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Personalized text-to-speech voices help people with speech disabilities maintain identity and social connection

by Emily Arntsen
University News

Northeastern honors its student-veterans, longstanding commitment to servicemembers, in Veterans Day ceremony

by Molly Callahan

A US Army veteran who dabbled in technology in Afghanistan dives into computer science through Northeastern Align program

by Roberto Molar Candanosa
University News

Storytelling takes center stage at the 2019 Women Who Empower summit

by Molly Callahan
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Twitter has banned political ads. Is Facebook next?

by Khalida Sarwari

Advertisers might not know it, but Facebook’s ad delivery service still discriminates by race and gender

by Molly Callahan
Science & Technology

Industry 4.0 is upon us but the manufacturing workforce is struggling to keep up. Here’s the solution.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa
The smart devices in your home are listening to you, recording your whereabouts, and sending data to technology companies and other third-parties, according to a new study by David Choffnes, an associate professor at Northeastern. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
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Northeastern University research finds smart TVs, other Internet-connected devices are exposing private user data

by Khalida Sarwari
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US Government to launch program to protect voter registration databases against ransomware attacks

by Khalida Sarwari
By asking short, digitally delivered questions, associate professor Stephen Intille hopes to get a more complete picture of people’s health—and ultimately make fitness trackers work better for people. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University
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Northeastern University professor combines computer science with health and measurement with self-reporting to improve accuracy of fitness tracking

by Aria Bracci
A new study by David Choffnes, an associate professor of computer and information science at Northeastern, found that almost all wireless carriers pervasively slow down internet speed for video streaming, even when networks are not overloaded. Stock photo of ethernet cables by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
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Northeastern University researcher finds that wireless networks are throttling video streaming 24/7

by Khalida Sarwari
Science & Technology

This wearable device can predict aggressive outbursts in people with autism a minute in advance

by Emily Arntsen