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LinkedIn is no longer just a place to upload resumes or celebrate promotions. Gen Z is turning the platform into a space for personal stories, career lessons, failures and everyday experiences, changing how professional networking looks for an entire generation. Image credit : Indiatimes | ​Why LinkedIn suddenly feels more personal than your Instagram feed There was a time when LinkedIn felt like the most serious corner of the internet. People logged in to update a job title, announce a promotion or congratulate someone on a new role. Every post sounded polished. Every achievement looked perfect. It was a platform where people wore their professional identity like a formal suit. That image is changing. Scroll through LinkedIn today and you are just as likely to find someone talking about failing an interview as celebrating a new job. A young professional may write about the anxiety of switching careers. Another may share lessons from their first month at work. Someone else might post about imposter syndrome after joining a dream company. The platform still talks about careers. But the conversation has become far more personal. And Gen Z is leading that shift. LinkedIn is becoming a storytelling platform For Gen Z

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In the unique position of leading the AL Central and possessing the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft, the Chicago White Sox selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with that top spot on Saturday. Cholowsky was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the most outstanding amateur baseball player in the nation, this past season at UCLA, where he helped the Bruins win 52 games, become Big Ten regular-season champions and take home the conference tournament title. Advertisement Cholowsky slashed .320/.452/.636 with a team-leading 21 home runs to go with 60 RBI. He came a long way in L.A., and so did the Bruins, who, in Cholowsky's freshman season, finished 19-33 and last in the Pac-12 during the conference's final year before a mass exodus of schools, including UCLA. His breakout sophomore campaign helped UCLA return to the Men's College World Series for the first time since 2013 and made him the widely projected No. 1 overall pick in this year's draft. Cholowsky wasn't quite as dominant as a junior, and UCLA didn't make it back to the MCWS, but that didn't tarnish the shortstop's big-league potential. The Tampa Bay Rays drafted 18-year-old shortstop Grady

New Delhi, July 11 : The government is considering introducing uniform standards for messaging platforms operating in India following the controversy over WhatsApp's proposed username feature, according to multiple reports. Reports suggested that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is exploring a common regulatory framework that would apply across messaging platforms, instead of taking platform-specific decisions. The move comes after the government opposed WhatsApp's proposed username feature, which would allow users to communicate without sharing their phone numbers. The government argued that the feature could make it easier for fraudsters to impersonate users, facilitate digital arrest scams and phishing attempts, and make law enforcement investigations more difficult. In addition, the government is now looking at introducing common standards for all messaging platforms to ensure a uniform regulatory approach. Reports claim that the Centre will consult major messaging platforms before taking a final decision on the proposed framework. Earlier in July, messaging platform Telegram submitted its reply to the government’s notice on the username feature, following a similar response from WhatsApp. The 'username' feature allows users to communicate without sharing their mobile phone numbers, a functionality that has drawn the Centre's attention over concerns that it could facilitate online

Egypt and TikTok discussed new mechanisms for protecting children online. According to a cabinet statement issued on Friday 10 July, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Raafat Hendy met with TikTok’s Executive Director of Public Policy for the Middle East, Eurasia, and Africa, Emir Gelen, on the sidelines of the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2026 held in Geneva from 6 to 10 July. The discussions focused on online child-protection mechanisms and opportunities for cooperation between Egypt’s National Telecom Regulatory Authority and TikTok on capacity-building programmes. The two sides also explored ways to enrich online cultural and scientific content related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The meeting comes amid a wider government campaign to address concerns over children’s exposure to online risks while balancing digital protection with rapid technological change. In April, Hendy announced plans to launch a dedicated mobile SIM card for children in cooperation with Egypt’s four mobile operators. Earlier, in February, Egypt introduced its first Child Internet Risk Index, which assessed online safety for children aged five to twelve across several indicators, including safe digital use, parental supervision, protection from digital risks, and awareness and institutional support. These initiatives follow directives from President

Meta has pulled the plug on a feature of a recently launched AI tool following criticism that it made Instagram accounts fodder for use in creating AI-generated images. The move on Friday came less than a week after the parent of Instagram and Facebook rolled out Muse Image, its first image-generation model available through the company’s artificial intelligence assistant, Meta AI. “Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way,” Meta said in a statement. “We’ve heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it’s no longer available.” Like other AI apps with image-generating capabilities, Muse Image creates images based on users’ suggestions. But its also automatically made photos posted on all public Instagram accounts usable by the AI tool as a reference when creating new images. That led to a flurry of social media posts flagging privacy concerns and instructing Instagram users how to opt out of having their accounts accessed by Muse Image. Hollywood also was quick to raise concerns about the image-generation feature. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists urged its members to change the

July 11, 2026, 9:28 a.m. ET Meta said on Friday it is discontinuing an AI feature launched this week that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts, after drawing widespread criticism over privacy concerns, including from a Hollywood union. "Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way," Meta said in a statement. "We've heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it's no longer available," it said. Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, had launched Muse Image on Tuesday, its first image-generation model from Meta Superintelligence Labs. The feature, integrated into its Meta AI chatbot, can use photos as input and lets users edit generated images directly through sketches. The feature soon faced backlash over privacy concerns and being an automatic opt-in for users. Emmy-winning actor Hannah Einbinder, known for "Hacks," criticized the feature on Instagram, saying it had been turned on automatically and urging users to turn it off. SAG-AFTRA, the union representing actors and other media professionals, also urged members and other Instagram users on Thursday to opt out of the feature. "Anything other than a clear

Ben Schneider, the YouTube creator also known online as Reckless Ben, has signed with CAA for representation. The move comes as Schneider and his investigative video content has gotten caught up in a viral YouTube investigation and legal dispute with the Utah-based Lego resale company Bricks & Minifigs over a missing — and allegedly stolen — Lego Star Wars collection. In a statement, CAA calls Schneider “a pioneer in independent investigative filmmaking. He is a documentary creator and digital media personality whose fearless approach to storytelling has made him one of the most talked about creators on the internet. By combining investigative journalism, immersive participation, humor, and high stakes real world adventures, Ben has built a worldwide audience that spans millions of viewers across multiple platforms.” His YouTube investigation into an 83-year-old man who entered into a consignment agreement for a valuable Lego Star Wars collection that went missing has led to arrests and lawsuits involving Schneider. Amid the ensuing media attention, a May 21, 2026 YouTube video entitled I Tracked Down the Thief Who Stole $200,000 of LEGO has earned Schneider around 6.5 million views to date. That was quickly followed by a second YouTube video from Schneider, entitled I

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's how it works. Things have been quietly changing in the background for a few months around here. We are now implementing more forward facing changes at Canon Rumors.The ForumWe have officially shut down the forum, and it will not return. There are many reasons for this decision, and we won't get into them publicly. In a way, it's sad to see it go. In other ways, I am happy this decision was made. All data on the forum will be deleted on September 16, 2026. We have officially unpublished the Canon Rumors Facebook page. Again, there are multiple reasons for this. There was a lot of internal debate about the decision, and in the end, I fully support the direction.Ad-Free PremiumIt will be a week or so before we have a solution implemented for our ad-free premium members out there.Sell the Forum or Facebook Page?We have no interest in selling either the forum or the Facebook page.  » Read More