Language
Changing the rules of the game again: Gemini and Google Translate join forces
Google’s new Gemini-powered tech enables real-time conversation translation directly in headphones, preserving tone and emphasis. Now rolling out to iPhone after launching on Android.
Jerusalang: Using language to connect people in Jerusalem
ALEPH festival to celebrate Hebrew, from ancient roots to modern expressions
What learning a new language can teach you about yourself
Artificial intelligence can predict events in people’s lives and even their deaths
A Danish study analyzed registry data on residence, education, income, health, and working conditions to make predictions with high accuracy,
Can artificial intelligence predict what's going to happen in your life?
Protecting sensitive data, preserving privacy, and addressing biases in the data are challenges that must be tackled before models like this can be deployed.
My Word: A time, a place, and a word for it
I don’t seem to have lived my year on the same page as the Oxford wordsmiths, and perhaps we live in a parallel universe.
Boost your vocabulary throughout your life – not just in school – to become a better reader
Vocabulary is something you have to work on your whole life, stressed Sigmundsson. “We have to work on our vocabulary from birth, throughout our school years, and really our whole lives.”
The history of war idioms and expressions
Let’s take a look at some idioms related to battle and see what they mean and how they originated.
'Dee Inglish Revolooshon': Changing the spelling of the English language - review
A new book describes a revolution in the English language, changing it for sound-based spelling.
Oxford University Press announces Word of the Year 2023
This year's winner means to have "style, charm, or attractiveness; the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner.”
Reading nursery rhymes and singing to babies can help them learn language
Babies don’t begin to process phonetic information reliably until seven months old – too late to form the foundation of language.
The unexpected benefits of being bilingual - study
Florida research studied between those who speak two languages and those who speak one and found that the bilingual brain may be better at ignoring irrelevant info
Israeli school teaches English through hands-on art
Experimenting with new things was the approach chosen by Oshrit Mor, coordinator of AMIT Hammer’s English program and its Mofet program for gifted students.
