Article
Courts are increasingly turning to Urban Dictionary to clarify modern slang language
Sure, the Oxford English Dictionary tries to stay on top of current trends by adding new words every Continue reading…
The Verge
Language articles
-
-
Article
Google Translate for Android adds offline support covering 50 languages
Google just announced that it's bringing offline language support to its Google Translate app for Continue reading…
-
Article
Google's huge 'Wikilinks' corpus could help computers understand human language
Google has released an extremely large dataset which could help developers build software that Continue reading…
-
Article
Hiiiii! Why are you adding extra vowels to your words?
Hellooooo!!! Sure, you can get the meaning across without tossing in all those extra, repetitive Continue reading…
-
Article
How a comic strip *gulp* evolved into an online mode of communication
The New York Times' review of Microsoft's Surface Pro contained an unexpected irregularity — when Continue reading…
-
Article
Twitter's lolcats language tweak, let me show you it
If there were any doubt that the internet displays a persistent bias towards cats — and there Continue reading…
-
Article
French government replaces 'hashtag' Twitter term with 'mot-dièse'
The word "hashtag" is an essential piece of Twitter lexicon, but officials in France have decided to Continue reading…
-
Article
IBM removed the Urban Dictionary from Watson's memory after it got too sassy
Like a parent washing out their child's mouth with soap, IBM was forced to cleanse its supercomputer Continue reading…
-
Article
Sina Weibo adds English language option for its user interface
Chinese social network Sina Weibo has begun translating portions of its website to English. T Continue reading…
-
Article
Babbel curtails language learning costs using iPad subscriptions
Learning a new language can be an expensive endeavor, with assisted tools often adding up to Continue reading…
-
Teens are tired of Facebook 'drama,' escaping to Twitter and elsewhere, says Pew
-
Damon Lindelof opens up on 'Star Trek,' 'Star Wars,' and 'Tomorrowland'
-
Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac' digitally stitches actors' faces to naked body doubles
-
How a German physicist fooled Albert Einstein
-
Amazon planning giant greenhouse offices for its new Seattle campus
