A new study suggests that while mechanical devices do remove plastics and other items of litter from marinas and harbors, the quantities of litter removed can be comparatively low and they can also trap marine organisms.

On May 5th, the Department of Labor recently hosted a listening session on how much salary employees must earn to be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act and if that amount might change. The DOL is holding regional listening sessions and this one was focused on employees and employee advocates from the Southeast. So, yes, the points of view expressed were from the employee side of the ledger. But take heart. There are several employer-focused listening sessions scheduled and you can register for them...

In light of a recent tribunal, Paul Ryman and Katie Garcia explain how to avoid legal claims when situations involving protected disclosures arise.

Talent, security and migrating to the cloud lead the way among concerns facing CIOs and other technology decision makers in the coming months, according to Rackspace Technology's latest researchof 1,420 technology decision makers.

A component of computer processors that connects different parts of the chip can be exploited by malicious agents who seek to steal secret information from programs running on the computer, MIT researchers have found.