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Technical, cognitive, and intent debt (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-22 | by Martin Fowler | get Cognitive Biases in Tech → | tags: cognitive debt, technical debt, intent debt

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Duolingo CEO Says They've Stopped Tracking Employees' AI Use for Performance Reviews (slashdot.org)

2026-04-19 | by Posted | get Duolingo AI Ethics Badge → | tags: duolingo, ai use, luis von ahn

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Duolingo was evaluating its workers’ AI use. Workers pushed back. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-15 | get Duolingo Language Learning Kit → | tags: duolingo, luis von ahn, performance reviews

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Duolingo stops evaluating workers based on how much AI they use (techspot.com)

2026-04-15 | get Duolingo AI Usage Report → | tags: duolingo, von ahn, contract workers

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Duolingo’s CEO Sparked Backlash Over Performance Reviews — Now He’s Changing Them (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-14 | by Sherin Shibu | get Duolingo Language Learning App → | tags: duolingo, ai first, luis von ahn

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Apple's controversial Fitness VP Jay Blahnik is retiring (engadget.com)

2026-04-02 | get Apple Fitness Membership → | tags: apple, apple watch, fitness+

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Apple Fitness chief Jay Blahnik retiring in July after 13-year tenure (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-01 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple Fitness Subscription → | tags: apple, blahnik, fitness

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Baidu’s robotaxis froze in traffic, creating chaos (theverge.com)

2026-04-01 | by Robert Hart | get Autonomous Vehicle Dashcam → | tags: baidu, robotaxis, apollo go

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AhR inhibition promotes axon regeneration via a stress–growth switch (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-01 | by Halawani | get Neuro Regen Stress Switch → | tags: ahr, icahn school of medicine, jackson laboratory

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Duolingo’s Luis von Ahn Wants to Delete the Blockchain (wired.com)

2026-03-31 | by Katie Drummond | get Blockchain Technology Book → | tags: duolingo, luis von ahn, captcha

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Duolingo’s CEO Uses a Secret Test to Evaluate Job Candidates — Before They Even Step into the Interview (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-27 | by Sherin Shibu | get Duolingo Language Learning App → | tags: duolingo, luis von ahn, taxi evaluation

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‘Tangled’ Casts Its Villain, and It Was Agatha All Along (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-09 | get Agatha Christie → | tags: action, action rapunzel, gothel

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Dark patterns: Buying a Bahncard at Deutsche Bahn (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Meta Quest → | tags: bahn, bahncard, deutsche

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Dark Patterns: Buying a Bahncard at Deutsche Bahn (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Meta Quest → | tags: bahn, bahncard, deutsche

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4Chan-Obsessed ICE Shooter Was Gaming on Steam Right Up Until the End (futurism.com)

2025-10-31 | by Sharon Adarlo | get gaming keyboard → | tags: 4chan, games, ice

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Juicebox raises $30M from Sequoia to revolutionize hiring with LLM-powered search (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Marina Temkin | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: cahn, juicebox, sequoia

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Apple fitness exec accused of creating toxic workplace environment (engadget.com)

2025-10-31 | get Apple Watch SE → | tags: apple, blahnik, company

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Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Anthony Ha | get science reference book → | tags: ahn, company, duolingo

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The backlash against Duolingo going ‘AI-first’ didn’t even matter (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Amanda Silberling | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: ahn, ai, company