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Are Alexa, Siri, and Cortana recording your private conversations?

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Are Alexa, Siri, and Cortana recording your private conversations?

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Delivery workers step up during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Delivery workers step up during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday kick off the 2019 holiday shopping season. Here’s a look by the numbers.

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday kick off the 2019 holiday shopping season. Here’s a look by the numbers.

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How to find out if products were made in blacklisted factories—and help companies take responsibility for supply chains

How to find out if products were made in blacklisted factories—and help companies take responsibility for supply chains

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Northeastern University research finds smart TVs, other Internet-connected devices are exposing private user data
The smart devices in your home are listening to you, recording your whereabouts, and sending data to technology companies and other third-parties, according to a new study by David Choffnes, an associate professor at Northeastern. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

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Northeastern University research finds smart TVs, other Internet-connected devices are exposing private user data

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The Amazon rainforest has been burning for weeks. Here’s why that matters.
Neri dos Santos Silva watches an encroaching fire threat after digging trenches to keep the flames from spreading to the farm he works on, in the Nova Santa Helena municipality, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Under increasing international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro recently authorized use of the military to battle the massive blazes. AP Photo/Leo Correa

The Amazon rainforest has been burning for weeks. Here’s why that matters.

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Why Amazon has transformed the operation of family-run business New England Label
“I never knew I was gonna end up in a label business,” says Ryan Dunlevy, a Northeastern graduate who started working for his family’s custom label company following a brief stint in the technology field. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

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Why Amazon has transformed the operation of family-run business New England Label

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Walk-in clinics are growing in popularity, but are they the same level of care as a doctor’s visit? New research from Northeastern University shows that we don’t really know.

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Walk-in clinics are growing in popularity, but are they the same level of care as a doctor’s visit? New research from Northeastern University shows that we don’t really know.

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Amazon is retraining 100,000 employees. What about the rest of the US workforce?

Amazon is retraining 100,000 employees. What about the rest of the US workforce?

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New application for Amazon Alexa provides personalized information for Northeastern University students

New application for Amazon Alexa provides personalized information for Northeastern University students

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Northeastern professor who makes tech company algorithms transparent recognized

Northeastern professor who makes tech company algorithms transparent recognized

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Monopolies are shrinking the competition in the American economy, Northeastern professor tells U.S. senators

Monopolies are shrinking the competition in the American economy, Northeastern professor tells U.S. senators

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