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Adam Hosein, an associate professor of philosophy at Northeastern University who studies the ethics of border policy, said that migrants who had crossed deserts and jungles to flee depravation were acting under “extreme duress” by the time they reached the doorstep of the United States.
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Worried about AI hijacking your voice for a deepfake? This tool could help

Roughly half of the respondents in two newly-released AI surveys — from Northeastern University and Voicebot.ai and Pindrop — said they couldn’t distinguish between synthetic and human-generated content.
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The Biggest Thanksgiving Turkey Mistakes, According To Food Safety Experts

“You should never, ever thaw the turkey or other foods on the counter. Thaw your turkey in the refrigerator,” said Darin Detwiler, a professor of food policy and corporate social responsibility at Northeastern University and author of ”Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions.”
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Your smart assistant is listening, but does that impact the ads you see?

Consumer Reports and researchers at Boston’s Northeastern University created fake persons to interact with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple’s Siri. This is data we all need to pay attention to.
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Supreme Court says it will formally adopt a code of ethics for the first time

 Dan Urman with Northeastern University School of Law joined LiveNOW from FOX’s Josh Breslow to discuss the question many have asked – could Justice Thomas be impeached as a result?

New research uncovers a pseudonym potentially used by author Louisa May Alcott

Radio Boston learns more about new research that links author Louisa May Alcott with more than a dozen titles written under a previously undiscovered pseudonym.
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I’m an ex-FDA food safety expert and here are the 10 things I would NEVER do in the kitchen

Leaving food out of the fridge for more than two hours can lead to a risky temperature drop, Dr Darin Detwiler, a food safety expert at Northeastern University in Boston and former FDA and USDA food safety advisor, told DailyMail.com. 
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Students should learn about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the classroom — not on TikTok

At Northeastern University, Hillel officials confirmed that an Instagram post by an individual who has not been publicly identified included Jewish students’ names, Instagram handles, and public biographies and called for them to be shamed on campus.
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Exposure of brothels that catered to the elite spotlights how legal system treats buyers and sellers in sex trade

While there is debate about whether arresting buyers cuts down on the exploitative sex trade, “not arresting them at all completely sanctions their behavior,” said Amy Farrell, the director of Northeastern University’s School of Criminology & Criminal Justice. “It’s not fair to arrest sellers but not buyers.”

For Diwali, Boston-brewed Rupee is putting the ‘India’ back in India Pale Ale

After college at Northeastern University, and time in London, Sharma returned home to help out during the pandemic.
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Israel hopes technology will help it fight in Hamas’s tunnels

Like its maritime counterpart, this involves sending out sound waves (often by hammering on a metal plate) and listening for echoes. Pinging the underworld in this way, says Carey Rappaport, a computer scientist at Northeastern University in Massachusetts, can reveal tunnels 100 metres down.
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Northeastern researcher believes he found 20 new works by Louisa May Alcott

Max Chapnick, lead researcher at Northeastern University, believes he has found 20 new works by Louisa May Alcott.