Duolingo’s gamified music lessons are launching this fall

Duolingo’s gamified music lessons are launching this fall

Duolingo is launching its new music course sometime this fall. The educational tech company first announced that it was gearing up to add music lessons to its repertoire back in September, promising “hundreds of bite-sized lessons” that can teach you music with the help of over 200 tunes. Duolingo, of course, has turned music learning … Read more

California’s ‘right to repair’ bill is now California’s ‘right to repair’ law

California became just the third state in the nation to pass a “right to repair” consumer protection law on Tuesday, following Minnesota and New York, when Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 244. The California Right to Repair bill had originally been introduced in 2019. It passed, nearly unanimously, through the state legislature in September.  “This … Read more

The SEC is said to be investigating a Twitter security flaw from the pre-Musk era

The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly looking into how Twitter (now X) handled a security issue in 2018 that led to users’ personal information being exposed. The bug allowed people to view email addresses when passwords were reset, potentially exposing user identities, according to Bloomberg. The report notes that the SEC has been investigating … Read more

EU official warns Elon Musk about X’s handling of disinformation amid Israel-Hamas war

A top European Union official is warning Elon Musk about the spread of misinformation on X amid the Israel-Hamas war. EU Commissioner Thierry Breton sent Musk an “urgent” letter about the company’s handling of misinformation and its responsibilities under the Digital Services Act. The letter comes as researchers and fact checkers have warned about a … Read more

Rocket League will remove player-to-player item trades in December

Rocket League’s player-to-player trading is going away. Developer Psyonix announced Tuesday that peer transactions will be removed from the title on December 5 at 4PM PST. The beloved feature added a game-outside-the-game element as players sought trade partners, often using third-party websites to find suitable swaps. Psyonix says it will consider those sites “fraudulent” moving … Read more

1010music’s Tangerine is a charmingly orange and ridiculously tiny sampler

1010music’s colorful and portable Nanobox line just gave birth to a brand-new sampler, the Tangerine. This may be an ultra-portable device, but it boasts powerful sampling features, alongside a pleasingly bright orange colorway. The Tangerine can trigger one shots, play time-synced loops and record live loops, among other tasks. The maximum sample size is 4GB, … Read more

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