Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. The signature Duolingo owl known as Duo has gotten a makeover, ...

Duolingo’s mascot, Duo the owl, is dead. Okay, Duo isn’t really dead (we think), but the language learning app committed so hard to this bit that its CEO, Luis von Ahn, read a eulogy for this beloved ...

Corporate mascots may just have one of the most precarious jobs in marketing. The latest casualty: the Duolingo owl, a sassy multilingual bird who met his tragic fate after a car accident. On Tuesday, ...

One of the world's most famous cartoon owls got its heavenly wings this week after language-learning platform Duolingo announced the death of its beloved avian mascot. "Authorities are currently ...

Enshittification is an inescapable fact of life. Apps and services that were once good fall foul of the constant need to ...

When Duolingo launched in 2012, the language-learning app became the poster child of gamification. The app is shameless and magnificent in its efforts to get users hooked on lessons with streaks, ...