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Recently liberated documents exposed the FBI has for years secretly challenged vast amounts of Americans’ customer and financial information from the largest U.S. credit agencies. The FBI regularly uses these legal powers — known as national protection letters — to compel credit giants to turn over non-content information, such as …

Newly released documents disclose the National Security Agency improperly compiled Americans’ call records for a second time, only months after the agency was forced to purge hundreds of millions of collected calls and text records it unlawfully obtained. The document, obtained by the American Civil Autonomy Union, shows the NSA …

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into US chipmaker Broadcom which it supposes of restricting competition via a number of exclusivity practices in markets where it holds a resulting post such as for systems-on-a-chip, front-end chips and wifi chipsets. Earlier this year press reports intimated US powers are …

Jay Williams playing for Duke in a game against Maryland in the 2001 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. (Brian Bahr/ALLSPORT/Getty Images) (JTA) — Jay Williams wants you to know he stills go hard. These days, though, he doesn’t ball in the NBA — he plays in “Jewish leagues” and calls himself …

In recent years, there has been a drastic change in the way the human resources field has evolved. There was a time when the HR professionals’ role was constrained to hiring, firing and payroll. In recent times, HR roles have have diversified to include more of talent management responsibilities, thereby …

Naspers, the South Africa-based firm that famously backed Chinese giant Tencent in its infancy, is in talks to invest in Singapore-based startup Carousell, according to two sources with knowledge of discussions. Carousell offers a mobile app that combines listings with peer-to-peer selling across Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. That …

Verizon today announced CEO Lowell McAdam is stepping down from his post as August 1, 2018, seven years to the day he took the spot. He will stay on as Executive Chairman of the Board through the end of 2018 and as Non-Executive Chairman thereafter. Hans Vestberg, Chief Technology Officer …