Forbes Elon Musk’s Support Of Trump Has Seriously Damaged The Tesla Brand Among Core Customers It’s a surprise that Musk is willing to alienate the ideal Tesla owner, since Democrats tend to be more environmentally conscious and to significantly outpace Republicans in their purchase of electric vehicles,” shared Northeastern University’s Costas Panagopoulos, coauthor of the “Tesla Takedown” study.
Signalgate: Trump’s band of bros could use a refresher course on the Constitution Jill Abramson, a former executive editor of The New York Times, teaches journalism at Northeastern University and is a contributing Globe Opinion writer.
Efforts to Weed Out Fake Users for Online Advertisers Fall Short “It’s like, can you tell the difference between a person and a person-shaped sock puppet that is holding up a sign saying, ‘I am a sock puppet’?” said Laura Edelson, a computer science professor at Northeastern University and former Justice Department technologist who reviewed the Adalytics report at the Journal’s request.
Deutsche Welle Myanmar-Thailand earthquake: Making buildings more resilient Concrete reinforced with steel in buildings can offer better resilience in contrast to traditional construction materials like sand and gravel, according to Mehrdad Sasani, a civil and environmental engineering professor at Northeastern University in the United States.
Who is a patriot these days? As US celebrates 250th anniversary of Revolution, debate rages. Marty Blatt, emeritus professor of public history at Northeastern University, said building consensus around patriotism is complicated because “too many Americans buy into the notion that patriotism means always agreeing with the US government.”
‘More of a Band-Aid’: US cities canceling ShotSpotter due to cost, efficacy questions Eric Piza, Ph.D., a professor of criminology and criminal justice, director of crime analysis initiatives, and co-director of the Crime Prevention lab at Northeastern University in Boston, was part of a team that conducted extensive studies on ShotSpotter in Kansas City, Missouri, and Chicago using 15 years’ worth of crime data.
Nature.com New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden The molecule was found in soil samples collected from a laboratory technician’s garden. The discovery shows that “there is terrifically interesting stuff hiding in plain sight”, says Kim Lewis, a microbiologist at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, who was not involved in the research. “Kudos to them that they knew what to look for.”
Gun control group wants to show you how and where guns are being used But there have been efforts to create resources like EveryShot before, including the Gun Violence Archive and AmericanViolence.org. A collaboration between USA TODAY, Northeastern University and The Associated Press has also been tracking all mass killings in the United States over the past decade.
Boston.com AI-assisted reporting in Boston-area newsrooms raises questions about role of new technology in building a community “I would like to know more specifically about the process,” said Dan Kennedy, a professor in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University. “What exactly is she doing, and what exactly is AI doing? It doesn’t seem like they are telling us that.”
Trump declared war on fentanyl traffickers. Is it what parents of overdose victims want? “The parent paradigm of pushing for tougher sentencing and tougher approaches in many ways reflects this theater that prosecutors and lawmakers are engaged in,” said Leo Beletsky, a drug policy researcher at Northeastern University and UC San Diego.
What 23andMe’s bankruptcy means for your DNA data “At a fundamental biological level, this is you and only you,” said David Choffnes, a computer science professor at Northeastern University and executive director of its Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute.
WYPR Baltimore Many bridges across the U.S. face the same risks as Maryland’s Key Bridge Stephen Flynn, a critical infrastructure analyst for Northeastern University’s Global Resilience Institute, says there are a handful of options to protect bridges for a fraction of the price of a disaster like the Key Bridge.