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Even LinkedIn has Stories now Sponsored Links LinkedIn LinkedIn is the latest platform to embrace the disappearing Stories format. The professional networking site unveiled its latest redesign that makes the company’s months-long experiment with LinkedIn Stories official. Beginning today, the company is rolling out the feature to all its users in the US and Canada,…
LinkedIn will cut nearly 1,000 jobs as pandemic slows global hiring Sponsored Links Niall Carson – PA Images via Getty Images LinkedIn has announced it will lay off around six percent of its workforce, in part due to a coronavirus-related worldwide hiring slowdown. The Microsoft-owned company is cutting about 960 jobs from its global sales…
US court finds Russian national guilty of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox Sponsored Links boonchai wedmakawand via Getty Images A San Francisco jury has found Russian national Yevgeniy Nikulin guilty of one of the biggest data breaches in US history. Nikulin has been convicted of hacking LinkedIn and Dropbox back in 2012, which resulted in the theft…
LinkedIn faces lawsuit over claims it ‘secretly’ read iPhone clipboard data Sponsored Links Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images The clipboard detection in iOS 14 isn’t just prompting developers to rethink app privacy — it’s also putting these companies in legal trouble. Reuters reports that iPhone user Adam Bauer has sued LinkedIn over claims the job-focused…
LinkedIn will let you record the correct pronunciation of your name Sponsored Links LinkedIn Pronouncing a name correctly isn’t just polite. It’s a way of recognizing someone’s identity, and it’s key to creating an inclusive workplace. With that in mind, LinkedIn is introducing a new feature that lets members add a 10-second audio recording of…
Reddit and LinkedIn will fix clipboard snooping in their iOS apps Sponsored Links stockcam via Getty Images The clipboard privacy feature in iOS 14 is prompting more major developers to tone down their apps’ nosy behavior. To start, Reddit told The Verge in a statement that it would fix code in its iOS app that…
LinkedIn says it will stop repeatedly copying iOS clipboard Jacob Kastrenakes LinkedIn plans to stop its app from repeatedly copying the contents of an iOS device’s clipboard, after a user highlighted the seemingly privacy-invasive practice earlier this week. ZDNet reports that LinkedIn called the behavior a bug. The app copies clipboard contents in order to…