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Microsoft-owned LinkedIn to layoff 5% of staff

Hamid Ganji — Wed, 13 May 2026 16:20:01 +0000

LinkedIn has confirmed that it is reducing its workforce by 5% as part of a broader organizational restructuring. Read more...

LinkedIn wants you to judge AI models head-to-head style with Crosscheck

Usama Jawad — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:50:01 +0000

LinkedIn has launched Crosscheck, a tool that pits AI responses against each other, turning users into judges to improve models. Read more...

Microsoft will soon use your LinkedIn data to train AI and serve better ads

Usama Jawad — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:30:01 +0000

LinkedIn has cautioned users about its upcoming ToS update which includes the use of your data to serve better ads and train AI models. Read more...

Microsoft expands LinkedIn CEO's role to include Office apps

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:15:12 +0000

Microsoft has announced a reorganization where LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky will take on additional responsibility for Microsoft's Office products. Read more...

Data (Use and Access) Bill faces pushback over AI and creative rights in UK parliament

Fiza Ali — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:18:01 +0000

The UK is deciding how to balance AI growth with protecting creative work, as a major copyright bill faces strong opposition in Parliament. Read more...

LinkedIn allegedly shared private messages of Premium users for training AI models

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 06:34:01 +0000

According to a class-action lawsuit, LinkedIn has allegedly shared private data, such as DMs, with third parties to help train AI models. Read more...

LinkedIn says it's too boring for kids to face a social media ban in Australia

David Uzondu — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:08:01 +0000

While apps like TikTok face scrutiny in Australia's social media crackdown, LinkedIn is trying to escape notice by embracing its 'boring' image. Read more...

LinkedIn is killing its Clubhouse clone

David Uzondu — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 06:26:01 +0000

Believe it or not, LinkedIn once had a Clubhouse clone. Now, it's shutting down the feature, marking the end of its brief audio event experiment. Read more...

Microsoft's LinkedIn has verifed 55 million members for free; badges are due in November

John Callaham — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:12:01 +0000

Microsoft-owned business social network LinkedIn stated today it has verified 55 million of its members for free and will add user verification badges in November. Read more...

LinkedIn fined $335 million by Irish data regulator over targeted advertising

Omer Dursun — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:00:01 +0000

Irish regulators have fined LinkedIn €310 million for unlawfully processing the personal data of EU users for targeted advertising, finding the platform in breach of strict European privacy laws. Read more...

Microsoft's LinkedIn adds a fourth puzzle game and more gaming features are coming soon

John Callaham — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 18:04:01 +0000

Microsoft's LinkedIn business social network has added another puzzle game, Tango, to its list of free-to-play games. Read more...

LinkedIn halts AI training on UK user data following ICO complaint

Paul Hill — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 12:16:01 +0000

LinkedIn has ceased training its AI models on data from UK users after a complaint from the Information Commissioner's Office regarding data privacy practices and consent issues. Read more...

Microsoft's LinkedIn officially launches its free puzzle games to help connect people

John Callaham — Wed, 01 May 2024 14:50:02 +0000

Microsoft's LinkedIn has just launched its first three games that are available for free. These puzzle games have been designed to not just be fun to play but to also try to connect its players Read more...

Microsoft's Linkedin is working on adding games to its business-themed social network

John Callaham — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 21:54:01 +0000

Microsoft's LinkedIn division has confirmed it is working to add puzzle-themed games to its business-based social networking platform at some point, but there's no word on when they will launch. Read more...

LinkedIn made a whopping $1.7 billion in premium subscription revenue in 2023

John Callaham — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:08:01 +0000

Microsoft confirmed that LinkedIn generated $1.7 billion in revenue for premium subscriptions from its LinkedIn business social network in 2023, and subscriber numbers went up 25 percent that year. Read more...

LinkedIn says 16 more countries are getting its free ID verification feature

Paul Hill — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 02:18:01 +0000

Microsoft's LinkedIn is expanding identification verification to 16 more countries as it tries to reach its 2025 goal of getting 100 million people verified. Verification helps build trust. Read more...

New report says LinkedIn has put plans to relocate its data centers to Azure on hold

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:12:01 +0000

A new report says that Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has put its previously announced plans to relocate data centers to its parent company's Azure cloud servers on hold for the time being Read more...

Microsoft reportedly is preparing Linkedin's offices to (maybe) take in OpenAI employees

John Callaham — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 20:46:01 +0000

A new report claims Microsoft is already making preparations to maybe bring in hundreds of OpenAI employees. It is getting office space set up at LinkedIn's San Francisco location. Read more...

LinkedIn launches AI chatbot to help you land your next job

Paul Hill — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 16:46:01 +0000

LinkedIn has launched a new chatbot that aims to be a job seeker coach for users. LinkedIn is using GPT-4 as the base for the bot but has made improvements to latency so it responds quickly. Read more...

Microsoft quietly put in a Windows 11 keyboard shortcut to LinkedIn

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:48:01 +0000

A recently discovered keyboard shortcut in Windows 11 will send users directly to the LinkedIn website on their default web browser. It's a shortcut that's not on Microsoft's official list. Read more...

Twitter might take a bite from LinkedIn's pie with a new jobs feature

Aditya Tiwari — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 08:06:01 +0000

Reports suggest that the Elon Musk-owned social media company Twitter is working on a job listings feature. Verified organisations will be able to post job openings on their Twitter profile for free. Read more...

Microsoft's Linkedin is launching a new generative AI feature to help write ad copy

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:42:01 +0000

The new Copy Suggestions feature will allow Linkedin users to use information from their pages and Campaign Manager settings that can be used by the generative AI feature to write headlines and text. Read more...

Microsoft says it may pay a $425 million fine over alleged Linkedin privacy violations

John Callaham — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:24:01 +0000

Microsoft said the Irish Data Protection Commission could leverage the fine because the regulator believes the company's Linkedin service violated GDPR privacy laws with targeted advertising. Read more...

LinkedIn is shutting down its Chinese spinoff InCareer and laying off 716 employees

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 09 May 2023 08:00:01 +0000

LinkedIn is shutting down its China-focused local jobs app called InCareer, which will result in the departure of 716 employees from the company. The operations will wind down by August this year. Read more...

LinkedIn has turned 20 years old today: Here's a brief history of the social network

Aditya Tiwari — Fri, 05 May 2023 13:00:01 +0000

The professional social networking website LinkedIn was officially launched 20 years ago today. It was co-founded by Reid Hoffman and Eric Ly in December 2002 and currently has almost a billion users. Read more...

Microsoft's LinkedIn is using AI to get hiring managers to notice job seekers

John Callaham — Tue, 02 May 2023 18:02:01 +0000

A new feature for LinkedIn Premium subscribers will let job hunters use generative AI to create messages for hiring managers. The feature uses info from the job seeker's and the manager's profiles Read more...

LinkedIn to enable verified work credentials through Microsoft Entra

Paul Hill — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 21:30:01 +0000

LinkedIn users can now verify their workplace information to boost their credibility among others on the platform. Organizations can begin issuing custom Verified IDs starting today. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Free USB drives, Bing AI in Edge, and pirated Windows

Usama Jawad — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 22:36:02 +0000

Our latest edition of Microsoft Weekly is jampacked with news about Microsoft handing out free USBs to Insiders, the integration of AI in even more Redmond products, and pirated Windows (!). Read more...

Microsoft's LinkedIn is adding GPT AI to improve the writing of profiles and job postings

John Callaham — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:46:01 +0000

The generative AI features will be added for paid LinkedIn Premium subscribers at first, and are designed to save time while also offering better profiles for users and job descriptions for businesses Read more...

Look out! That "thirst trap" job offer on LinkedIn could really be a malware trap

John Callaham — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:12:01 +0000

A new report from the security firm Mandiant claims that a group based in North Korea is posting fake job listings on LinkedIn that eventually results in malware being downloaded to a user's PC. Read more...

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is the latest tech company hit by layoffs

John Callaham — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 05:42:01 +0000

The LinkedIn layoffs specificially hit the recruitment division of the business-themed social network. Specific numbers or percentages of workers affected by the layoffs were not revealed. Read more...

Microsoft posts $52.7 billion revenue in latest quarter with weak Xbox and Windows results

Usama Jawad — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:42:01 +0000

Microsoft has posted $52.7 billion in revenue for the previous quarter. While there is decent growth in the cloud, it is mostly offset by declines in the consumer market such as Xbox and Windows. Read more...

Microsoft wants to open private-sector data for the public good

Paul Hill — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 06:20:02 +0000

Microsoft has helped launch the Industry Data for Society Partnership to bring private-sector data to the public. It hopes the initiative will help tackle big societal issues such as climate change. Read more...

Microsoft brings DALL·E 2 to Azure OpenAI, launches new employability program, and more

Usama Jawad — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:00:01 +0000

At its ongoing Ignite 2022 conference, Microsoft announced a bunch of new capabilities for its Azure cloud service and has also launched an employability program with LinkedIn integration. Read more...

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Neowin Deals — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:00:01 +0000

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Here are all the new features Microsoft added to Teams in July 2022

Usama Jawad — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 11:32:02 +0000

Microsoft has recapped all the features that it added to Teams in this month including a bunch of new features for the Forms (now "Polls") app in Teams, LinkedIn integration, and more. Read more...

Microsoft posts strong quarter but blames global conditions for some financial results

Usama Jawad — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 07:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has published a strong quarter for its latest quarter (FY22 Q4) yet again. However, it has blamed global and macroeconomic factors for certain unfavorable financial results. Read more...

Zoom Events hopes to provide a virtual networking competitor to LinkedIn

Fiza Ali — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:38:01 +0000

Zoom has showed its commitment to aiding users in strengthening and expanding their professional networks in a post-COVID world through the latest Zoom Events virtual networking features. Read more...

Here are some interesting stats about the usage of Microsoft products and services

Usama Jawad — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:20:01 +0000

Do you know that Microsoft Start has 500 million monthly active users or that Power BI has over 200,000 customers? If not, check out our list of some interesting usage stats about Microsoft products. Read more...

Microsoft posts strong quarter with $49.4 billion in revenue thanks to cloud and Windows

Usama Jawad — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 23:44:01 +0000

Microsoft has reported an exceptionally strong quarter with a revenue of $49.4 billion and a net income of $16.7 billion. This was due to growth across practically all of its business segments. Read more...