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Cybersecurity

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Encryption

Our Online World Relies on Encryption. What Happens If It Fails?

June 2, 2025

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Research News

Brink Bites: From Microscopic Worlds to Cancer Disparities

October 29, 2024

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Cybersecurity

Three Essential Cybersecurity Tips for Students

October 11, 2024

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Business & Finance

How to Protect Your Information after the Potentially Largest Data Breach Ever

September 23, 2024

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Innovation Awards

2024 Ignition Awards Aim to Bring BU Science and Tech to Market

August 22, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence

Is AI Biased against Some Groups and Spreading Misinformation and Extreme Views?

May 23, 2024

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Center for Computing & Data Sciences

BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences Grows by Four

September 15, 2023

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University News

BU Forms AI Task Force

September 8, 2023

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Computer Engineering

Inside the Mind of an Internet-Safety Vanguard

July 26, 2023

Social Media

Is Meta’s Threads Safe? Social Media Data Privacy Explained

July 6, 2023

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Biomanufacturing

Turning Trash into Medicines, Machine Oils, Cosmetics, and More

June 15, 2023

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Commencement 2023

Inaugural Class of BU Computing & Data Sciences Majors Prepare to Graduate

May 16, 2023

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Online Privacy

Protect Your Privacy Online: Avoid Posting These Five Things

January 25, 2023

ENG’s David Boas (left) has been named the new Metcalf Chair for his transformative neuroscience research, while Ran Cantetti’s prowess in cryptography has earned him the Wang Professorship. Boas photo by Dana J. Quigley. Canetti photo by Cydney Scott

Neuroscience

Two BU Named Professorships, Last Awarded Decades Ago, Have New Occupants

December 1, 2022

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Cybersecurity

Uber Users: What You Need to Know about Last Month’s Data Breach

October 11, 2022

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Cybersecurity

US Reps Stephen Lynch, Ayanna Pressley Tout ECASH Bill for Those Shut Out of Digital Transactions

October 4, 2022

Cybersecurity

Don’t Get Hacked: Follow These Useful Cybersecurity Tips

October 3, 2022

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SCHOLARSHIPS

BU Supports 2022 Boston Public Schools Graduates

September 15, 2022

NSF CISE

How the National Science Foundation Is Advancing Computer and Information Science Research

September 7, 2022

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Cryptography

Can WhatsApp Messages Be Secure and Encrypted—but Traceable at the Same Time?

August 10, 2022

Can WhatsApp Messages Be Secure and Encrypted—but Traceable at the Same Time?