Reid Hoffman, the founder of employment-oriented social media platform LinkedIn, expressed regret over his interactions with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He expounded on this regret in an email to Axios, saying that it followed Epstein’s first conviction for soliciting an underage prostitute. Hoffman, however, explained that he was forced to meet with Epstein after a former... 

The doubts raised by the NSA spying could cost US tech companies as much as $35 billion over the next three years. Technology companies in the United States have criticized President Barack Obama for his failure to do enough to protect citizens’ privacy amid months-long reports on government’s spying scandals. The companies say the president’s speech on US surveillance is a step in right direction...