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BRITs host Jack Whitehall is censored by ITV for making joke about Peter Mandelson and the Epstein Files in front of red-faced Labour politicians
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Love Island's Molly Marsh says she's the 'happiest she's ever been and in a really good place' as her ex Zachariah Noble prepares to welcome his first child
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Ex-IDF intelligence chief warns Iran conflict will last 'as long as it takes' as he reveals who could join escalating hostilities
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Lily Allen SNUBBED at the BRIT Awards in all three categories as she's a surprise no-show at the ceremony
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Pupil found dead at Eton College in 'unexplained but non-suspicious' incident
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ITV is criticised by furious viewers for 'ruining' the 'boring' BRITs with constant censorship and muting of jokes as fans fume 'what happened to rock and roll?'
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Robbie Williams cosies up to wife Ayda Field on the BRIT Awards red carpet ahead of his tribute performance to Ozzy Osbourne to close the ceremony
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Wet Leg's Rhian Teasdale arrives at the BRIT Awards with bloodied knees as she makes a bizarre red carpet appearance
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New Labour peer is suspended after it emerged he quit college role over 'inappropriate' sexual liaisons during work hours
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Surging oil prices on the back of Iran strikes threaten to pile more pressure on household budgets
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Donald Trump surprised Mar-a-Lago guests as advisors quietly gathered for top secret attacks in Iran
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Leeds fans BOO as Man City clash is briefly halted to allow Pep Guardiola's Muslim stars to break their Ramadan fast
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Alex Jones is Strictly Come Dancing chief's top pick for next host... but is she the latest star put off by its gruelling hours? KATIE HIND
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Duolingo Grows, But Users Disliked Increased Ads and Subscription Pushes. Stock Plummets Again
Friday was "a horrible day" for investors in Duolingo, reports Fast Company. But Friday's one-day 14% drop is just part of a longer story.
Since last May, Duolingo's stock has dropped 81%. Yes, the company faced a social media backlash that month after its CEO promised they'd become an "AI-first" company (favoring AI over human contractors). And yes, Duolingo did double its language offerings using generative AI. But more importantly, that summer OpenAI showed how easy it was to just roll your own language-learning tool from a short prompt in a GPT-5 demo, while Google built an AI-powered language-learning tool into its Translate app.
And yet, Friday Duolingo's shares dropped another 14%, after announcing good fourth quarter results but an unpopular direction for its future. Fast Company reports:
On the surface, many of the company's most critical metrics saw decent gains for the quarter, including:
— Daily Active Users: 52.7 million (up 30% year-over-year)
— Paid Subscribers: 12.2 million (up 28% year-over-year)
— Revenue: $282.9 million (up 35% year-over-year)
— Total bookings: $336.8 million (up 24% year-over-year)
The company also reported its full-year 2025 financials, revealing that for the first time in its history, it crossed the $1 billion revenue mark for a fiscal year.
But the Motley Fool explains that Duolingo's higher ad loads and repeated pushes for subscription plans "generated revenues in the short term, but made the Duolingo platform less engaging. Ergo, user growth decelerated while revenues rose." Thursday Duolingo announced a big change to address that, including moving more features into lower-priced tiers. Barron's reports:
D.A. Davidson analyst Wyatt Swanson, who rates Duolingo stock at Neutral, posited that the push to monetize "led to disgruntled users and a meaningful negative impact to 'word-of-mouth' marketing." Duolingo has guided for bookings growth between 10% and 12% in 2026, compared with the 20% rate the company would have expected to see "if we operated like we have in past years...."
If stock reaction is any indication, investors are concerned about Duolingo's new focus.
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Mysterious UFO hotspots uncovered around underwater canyons off US coasts
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