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Is your car spying on you? Here’s how vehicles gather your data

“This is unfortunately not surprising that they have this data,” said David Choffnes, executive director of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute at Northeastern University in Boston.
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4 Trends Shaping The College Admissions Process For 2025

One of the most prominent examples of integrating academics with career preparation is Northeastern University’s co-op program. Started over 100 years ago, this approach allows students to alternate between semesters of academic study and full-time employment.
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Your Tea Bag Could Be Releasing Billions of Microplastics Into Your Body, New Study Suggests

Microplastics can also cause inflammation and endocrine disruption, according to Darin Detwiler, food safety expert, author of the book Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions, and a professor at Northeastern University.
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Could natural disasters cause insurance companies to go out of business?

Many of the insurance companies we have now were formed during “peace time,” which is when the consequences of climate change were not visible, said Daniel Aldrich, a political science and public policy professor at Northeastern University. 
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What will happen to TikTok on Apple and Google’s app store on Sunday?

Meanwhile, David Choffnes, executive director of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute at Northeastern University in Boston, said he believes there’s a “small chance” that nothing happens to TikTok, but acknowledged that would require “enormous risk on the on the part of the companies that support them.”
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Struggling With ADHD? Music Might Help You Focus.

Psyche Loui, an associate professor of music and head of the Music, Imaging, and Neural Dynamics (MIND) Laboratory at Northeastern University, collaborated with Brain.fm to explore how music impacts the brain—specifically how it affects our focus.
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What will happen to TikTok on Apple and Google’s app store on Sunday?

Meanwhile, David Choffnes, executive director of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute at Northeastern University in Boston, said he believes there’s a “small chance” that nothing happens to TikTok, but acknowledged that would require “enormous risk on the on the part of the companies that support them.”
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Massachusetts politicians, TikTok users react to Supreme Court’s decision to uphold TikTok ban

Northeastern University professor David Choffnes says data collection leading to targeting ads is mostly harmless. “People should be concerned in general when they’re using apps that collect all kinds of information about us,” Choffnes said.
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How to prepare for a TikTok ban, including how to save your content

Akin to the app, David Choffnes, executive director of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute at Northeastern University in Boston, says the TikTok website should continue to work even after the ban goes into effect.
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What will happen to TikTok on Apple and Google’s app store on Sunday?

Meanwhile, David Choffnes, executive director of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute at Northeastern University in Boston, said he believes there’s a “small chance” that nothing happens to TikTok, but acknowledged that would require “enormous risk on the on the part of the companies that support them.”
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How Walmart’s ‘Wirkin’ is helping redefine dupe culture

According to research from Northeastern University, 71% of Gen Zers and 67% of millennials “sometimes” or “always” buy dupes, and are transparent about the fact that those products are replicas.
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The Easiest (and Safest!) Way to Organize Your Fridge

A stuffed-to-the-gills refrigerator is a strained one, and overtaxed and over-crowded machines are more likely to fail, Darin Detwiler, PhD, a food safety expert and associate teaching professor at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies, tells SELF.