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Rosalía: Lux review – a demanding, distinctive clash of classical and chaos that couldn’t be by anyone else

The Catalan star’s monumental fourth LP features lyrics in 13 languages, references to female saints, the London Symphony Orchestra – and Björk on ‘divine intervention’

The Guardian - UK

Polish to be the most effective language for prompting AI, new study reveals

A group of researchers studied which language is best understood by artificial intelligence, with Polish in the lead and English only ranking at sixth place.

Euronews

Rosalía sings in 13 languages on forthcoming album LUX

Rosalía goes multi-lingual on her new album LUX.

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Ronnie Sim obituary

Other lives: Former teacher who helped translate the Bible into various African languages

The Guardian - UK

Voiced: Barbican festival highlights endangered languages and their connection to art

Throughout October, the Barbican in London is hosting Voiced: The Festival for Endangered Languages. It’s the first UK festival for artists who create in indigenous languages and dialects. And it explores themes of art, language, the idea of home and belonging – including how all four intersect.

The Conversation

Forget Clippy — meet Mico, Microsoft's friendlier face for Copilot's Fall Release

Microsoft is rolling out roughly a dozen new features for Copilot across Edge, Windows and the Copilot iOS app. Here's what they'll let you do, from learning new languages to planning group trips.

Tom’s Guide

Readers reply: what is the most common word in the world?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

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iOS 26 brings live translations to phone calls — and I've got a trick for making it run smoother

A new Apple Intelligence feature in iOS 26 delivers real-time translations to phone calls, though launching the feature can be a struggle. Here's how to make things as seamless as possible.

Tom’s Guide

African languages for AI: the project that’s gathering a huge new dataset

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Siri or Google Assistant are developed by the global north and trained in English, Chinese or European languages. In comparison, African languages are largely missing from the internet.

The Conversation

Andy West obituary

Other lives: Expert in encoding scripts for languages

The Guardian - UK

30 Things You’ve Seen A Thousand Times: Prove You Know What They Are Called

Think you have a sharp eye for detail and a sharper memory for words? This quiz is all about the everyday objects, sounds, and features of the human body that most people see daily but could never name. These words come from science, history, and languages around the world, and…

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Songbook and album safeguarding Indigenous languages

Song has always been part of the fabric of Indigenous cultural identity, and a new songbook is harnessing the power of music to protect traditional languages.

AAP

Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’

In 2004, language learning ceased to be compulsory at Key Stage 4, aged 14 to 16.

Evening Standard

30 Borrowed Words That Entered English: Identify Their Origins And Prove Your Language IQ

Did you know that the English word “cookie” is not so English?English borrowed a lot of words from other languages. “Shampoo,” “piano,” “tattoo” - none of them began as English, but now we use them all the time. Some words came through trade, some through travel, and others stayed just…

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6 Nostalgic Money Habits Boomers Still Believe In

You’re having a conversation with your parents about money. You mention your high-yield savings account or your Roth IRA. They look at you with a blank stare and then launch into a lecture about the importance of a company pension and the evils of credit cards. It feels like you’re…

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Hindi, Greek and English all come from a single ancient language – here’s how we know

If you have studied almost any European language, you will have noticed words that felt oddly familiar. French mort (dead) recalls English murder. German Hund (dog) is a dead ringer for hound. Czech sestra resembles English sister. No prizes for guessing the meaning of Albanian kau (OK, well – it’s…

Geekflare

Canva AI Now Available in 16 Languages Beyond English

Canva AI assistant is now available to a much wider audience. Today, the company has announced that it now supports 16 additional languages beyond

The Conversation

AI in Africa: 5 issues that must be tackled for digital equality

If it’s steered correctly, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to accelerate development. It can drive breakthroughs in agriculture. It can expand access to healthcare and education. It can boost financial inclusion and strengthen democratic participation.

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WhatsApp updated with new feature to help users understand each other better

WhatsApp has finally announced a Message Translation feature, allowing users to communicate in different languages

Euronews

Euronews Montenegro officially launches, expanding regional media presence in Western Balkans

Montenegro is the fourth country to become part of the pan-European media outlet's network of affiliates in the Western Balkans, already including Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania.

Euronews

Meta adds real-time language translation to WhatsApp

The translations will initially be available in 19 languages on iPhone and six languages on Android devices.

International Business Times UK

Apple Quietly Drops iOS 26.1 Beta — And What's Inside Will Surprise You

With its first major point update, iOS 26.1 brings a host of refinements and new features. The beta expands Apple Intelligence and Live Translation to more languages, adds a new swipe gesture for music playback and includes subtle but notable UI tweaks to core apps.

The Guardian - UK

Do you speak Sylheti? Tamajaght? Klingon? Inside the Festival for Endangered Languages

Every two weeks, a language is lost – and by the end of the century, half of the world’s 7,000 tongues could have vanished. We meet the artist using eyeliner and chokeberries to rescue everything from Ogham to Arablish

The Conversation

How speaking in a second language directly affects your moral judgement

Ιf you asked a multilingual friend which language they find more emotional, the answer would usually be their mother tongue – the one they used while growing up and probably still use at home. This does not mean they are incapable of expressing emotion in another language, but there is…

International Business Times

Pocket Entertainment: The New-Age Disney In The Making

Founded by Rohan Nayak, Nishanth KS, and Prateek Dixit, Pocket FM initially gained traction by offering dramatized non-music audio content in small episodes in Indian languages like Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali.

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