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Tracing the History of Language Proficiency Tests and Their Role in Immigration, Nation-Building, and Cultural Integration/Exclusion

Language proficiency tests similar to those presented on the platform testizer.com are a cornerstone of modern society, influencing everything from university admissions to immigration policies and professional certifications.

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I tested Live Translation on iOS 26 vs Galaxy AI — and the results surprised me

I put the new Live Translation feature in iOS 26 against Galaxy AI's Live Translate to see which of the two is better at translating with phone calls.

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Many tongues, one people: the debate over linguistic diversity in India

India is a home to numerous ancient and linguistically rich languages across its many regions. In a single home, a young person may speak, for example, Odia (the language spoken in the eastern state of Odisha) with their grandparents, switch to English for homework, and enjoy listening to Hindi songs…

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Quick Facts about Burna Boy: Nigerian Singer Age, Wife, Languages He Speaks, And More

Burna Boy, Nigerian singer and Grammy winner, blends African sounds with modern genres.

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NotebookLM is getting a big upgrade — here’s what you can do with video overviews and smart sharing

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Which are the most studied languages in EU schools?

Spanish takes second place among pupils in general education, while German wins the silver medal in vocational schools.

Euronews

Planning to take a degree taught in English when it’s not your first language? Here are some tips for success

Every year, millions of students from all parts of the globe study for a degree through a language other than their first, usually English. In 2023, 25% of all higher education students in the UK were international students.

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Ancient DNA suggests ancestors of Estonians, Finns and Hungarians lived in Siberia 4,500 years ago

A study of genomes from ancient Siberian people shows genetic linkages with people living in Estonia, Finland and Hungary today.

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AI chatbots struggle to function beyond English: ‘They know a lot … but they miss the culture’

LLMs are like “a Fulbright scholar who is interested in Asia,” said Microsoft’s Kalika Bali. “It’s an outsider’s gaze into the culture of a country.”

Fortune

Fluenz Co-Founder Sonia Gil's Frustration-Fueled Journey to Reinvent Language Learning

Fluenz is a highly praised language-learning platform that reimagines how English speakers learn new languages.

International Business Times

Most People Can’t Pass This 29-Question Geography Challenge Without Googling

Who doesn’t love to show off their geography skills? This is part 2 of our Odd One Out Geography Trivia, designed for the true geography buffs: the ones who can spot a landlocked country without blinking, know which nations use the euro, and can tell the official languages of countries.…

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How Samsung Galaxy AI makes the S25 the ideal travel companion

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Cheaper AI like China’s DeepSeek are 'very welcome,' says Singapore's digital minister Josephine Teo

AI that’s been trained on English, and not one of Southeast Asia’s hundreds of different languages, “will perhaps not meet the requirements of Singapore."

Fortune

Microsoft to make Notre-Dame ‘digital twin’ and boost its European languages for its AI models

The project will also digitise historic opera sets and millions of artefacts with leading French cultural institutions.

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95-Year-Old Edmond Johnson Passed Away And May Have Been The Last Fluent Speaker Of A Language

Last fluent speaker of Caddo language, the indigenous language spoken by the Caddo Native American tribe from Oklahoma, has passed.

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‘Indigenous helpers’ are essential to culturally responsive mental health care

For nearly two decades, I worked as a therapist in a large psychiatric hospital in Toronto, supporting people living with severe mental health challenges. Many of those I encountered were navigating complex intersections of psychiatric diagnoses, chronic physical illness, poverty, and the breakdown of family and social support. Stories of…

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"We Don't Have Millions To Spend On 'Call Her Daddy' Ads, But We Do Have Ourselves": How Phoebe Gates And Sophia Kianni Built Phia Via A Podcast

Sophia Kianni and Phoebe Gates met as Stanford roommates who bonded over fashion, climate advocacy, and secondhand shopping. Kianni had already gone viral during the pandemic by founding Climate Cardinals, a nonprofit that translated climate resources into over 100 languages. Gates, daughter of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Melinda French…

International Business Times UK

Meet the £64,700 AI-Powered Robot Girlfriend Who Serves Coffee, Winks and Learns Your Secrets

A £64,700 AI-powered robot girlfriend, the Companion Robot X04-SYNC2, offers coffee service, four languages, and adaptive 'context-aware' chats via ChatGPT.

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It's not just you: Destiny 2 Edge of Fate changed Ikora's voice actor and others, Bungie affirms, but the studio is "actively re-recording lines for affected characters" with original VAs

Some languages have temporary casting, or silence in extreme cases

Fortune

The world’s best AI models operate in English. Other languages—even major ones like Cantonese—risk falling further behind

Today’s AI models struggle to operate in smaller languages like Cantonese and Vietnamese, which are still spoken by tens of millions of people.

TechRadar

How the Samsung Galaxy S25 can help you be more efficient at work

The Samsung Galaxy S25 can help you get more done in less time, and last all day doing it.

Euronews

Breaking the stigma of speaking an Indigenous language in Latin America

Euronews spoke to speakers of Indigenous languages in Latin America about their languages and how they struggle not to lose them.

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8 hidden Galaxy AI features that make buying the Samsung S25 SO worth it

The Samsung Galaxy S25 is packed with so many next-gen AI features that you may not be aware of them all.

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“Are You Smarter Than Your Friends?”: Prove It By Guessing At Least 18/23 Languages In This Geography Quiz

Languages may be your forte, but what happens when the questions get more specific? Can you still come up with the correct answer? This trivia will put that to the test. It’s not about how many languages you know, it’s about making connections between places, cultures, and linguistic twists.🤯 😵‍💫…

International Business Times

As Heatwaves Intensify, Morocco Ups Effort To Warn Residents

Lhoussaine Youabd knows nearly all the languages spoken in Morocco, a useful skill in his role warning the population of growing climate-related risks in the country braving increasingly common heatwaves.

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