One of Gen Z's favorite apps just had a very strong quarter

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Duolingo had an amazing second quarter.

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  • Duolingo has posted its fifth straight profitable quarter.
  • Its user growth in the past year could be attributed to its marketing tactics.
  • Duolingo stock is down over 24% year-to-date due to inconsistent performance.

Gen Z's favorite language-learning app is on a streak of its own.

Duolingo just posted its fifth straight profitable

Passenger sues American Airlines, claiming he broke his ankle while letting someone go to the bathroom

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An American Airlines Boeing 737-800.

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  • An American Airlines passenger says he broke his ankle after getting up to let someone use the bathroom.
  • He's suing the airline, saying it failed to warn passengers about turbulence.
  • The lawsuit comes as concerns rise over extreme turbulence.

A passenger is suing American Airlines after he said he broke his ankle while getting out of

Paris Olympics air taxi flights scrapped over certification delays

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Volocopter won’t be operating an air taxi service at the Paris Olympics after all, following a delay in the certification of its aircraft’s engine, AFP reports.   The setback deals a major blow to the German startup, which has been lobbying hard for several months to get its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles ready in time for the Games.   In July, French authorities cleared

Proton Pass now supports Touch ID and Windows Hello biometric logins

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Proton’s password manager is gradually catching up with rivals like 1Password. The company, known initially for its encrypted email and VPN services, added biometric authentication to its Proton Pass app, which came out of beta earlier this year. The feature works with Touch ID on macOS and Windows Hello on Microsoft’s desktop OS.

Like with many other services, biometric authentication lets Proton

America is missing a golden opportunity to boost the job market

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Red emergency box with a large dollar sign inside and the text 'Boost Job Market, Break Glass' on the front

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Picture this: You're walking down the grocery aisle in 2009. A carton of eggs costs about $1.60, and a pound of ground beef is $2.13. The typical home for sale across the street is about $214,000. Flash forward to today, and the prices for those same goods have shot up to $2.71, $5.47, and $412,000. Prices are up about 45% across the board. But the one thing that has

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Inside the Alaska Airlines blowout: staff describe loud bangs, 'whooshing air,' and other chaos

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Boeing has faced questions over the safety of its planes following the midair blowout of a door panel aboard an Alaska Airlines flight in January.

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  • Crew members and passengers have described the chaotic scenes during the Alaska Airlines blowout in new documents.
  • The captain described one crew member being thrown to the floor by the decompression.
  • Boeing is facing scrutiny over the safety of its

Disney+ will actually crack down on password sharing next month

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We knew it was coming, but Disney+ is actually, really going to start cracking down on users sharing passwords next month.

Disney's streaming service started rolling out its focused shutdown on password sharing in the U.S. in February, but the company specified in April it would really ramp this up in June in "just a few countries", then roll out to all paying subscribers in September. The company