15-year rate increased to 5.50%. Mortgage rates are tracking the 10-year Treasury yield, which reflects ...

Mortgage rates are staying down from the over 7% rates we saw earlier this year. Indeed, Freddie Mac data released Thursday found that “the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage continues to trend down, ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has four more rate-setting meetings left after Wednesday before his term expires in May. Here is where traders see rates standing by then, versus the current range ...

Mortgage interest rates change each day, and they can be difficult, if not impossible, to time. Case in point: Mortgage rates, largely in anticipation of a Federal Reserve rate cut, dropped to a three ...

The interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan dropped last week to a 13-month low after a key reading of inflation came in lower than expected, cementing expectations for another Federal ...