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This startup uses AI to personalize corporate language training
Firms spend billions on training, while few apply the skills. LingoTalk is betting that AI and ROI tracking can close the gap.
Peter Cowan · · 2 min read
Google’s new AR glasses translate languages in real time
The new glasses will help add subtitles to conversations, which helps those hard-of-hearing and those who are separated by language barriers.
Deepti Sri · · 2 min read
In brief: US-based AI language learning app nets $7m to expand in Asia
ELSA plans to accelerate its growth in new markets, including Japan, Indonesia, and India.
Nur Atifi · · 1 min read
How Netflix scales their UI design as it expands to 26 languages
In German, “Don’t miss out!” becomes “Lassen Sie sich nichts entgehen!” This causes layout issues.
Tim Brandall · · 6 min readWhat makes Javascript such a weird but powerful programming language?
The very thing that makes Javascript weird is the same thing that makes it powerful.
Ken Mazaika · · 6 min readHow beginner-level data science helped me learn Swedish
He moved to Sweden six months ago and wanted to learn the language to understand the country’s culture. Here’s how he coded his way there.
Tomi Mester · · 8 min readHow an Android keyboard helps save obscure languages around the world
The Chinese-made Kika keyboard is working to save the Bashkir language from obscurity.
Erik Crouch · · 4 min readDisconnect: no, machine translation is not about to break the language barrier
A recent column in the Wall Street Journal says we’ll have near-real-time universal translation devices in ten years. Here’s why that’s not true.
C. Custer · · 9 min readCambly, an English-learning app focused on actual conversation, is spreading like wildfire in Asia
How do you get fluent in a language? It’s not about taking classes, it’s about talking with native speakers and getting practice.
C. Custer · · 3 min readAre you using any of these coding languages?
Spotted this interesting article on Bloomberg. Here are 9 coding languages that were created as far back as the 1950s that are still in use today. Are you using any of
Meng meng · · 4 min read