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Cybersecurity threats don’t just come from clicking a link in the wrong email. In recent years cybersecurity threats are being directed against the integrated circuit (IC) chips that run every computer—from top secret super computers, to your laptop, to Internet of Things devices like your “smart” TV or thermostat. Today, a well-placed cyberattack on IC chips could potentially impact billions of devices. But currently, there are no widely used common tools, methods or solutions to make designing and manufacturing IC chips more secure.

The new digital database Enslaved.org: Peoples of the Historic Slave Trade seeks to recover fuller stories of individuals such as these women pictured on the 19th century lithograph "A Market Scene" by Frederico Guilherme Briggs.(Image courtesy of BNDigital, Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro)

USM Maryland Momentum Fund Invests $500,000 in VisiSonicsThe investment completes a financing round of more than $3.5 million for the University of Maryland-affiliated company developing spatial and personalized audio solutions