Linguists can mix, match or even break the rules of real-world languages to create interesting imaginary ones.

The whaling industry was wildly profitable, and decimated whale populations around the world until it was banned in the 1980s ...

Balenciaga and its creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli are exalting the house's Basque roots with a new art series kicking ...

PCWorld reports that Spotify offers a hidden “Basic” tier launched in mid-2024 for $10.99/month, providing music-only streaming without audiobooks or lossless audio. This plan requires existing ...

I first visited Bilbao, Spain, in the 1980s, before the Guggenheim Museum was built and the city was featured in prominent TV and film, like James Bond. While my then-beau rehearsed with the Bilbao ...

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From exile epics to pop-rock portraits, Basque filmmakers showcase resilience and range with 13 World Premieres - led by Asier Altuna’s ‘Karmele,’ José Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi’s ‘Maspalomas' and ...

In “Karmele,” one of the Basque films at this year’s festival, the Basque language itself comes under threat. For centuries, rulers sought to stamp out cultural difference, Franco banning Basque from ...

Spain's top film fest is reaping the rewards of the Basque country's mammoth film and TV investment over the last 10 years: "For the first time in a long time, everyone in Basque cinema is working ...

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

Jaialdi returns to Boise July 29–Aug. 3 after a 10-year hiatus since 2015. Festival highlights include Basque sports, folk dance, cuisine and street music. Event celebrates Idaho’s Basque heritage and ...