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Duolingo doubles its language offerings with AI-built courses
Duolingo launched 148 new language classes that were built by generative AI, the company announced Wednesday. The move, which more than doubles it current language offering, comes as the...
The U.S. economy shrank during President Trump’s first quarter. He blamed Biden
The U.S. economy contracted for the first time in three years, an initial measurement by the Commerce Department revealed on Wednesday. During the first quarter of President Trump’s return...
What to know about the ‘revenge porn’ bill that’s headed to Trump’s desk for approval
Congress has overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation to enact stricter penalties for the distribution of nonconsensual intimate imagery, sometimes called “revenge porn.” Known as the Take It Down Act, the...
Trump’s new orders dial back some tariffs for U.S. automakers
President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to relax some of his 25% tariffs on automobiles and auto parts, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt...
Builders have the most unsold homes since 2009. These are the housing markets with deals
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Speaking to investors earlier this month, D.R. Horton CEO Paul Romanowski said that the spring 2025 selling season...
Starbucks stock price is tumbling after the coffee giant shared ‘disappointing’ financial results. Here’s what to know
Shares in coffee giant Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) are down significantly in premarket trading this morning after the chain announced its Q2 2025 earnings results yesterday after the bell....
The Download: stereotypes in AI models, and the new age of coding
How close are we to genuine “mind reading?”Technically speaking, neuroscientists have been able to read your mind for decades. It’s not easy, mind you. First, you must lie motionless...
Trump’s ideas to encourage a ‘baby boom’ won’t work. Here’s what will
As Americans are having fewer babies, the White House has been gathering ideas on what can be done to increase the birth rate. The New York Times reported that...
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Media experts on how Trump has hurt the free press in his first 100 days
With 100 days back in office, it’s fair to say that President Trump is leaving his mark. That hasn’t necessarily been a positive thing for the media or journalism,...
This data set helps researchers spot harmful stereotypes in LLMs
“I hope that people use [SHADES] as a diagnostic tool to identify where and how there might be issues in a model,” says Talat. “It’s a way of knowing...
