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Encyclopaedia Britanica ends print, goes digital
b>NEW YORK/b>: In yet another sign of the growing dominance of the digital publishing market, the oldest English-language encyclopaedia still in print is moving solely into the digital age.
Microsoft bot expertly translates news from Chinese to English
Team of researchers at Microsoft claim a milestone in artificial intelligence with human quality Chinese to English translation of news articles
How AI tech is changing dubbing, making stars like David Beckham multilingual
David Beckham does not speak Arabic, Hindi or Mandarin. But when the soccer legend starred in a PSA for malaria awareness this spring, he effortlessly switched among these and six other languages, thanks to cutting-edge technology that could soon change how Hollywood localizes its movies and TV shows.
Paranoia, racism: German killer drew on conspiracy tropes
He mixed extreme paranoia about secret state surveillance with far-right conspiracy tropes, misogyny and racist vitriol.
Online English classes revive ties severed by war in Syria
Through crackling Internet lines and jumpy connections, a group of Syrian students recently reunited after nearly two years, recreating their English language classes and their small community online from pockets of opposition-held areas.
Silicon Valley-style coding boot camp seeks to reset Japan Inc
Barely six months after inaugurating a tiny software-coding boot camp in a basement in Tokyo, Silicon Valley transplant Kani Munidasa stood before some of Japan's top business leaders in February with a warning: software was threatening their future.
On YouTube’s biggest channels, videos with keywords like “Fortnite”, “ASMR” and “Insane” get higher views
How do you get a YouTube video to pop? Certain video title keywords are associated with much higher view counts, according to a new study of the platform’s biggest channels by Pew Research Centre.
How China is spending big to push its official message through Facebook and Twitter
Beijing’s propaganda drive is facing increased scrutiny after recent crackdown by social media giants. Accounts show that China’s Internet regulator agreed a contract worth almost US$1mil with People’s Daily while hundreds of state media ads are running on Facebook.
US officials: Russia behind spread of virus disinformation
Russian intelligence services are using a trio of English-language websites to spread disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis that America is struggling to contain ahead of the presidential election in November, US officials said on July 29.
Dictionary.com: Noun. Oakland company, master of trolling Trump et al.
In the age of social media and a tweet-happy president, online dictionaries aren't just sitting back and waiting for people to look up words.
