“Raw data is extremely valuable for building these kinds of artificial intelligence systems,” Christo Wilson, a computer science professor at Northeastern University, tells the Monitor. “Facebook may want to preserve that.” The practice of optional encryption may deprive less tech-savvy users who don’t understand the benefits that come from enabling certain settings on the app, […]

In a recent experiment, teens did better than adults on a computer game that allowed them to learn from correct guesses. Two brain areas seem to work together to help teens succeed at this kind of learning and perhaps prepare for adulthood, Shohamy and her colleagues reported today in the journalNeuron. “If a developing brain […]

Scott McKinley, Dean and CEO of Northeastern University’s Seattle campus, says industry and education must stop “finger pointing and whining” and work together to solve these challenges. “There are people that are trying to chip away at this problem,” McKinley said, speaking at a panel on higher education in 2016 GeekWire Summit.

Faces of Northeastern is a man-on-the-street style series started by photography manager Matthew Modoono and senior writer Joe O’Connell within Northeastern’s external affairs office. Most people are familiar with the style, which harks back to Humans of New York, but by focusing on campus, the photos serve to bring the Northeastern community—students, staff and faculty—together […]

The vice presidential debate will be forgotten by the time Donald Trump launches his next tweetstorm. Tuesday night’s encounter between Tim Kaine and Mike Pence was, as Glenn Thrush puts it at Politico, “less a game-changer than a channel-changer.” To the extent that it matters, though, post-debate media commentary focused on two developments that over […]

“This is disgusting behavior on Deb Goldberg’s part,” said Richard Daynard, the president of Northeastern University’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, which opposes the Lottery in general as a regressive tax. “Anything that makes it easier for people to bet and lose their money is going to have a disproportionate, adverse effect on poorer people.” Goldberg […]

You don’t learn much from tax returns,” Donald J. Trump said last week in the first presidential debate. That line may become as famous a gaffe as Gerald Ford’s claiming in a 1976 debate that Eastern Europe wasn’t under Soviet domination. Mr. Trump’s 1995 tax return, portions of which were published over the weekend by […]

Mike Pence and Tim Kaine will face the difficult balancing act of defending two of the most unpopular and detested nominees in recent memory — while still preserving their own political future in the event of a loss in November — during the only vice presidential debate, tonight in Virginia. “Vice presidential debates are almost […]

“Those look like pretty solid numbers,” said Dan Kennedy, an associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University. The circulation statements filed by the Globe are required by the US Postal Service.  They are difficult to interpret because their terminology differs from other circulation measurements, so apples-to-apples comparisons are difficult. Last year’s circulation statements could not […]

The first Monday in October is opening day for the United States Supreme Court’s new term. Unlike years past, there are few high-profile cases on the Court’s calendar, such as same-sex marriage, abortion rights or affirmative action. The docket is relatively sparse: both in terms of the raw number of cases and their content. Why? […]

Peter Furth, an engineering professor with the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, said it’s likely that Uber will stake out a growing presence in suburban areas without much public transportation. “The thing that makes public transportation so that it doesn’t work well in less dense areas is the very high […]

Last fall, Northeastern startup Knightly turned heads when it announced its plans to create the ultimate safety device and network for college students. A year later, the venture has built its prototype – for both the hardware and software components – and its gearing up for two forthcoming pilots with the Husky community. Abbey Titcomb, […]