Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. Despite reports that we're hitting peak podcast, the sector is ...

I’ve always wanted to be fluent in multiple languages, but at 27 years old with just English under my belt, I think I’m falling behind on my polyglot dream. It’s partly my fault — I studied French in ...

Duolingo says no two conversations will be exactly the same, even when you rehearse a situation more than once (Picture: Duolingo) Duolingo is the latest company to jump on the AI bandwagon by ...

Many often count learning a new language among their New Year's resolutions, and given how we live in the digital age, many require an app for such a task. Enter Duolingo. The platform is one of the ...

Chatbots are all the rage this year as companies in sectors ranging from media to e-commerce jump on the bandwagon and develop AI-powered messaging bots. Language education platform Duolingo, however, ...

Duolingo has been wildly successful. It has pulled in 500 million total registered learners, 40 million active users, 1.5 million premium subscribers and $190 million in booked revenues in 2020. It ...

Unlike private or group classes which are effective but expensive, language learning apps are affordable and can be used at my own leisure. I’ve tried them here and there in the past, but this time ...

Six months ago, language learning service Duolingo introduced new mini-morsels of content called Stories. They walked users through short tales that would ideally be more organic than scripted ...

Luis von Ahn is a genius according to the MacArthur Foundation, but he feels pretty dumb when he tries to speak Portuguese. “I can read anything, and I can write almost perfectly, but I will not open ...

After months spent away from the language-learning app Duolingo, my level-five French skills were in decline. The "food" category was particularly threatened, coded red (for danger) with just one ...