Speaking up at work can spark innovation and positive change, but challenging the status quo often comes with risks to ...

There’s a common assumption that if someone starts learning a language when they are very young, they will quickly become fluent. Many people also assume that it will become much harder to learn a ...

Many of us, however, need a refresher in listening. This may be partly because of our schooling’s focus on speaking over listening, and our general cultural emphasis on performance and action over ...

Learn about the rise of “dry-chatting” and how AI is becoming a rehearsal partner for modern communication, especially before emotionally-challenging work situations.

7 surprisingly useful ways to use ChatGPT's voice mode, from a former skeptic ...

It's built around real native-speaker audio and everyday phrases, not just textbook drills, and gives beginners a surprisingly solid runway.

Think about the last time you told a story to a friend. You probably adjusted it halfway through. You saw their eyebrows lift. You noticed them lean in, or glance away. You clarified a detail. You ...

The Applied Ethics Center at UMass Boston receives funding from the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Nir Eisikovits serves as the data ethics advisor to MindGuard, a startup focused on ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

With Gemini for Home arriving, Google's home voice assistant options are better than ever. Here are my favorite commands.

Don’t start with moon shots. by Thomas H. Davenport and Rajeev Ronanki In 2013, the MD Anderson Cancer Center launched a “moon shot” project: diagnose and recommend treatment plans for certain forms ...

Meta is turning its smart glasses into a more capable everyday assistant, adding Conversation Focus for clearer speech in noisy spaces and new AI-powered Spotify tricks that respond to what you see.