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Microsof reportedly hides your LinkedIn profile in China if you mention Tiananmen Square
by Surur
3 weeks
Microsoft has recently gotten into hot water when the extent of cooperation with Chinese censorship campaigns became evident when they accidentally censored Bing Image Searches for the Tiananmen Square tankman worldwide instead of...
Personal information of 700 million LinkedIn users is now up for sale online
by Surur
3 weeks
In what appears to be a massive data breach, the personal information of around 700 million LinkedIn users has been leaked on a hacker forum. The data breach exposed phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation data, and inferre...
LinkedIn is working on a dark mode, and this is what it looks like
by Surur
2 months
LinkedIn is finally getting around to adding a dark mode to their website. Uncovered by reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong, the dark mode would be activated by a toggle switch in Settings. The company had earlier been working on a...
Chinese regulators find Microsoft guilty of collecting excessive personal information from their users
by Surur
2 months
In somewhat of a turnaround, Chinese internet regulators have found Microsoft and other companies guilty of collecting excessive personal data from users of the Chinese version of Bing, LinkedIn and other apps. In a statement on W...
Microsoft’s Q3 FY21 earnings: Office, LinkedIn and Dynamics revenue
by Surur
3 months
Microsoft released its FY21 Q3 results today, recording revenue of $41.7 billion and an operating income of $17 billion. The commercial cloud, like the rest of Microsoft’s businesses, also saw an increase in revenue. Revenue...
Personal information of 500 million LinkedIn users is now up for sale online
by Rahul
4 months
In what appears to be a massive data breach, the personal information of around 500 million LinkedIn users has been leaked on a hacker forum. The data breach exposed LinkedIn profile IDs and the corresponding URL link, full names,...
Hackers are using LinkedIn info to bait spearfishing attacks
by Surur
4 months
Security firm eSentire is warning of a new hacking campaign which cruelly takes advantage of jobseekers to hack company networks. The spearfishing attackers are being perpetrated by hacking group Golden Chickens and send fake job ...
LinkedIn now allows you to add a video Cover Story to your profile
by Pradeep
4 months
LinkedIn today announced new features to help you create a more expressive and inclusive Profile. The new video Cover Story feature will allow you to add a short personal video that will act as your first “hello” to your audie...
LinkedIn the latest to take on Clubhouse with own audio rooms
by Surur
4 months
LinkedIn is joining the party call revolution, with its own version of Clubhouse’s audio rooms, following in the footsteps of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Telegram. Discovered by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, the ...
China calls LinkedIn executives on the carpet for not censoring enough
by Surur
4 months
Microsoft has been spared much of the recent hubbub around moderating political posts in USA because they do not have a massive social network. It seems in the USA lawmakers forgot about LinkedIn and its 740 million subscribers, b...