T-Mobile is once again taking flak over its Binge On offering. Researchers at Northeastern University said recently that the zero-rated video service not only appears to violate net neutrality rules, it also sometimes delivers video of lesser quality than T-Mobile claims. And Binge On sometimes charges users for watching content from providers who are part […]

Their new study, published in PLoS ONE, estimates that damage from pollutants connected to healthcare leads to an annual loss of 405,000 to 470,000 years of healthy life, or so-called disability-adjusted life years. The loss equates to roughly the same number of Americans as die every year from preventable medical errors: 44,000 to 98,000, the […]

“The earth has warmed and we did it” — this is the headline of a large print ad that appeared earlier this week in the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal. The sponsor of that ad, The Partnership for Responsible Growth, is hoping to get a message through to readers of the Wall Street […]

“We’re losing some of the granularity between car and driver that we’ve had in other contexts,” said Andrea Matwyshn, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University. What if “bad drivers” get tracked using the app’s notifications? Do you have the right to know where any given driver might be at any time, […]

Accountant CFOs in high-growth industries were associated with 7.4% lower investment expenditure and a 14.6% lower likelihood of engaging in external financing. “Lower investment in risky projects and limited exposure to capital markets are both consistent with greater risk aversion on the part of accountant CFOs,” wrote the authors, Rani Hoitash of Bentley University and […]

Physical therapy is probably best known for its 45-minute sessions of pain – or discomfort, for the tough people out there. However, PT experiences could quickly change for patients and therapists alike because of this little thing called virtual reality. Danielle Levac- who has a Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science and is an assistant professor at […]

It has become semi-automatic that any large-scale mass shooting will spark furious discussion concerning the role of guns and regulations governing their sale and ownership. The higher the body count, the more heated the debate between those demanding more gun restrictions and those wanting more gun rights. With over four dozen killed and even more […]

It was way past my bedtime. Sunday night, hours after we’d all learned of the horrific shootings in Orlando, I should’ve been asleep, but I was in bed thumbing away at my phone, having half-impulsively charged into that graveyard of discourse otherwise known as the Facebook comment thread.

Later this year, dozens of college teams from around the world will travel to Hawthorne, California to compete in a high-stakes contest to prove Elon Musk’s vision of super-fast, super-sustainable, tube-based transportation known as the Hyperloop.

With few formal studies on the role of the media, experts can only offer observations. Jack Levin, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston who has tracked mass killings, said that beginning with Columbine there was a rash of school shootings that generated widespread media coverage. The killings stopped abruptly after the terror attacks of […]

Dworken, who graduated on Monday from Maret high school in Washington, D.C., said he reported six vulnerabilities, but received no reward because they had already been reported. However, Dworken said he had already been approached by recruiters about potential internships. He said some of the bugs he found would have allowed others to display whatever […]

Three ventures with ties to Northeastern University have food and beverages on the brain. Gianmarco Di Pino and Nikhilesh More were hunting for authentic and affordable food from Italy and India, their respective home countries, which led them to a business idea. MyOnCampus Chef connects students who don’t have kitchens with those who do and […]