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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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The MBTA Go app. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority released a new app to track the T on Nov. 20. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

MBTA launches first-party transit app to enhance rider experience

By Samantha Genzer, Managing Co-Editor December 2, 2024
MBTA Go, a first-party mobile transportation app, was released by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on Nov. 20, offering real-time transit updates and accessibility features designed to improve commuting.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Screen Time is a vice in a tech-obsessed society | Virtues and Vices

By Anna Welsh February 28, 2024
I open my settings app to Screen Time. four hours and two minutes, it reads. Yet as I count the individual app usage — one hour and 12 minutes on Messages, 36 minutes on Instagram, 27 minutes on Safari, 10 minutes on Gmail — I see that something does not add up … literally.
Annika Morris | Graphic Artist

You are not as disconnected from the dance world as you may think | The Perfectly Imperfect Human Condition

By Lillian Chapman October 15, 2023
Apple's pointe shoe emoji's lack of diversity stems from ballet's long history of racism
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

A big ‘thumbs down’ to ‘liking’ messages | Bubble Burst

By Lydia Evans September 15, 2023
Apple's Tapback feature has added a new convenience to texting that further promotes a lazy and detached method of communication.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

Settling the debate — Apple Music or Spotify?

By Aaron Halford March 3, 2023
What is the difference between Apple Music and Spotify?
Lila Baltaxe | Graphic Artist

Should I buy headphones or earbuds? — Price and practicality

By Isabella Lapriore March 3, 2023
With the market of headphones and earbuds constantly growing, the options seem endless. Each new launch seems to have more impressive features than the last.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

Maybe tech monopolies can be good? | Money Matters

By Jaeyoung Choi November 1, 2022
The elusive product ecosystem is chased by every tech company and is the result of a larger problem — monopolization in the tech industry.
Narek Sahakian / DFP Staff

A Room With a View: Tragedy overflow in calamitous times

By Antonia Lehnert September 7, 2021
It is not our place to painstakingly empathize with grief that we could never even come close to understand.
BU Class of 2021 student commencement speaker Archelle Thelemaque

COM graduating senior Archelle Thelemaque delivers student commencement speech

By Emily Stevenson May 18, 2021
Thelemaque's address was chosen out of dozens of submissions for Sunday's in-person ceremony.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

I Call Foul Play: Overusing smartphones does more harm than good

By Luca Becker April 16, 2021
Conscious and mindful phone use can provide a useful alternative to the phone addiction.
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City approves more than $370,000 in Charlestown Community Impact Fund grants

By Daniel Kool March 24, 2021
Its Managing Committee approved “mini-grants” of $2,500 to $20,000 to local nonprofits.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: The end of slavery — Part 3

By Max Ferrandino November 17, 2020
The U.S. and China are two global powers that have continued to hoard the DRC’s resources, and cobalt is just the latest in their mineral addiction.
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