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Learning just five basic phrases in the local language—from "hello" to "I don't understand"—transforms you from an awkward outsider into someone locals actually want to help, and it takes less than an ...

Creating studio-quality video often is expensive, time-consuming, and limited to one language or market. Jeff Lu founded AI startup AKOOL because he wanted to eliminate such bottlenecks and make ...

Theo Bleckmann has spent decades living in the space between: between categories, between careers, between composition and improvisation, even between apartments. Born in rural Germany, he trained as ...

The Games section is one of the highlights of reading The New York Times, and Wordle has been one of the crowning successes for the team since acquiring it in 2022. Now, fans of the popular word game ...

The world of Wordle is expanding: The New York Times Games is launching a “Create Your Wordle Puzzle” feature that will allow users to go beyond just playing the popular word game, and instead develop ...

Crate Digging is a recurring feature in which an artist presents several albums within a theme that all music fans should know about. In this edition, Brooklyn synth-pop trio Nation of Language ...

YouTube is officially rolling out its multi-language audio feature for creators. This feature will allow viewers to watch videos dubbed in their native language. The rollout will happen over the ...