By 2042, whites living in the United States will no longer be a majority, according to updated projections from the U.S. Census Bureau that came out this morning. This means that the landmark shift in the country’s racial composition will take place about a decade sooner than indicated by previous predictions – this represents significant […]

On June 5 of this year we hosted colloquium on collaborative translation in Palo Alto where several of the Facebook language managers spoke about their approach to community translation. When casual observers comment about how getting the users to translate sounds like good business, they are alluding to the bit about it being wink-wink-nudge-nudge “free.” […]