2025-01-16

'TikTok Refugees' are learning Mandarin Chinese on Duolingo for RedNote

In a few days, TikTok could be banned in the US, rendering the app unusable and removing it from app stores. Instead of making do with Instagram Reels, people looked for a closer alternative and found [...]

2025-02-19

Stephen Colbert mourns Duolingo owl Duo, knows what you did

Duolingo killed its own mascot owl, Duo, in a major marketing move. On "The Late Show," Stephen Colbert ponders whodunnit. [...]

2025-04-22

Duolingo will soon start offering chess lessons

Duolingo will soon add chess to its list of non-language courses, alongside music and math. The company has revealed that it will add chess lessons to its app, which will initially be available in bet [...]

2025-04-29

Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI

Duolingo is now going to be "AI-first," the company has announced — aka it will drop employees in favor of using AI. In a publicly shared email, CEO Luis von Ahn outlined how Duolingo will [...]

2025-04-29

Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI for content creation

Duolingo is now going to be "AI-first," the company has announced — aka it will drop employees in favor of using AI. In a publicly shared email, CEO Luis von Ahn outlined how Duolingo will [...]

2025-02-24

Duolingo Resurrects Its Mascot, Duo the Owl, After Murder By Tesla Cybertruck

"Y'all really think I'd let a Cybertruck take me out?" the scrappy owl noted on social media. [...]

2025-02-14

Duolingo Is Selling a Coffin for Dead Mascot Duo the Owl

This is one of the weirder promotions done by an app in recent months. The company even made a video showing Duo being killed by a Cybertruck. [...]

2025-02-12

Rest in Peace Duo, the Duolingo Owl, Cruelly Murdered by Its Marketing Team

Even on-again-off-again romantic partner Dua Lipa responded to the manufactured death of Duo. [...]

2025-02-12

Rest in Peace Duo, the Duolingo Owl, Cruelly Murdered by ... a Tesla Cybertruck?

Even on-again-off-again romantic partner Dua Lipa responded to the manufactured death of Duo. [...]