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Timekettle's WT2 real-time translation earpieces enable ordinary conversation across language barriers https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/27/timekettles-wt2-real-time-translation-earpieces-enable-ordinary-conversation-across-language-barriers/  

Isle of Man teams set for International Linguistics Olympiad http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/83614/isle-of-man-teams-set-for-international-linguistics-olympiad  

Keith Baird, Linguist Who Fought the Use of 'Negro,' Dies at 94 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/nyregion/keith-baird-dead-linguist.html

Facebook builds natural language processing into Messenger https://venturebeat.com/2017/07/27/facebook-builds-natural-language-processing-into-messenger/

U North Texas Lands Funding to Launch Human Intelligence and Language Technologies Lab https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/07/27/u-north-texas-lands-funding-to-launch-human-intelligence-and-language-technologies-lab.aspx

New Tlingit teachers weave language education into Kake's Culture Camp http://www.ktoo.org/2017/07/26/new-tlingit-teachers-weave-language-education-kakes-culture-camp/

The universal language of emotion: Humans can recognise the vocalizations of all land animals, study finds http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4732588/Humans-mammals-share-universal-language-arousal.html