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LinkedIn, founded by former PayPal employees in 2002, is used mainly for professional networking, and reported more than 200 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories as of January 2013. It is one of the most profitable companies in the Internet sector, with gross margins of roughly 90 per cent.
The background of Sheikh Ali Rashed Ali Saeed Al Maktoum has come under the spotlight, and one of his close aides has a mixed track record as an entrepreneur.
Washington has asked countries with US business interests to avoid selling sensitive tech-related gear to China, and analysts say it would take China a while to develop its own advanced chips industry.
Microsoft will pay US$620 million to license Inflection’s AI models and around US$30 million for waiving any legal rights related to its mass hiring of the start-up’s employees.
Tony Fernandes said he posted the topless photo on LinkedIn to show his company’s flexible work culture
Apple supplier Luxshare Precision to invest an additional US$330 million in planned plant in Vietnam as US tech giant’s supply chain diversification continues.
Cloud Software Group, the parent of cloud computing company Citrix, has announced it would stop all new commercial transactions in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
LinkedIn said it would lay off 668 employees across its engineering, talent and finance teams in the second round of job cuts this year for the social media network for professionals amid slowing revenue growth.
The Chinese government is pushing a talent programme called Qiming targeting scientific and technological fields, such as semiconductors, sources say.
Canadian Security Intelligence Service issues warning on Twitter as the country grapples with several reports of foreign interference in domestic affairs.
Kairan Quazi, soon to be the youngest person to graduate from Santa Clara University’s school of engineering, will be a software engineer at Starlink.
InCareer is shutting down as LinkedIn cuts more than 700 jobs globally and turns its China focus to cross-border hiring, joining US peers without a social media presence in the country.
Try It On charges US$17 for 100 AI-generated images based on users’ photos, which are described as good enough to skip a photo shoot.
Maham Amjad’s father was gunned down in Karachi in 2008, and the suspect fled to Dubai. The marketing expert and model also moved to Dubai, where she tracked down the man after seeing his LinkedIn profile in 2020.
China’s potential for GDP growth will help it maintain its place as a global draw for foreign firms and investment, but some critics still say Beijing must do more to create a level playing field for all companies.
The breach ‘will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing,’ said Alon Gal of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock. Twitter has not commented on the report.
More than 40 local start-ups have joined the programme, including AI-powered marine trash-collecting robot maker Clearbot and algorithmic trading marketplace AlgoBot.
Yahoo Mail told mainland Chinese users over the weekend that they could no longer send or receive email after February 28, marking the US company’s final retreat from China amid tightened data regulations.
Eric Sim tells Kate Whitehead about his journey from socially awkward nerd in Singapore to banker, academic and founder of the Institute of Life, where he teaches others how to take advantage of their weaknesses.
They met at Burning Man and reportedly married a year later in a secret wedding – since then he’s been seen supporting his wife throughout her fall from grace, so, what do we know about the controversial couple?
Chinese users express mixed feelings towards LinkedIn’s new app, tailored for China’s strict censorship and data protection requirements.
Reinforced airbases near Taiwan, LinkedIn to leave the country and a robust defence of China’s system by Xi Jinping.
The decision comes just two weeks before China’s Personal Information Protection Law, one of the world’s strictest data protection laws, takes effect.
The three targeted reporters had written about the mass internment camps in Xinjiang, Tibet and deteriorating press freedoms in China, among other topics.
Russia’s internet regulator said foreign tech firms could face amends of 5 to 20 per cent for failing to take down information judged to be illegal.
Facebook said it had taken down about 200 accounts run by a group of hackers in Iran as part of a cyber-spying operation that targeted mostly US military personnel.
The bill opens the door to arbitrary accusations and has left internet service providers unsure of how to comply, legal and industry experts say.
Doxxing must end, but government ‘needs to balance freedom of expression, right to privacy’, sector observers say.
Names, emails, phone numbers and workplace details reportedly belonging to 500 million users being offered for sale on hacking forum.