My husband's native language is rarely spoken outside his country. I learned it to connect with his family and culture.

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The author poses by a river in Belgium.
The author met a Belgian man on a dating app. Eventually, she learned how to speak Dutch so she could connect with his family and culture.

Courtesy of Renate Flanagen.

I moved to Spain without even knowing basic Spanish. It's been a challenging year, but I hope to stick around.

Tech Insider : Business
View of plaza with water around it from balcony
I fell in love with Spain and decided to move there without even knowing its local language.

Leslie Keener

'Jestermaxxing' is taking over the internet — and someone's making money

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an old illustration of a jester
Jestermaxxing is the hot new internet trend.

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14 slang words Gen Zers are using in 2025 — and what they mean

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Two teenagers look at a phone on a bus.
Two teenagers look at a phone on a bus.

Maskot/Getty Images/Maskot

What’s the Newest Language?

Gizmodo

Researchers in Antarctica developed a strange accent after being isolated for 6 months

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A research station is being visited by a dozen or so people in yellow jackets.
A stock image shows a base in Antartica. This base Argentina's Almirante Brown, in Paradise Harbour, and is unrelated to the story.

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Forget Sam Altman. America's greatest AI visionary is... an English professor in Illinois

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Ted Underwood
Our greatest AI visionary isn't Sam Altman or Bill Gates. It's Ted Underwood, an English professor at the University of Illinois.

L Brian Stauffer/University of Illinois; iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

How can you tell if someone isn’t really into doing you a favor?

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Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down
Every two minutes or so, all over the world, someone asks someone else for a small favor. and all over the world, almost everyone says yes. All the time.

Arif Qazi / Insider

How humans behave during natural disasters

You can earn up to $25 an hour training AI to write better in other languages

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Scale AI job listing for AI Training for Spanish Writers
Scale AI is looking for writers to train AI models to become better writers.

Greenhouse

An Air Canada passenger says he was left furious after being served in business class by a flight attendant who didn't speak French

Tech Insider : Travel
Air Canada plane
The passenger was flying on Air Canada from Quebec City to Florida.

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