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Best language deal: Get Rosetta Stone for just $160

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Save on a lifetime subscription to Rosetta Stone at the Mashable Shop and learn up to 25 languages.
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TL;DR: Through Nov. 9, get lifetime access to all 25 of Rosetta Stone’s languages for just $159.97 when you use the code ROSETTA — that’s a savings of 60%.

There’s a lot to be said about learning a new language, including enhancing travel experiences and broadening your perspective. And if you or someone on your shopping list would like to jump on the language-learning train, this is a pretty good time to do so. Ahead of Black Friday, a lifetime subscription to all 25 of Rosetta Stone’s languages costs $159.97 through November 9.

Learning a new language has been known to potentially improve neuroplasticity, expanding “your ability to handle new situations and be creative with your solutions.” And Rosetta Stone has been helping millions of people learn a new language and become confident in it for nearly 30 years. 

Pick any of Rosetta’s 25 languages, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, and more, and learn to write, speak, and understand your language of choice using its immersive training method. Rosetta Stone was created to mirror the way we learned our native language as babies, starting with matching words to images and then moving forward to more advanced interactive lessons. 

Utilize easy-to-schedule 10- to 15-minute lessons on topics that will make a difference in real-world settings. For example, family, ordering food, shopping, and business. Then, keep moving up to more complex conversation topics like current events in pop culture. Rosetta also uses speech-recognition technology to help ensure you’re saying things correctly, which will help build fluency and confidence. 

Don’t miss out on the chance to become a global citizen with this limited-time Rosetta Stone lifetime subscription.

Check out a lifetime subscription to all 25 Rosetta Stone languages for just $159.97 (reg. $399) when you use the code ROSETTA before November 9 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

Prices subject to change.


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Rosetta Stone: Lifetime Subscription (all languages)

$159.97 at the Mashable Shop with code ROSETTA

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WeWork has filed for bankruptcy

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WeWork has announced it’s filing for bankruptcy in both the US and Canada, but expects to continue business as usual.
Two employees in the financial industry push their office chairs and some belongings into new a workplace at WeWork in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 24th March 2022, London, England.

WeWork’s woes seem to have finally caught up with it. The coworking space company, once valued at $47 billion, announced on Monday that it’s filing for bankruptcy in both the US and Canada, but stressed that it still expects to continue business as usual.

“WeWork made the proactive decision to commence a strategic reorganization process to best position the company for future success,” CEO David Tolley said in an email to customers. Tolley was appointed to the position in October after serving as interim CEO since May.

“For WeWork, we expect this process to best position our company for stronger operational and financial success, and best enable us to continue to deliver world-class services to our members.”

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According to WeWork, there will be little difference in the service offered to its users. It will continue to keep coworking spaces in the US and Canada open, staffed, and maintained. Current membership agreements and fees will remain the same as well.

However, WeWork did acknowledge that it is renegotiating its leases, and will be closing some of its less profitable locations. The company stated that it is petitioning the courts for permission to break some of its leases, and hopes it will be approved within the next few weeks.

“As we enter into Chapter 11, we expect to continue exiting unfit and underperforming locations that we believe do not support the best possible member experience that WeWork can provide,” said WeWork.

The company will provide moving services and support for anyone whose location closes, helping them to find an alternate WeWork space. This will likely be more useful to businesses based out of specific WeWorks rather than anyone who only occasionally books desks as needed.

WeWork’s operations outside the US and Canada won’t be impacted by its filing, with the company noting that it “has no plans to initiate restructuring measures in [other regions] at this time.”

This bankruptcy announcement doesn’t come as a complete surprise. WeWork previously announced in August that it had “substantial doubt” that it could continue to stay in business, reporting a $397 million net loss which sent its stock plunging by 20 percent. Now it seems WeWork is taking drastic action in an attempt to course correct.