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Over the last several months, I’ve had a lot of conversations with clients about AI. Most of the questions are what you’d expect. Will people stop using Google? Will AI change business development? How will professionals get found online if people are searching in new ways? Those are all important questions, but there’s another one I think deserves more attention: Where is AI getting its information? That question matters because more people are using tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot to research companies, professionals, industries and service providers. They’re looking for recommendations, researching potential advisors, identifying experts to follow and gathering information before making hiring decisions. When AI answers those questions, it has to pull information from somewhere, and much of that information comes from publicly available sources. LinkedIn is particularly important because it contains a significant amount of professional information in one place. Profiles provide career history, experience, credentials and areas of focus. Content provides context. Recommendations, comments and engagement help round out the picture. Taken together, all of that information helps people understand who someone is professionally and what they may be known for. Why LinkedIn Matters More Than Ever For years, I’ve encouraged lawyers, consultants, executives

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The AI-assisted chatbot flaw that let hackers easily hijack Instagram accounts affected more than 20,000 users and has been exploited since mid-April. Parent company Meta quietly disclosed the figure in a data breach filing with Maine’s attorney general on Friday, which says the incident affected 20,225 people. It also notes that hackers have been exploiting the flaw since April 17. (Credit: Maine.gov) Meta’s 3-page report to Maine also confirms the problem involved the “AI-assisted account recovery system for Instagram.” The hijacking technique went viral on Sunday, May 31, first on the chat app Telegram and then on social media. Normally, Meta’s account recovery chatbot is merely supposed to send a password reset link to the legitimate owner’s email address if the user is locked out. But users on Telegram discovered they could simply ask the support bot to send the password reset link to any email address, including one owned by a hacker. The only requirement was to initiate the AI-assisted chatbot recovery from an IP address in the same region as the account holder.  Meta’s report confirmed the flaw and says, “due to a bug in a separate code path, the system did not properly verify that the email address

The spin-off of Curve, a royalty accounting and rights management business, fulfills a stipulation made by regulators when they approved the Downtown sale. Matt Spetzler, Richard Leach & Charlie Lexton Courtesy Trending on Billboard Independent music label collective Merlin and music tech investment firm Jamen Capital said on Monday (June 8) they plan to buy Curve Royalty Systems from Virgin Music Group. Curve, a royalty accounting and rights management business, was previously owned by Downtown Music Group. Its sale to Merlin and Jamen fulfills a requirement European regulators outlined when they approved Virgin parent Universal Music Group’s acquisition of Downtown over concerns that Curve could give Virgin upstream data about rival labels. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and it remains subject to approval by the European Commission. Related The companies said the acquisition of Curve, a royalty tech processing platform for thousands of record labels, distributors and publishing clients worldwide, “reflects the growing strategic importance of royalty infrastructure within the modern music business, as increasingly complex global rights flows, metadata requirements and reporting demands place greater emphasis on transparent, scalable accounting systems.” Curve will remain an independent company run by its president, Richard Leach, with Merlin and Jamen acting

Meta says NSO violated a court injunction by targeting WhatsApp users again through phishing campaigns and test accounts. Last year, WhatsApp won a landmark case against NSO Group, the Israeli spyware vendor behind Pegasus, and secured a permanent court injunction barring the company from ever targeting WhatsApp or its users again. The court was unambiguous: NSO had violated US federal and state hacking laws. That should have been the end of it. It wasn’t. Meta investigated user reports and detected new targeting attempts linked to NSO, which were disrupted by the company. “We successfully disrupted NSO-linked social engineering attempts, after investigating user reports. They tried to trick people into clicking on malicious links to drive them to external websites outside of WhatsApp, similar to previously reported 1-click phishing campaigns linked to NSO.” reads the Meta’s announcement.”We also caught them creating test accounts and groups on WhatsApp, which we took down.” The attempts weren’t subtle: classic spear phishing, luring targets away from the encrypted environment into attacker-controlled territory outside the app’s protections. Meta also caught NSO creating test accounts and groups on WhatsApp, which it took down. The company is now filing a federal court contempt motion against NSO for violating

Twitch streamer Kathelina (Image Via Getty) The online controversy involving Twitch streamer Kathelina, also known as Kvrtez, continues to grow as more creators become part of the discussion. The situation started after YouTuber Kenneth, known online as ImnotKenneth, shared a video about the end of his relationship with Kathelina. In the video, he made serious accusations about her personal life. Soon after, Kathelina deactivated her public social media accounts, including Twitch and Instagram. As the story spread across social media, attention shifted to another creator, Snowcone, who says she was once very close to Kathelina. Over the past few days, Snowcone shared several comments and personal details about the situation during livestreams and on social media. While some viewers showed interest in what she had to say, many others questioned why she was getting involved and accused her of trying to benefit from the controversy. Snowcone’s comments about Kathelina draw criticism from viewers following Kenneth’s allegations According to Snowcone, the controversy affected more people than just the former couple. In posts shared online around June 6 and June 7, she said she had been closely connected to events happening behind the scenes and claimed that plans involving a content house

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The Timberwolves' new uniforms may have leaked on the internet over a week ago, but they were officially unveiled by the team in a well-attended event at Target Center on Sunday evening. If you haven't already seen them, the Wolves are going back to their original 1989-1996 style with a trio of jerseys: The white association edition, blue icon edition, and black statement edition. All three uniforms say WOLVES on the chest and feature bright green and blue prominently. There's a new M logo on the waistline of the shorts. White ASSOCIATION. pic.twitter.com/THB7nd2iGm — Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) June 7, 2026 ⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️ pic.twitter.com/IaU5i1pkKw — Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) June 7, 2026 Blue ICON. pic.twitter.com/L1eC75nCTA — Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) June 7, 2026 🔵🔵🔵🔵 pic.twitter.com/lvMbmaWLOn — Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) June 7, 2026 Black STATEMENT. pic.twitter.com/JJQCd4SaJP — Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) June 7, 2026 ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️ pic.twitter.com/6Cozdz5FUK — Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) June 7, 2026 Thoughts It's hard to overstate how much of an upgrade these jerseys are from the Wolves' previous (2017-26) primary jerseys, the blue and white ones that had an awkward block stripe above the chest lettering. Those were either merely fine or outright bad, depending on your opinion. These modernized classics are all quite

Meta’s contempt-of-court filing was not yet available today. We contacted NSO Group and will update this article if it provides a comment. Meta: NSO is malicious, “continues to defy US courts” WhatsApp filed its case against NSO in 2019, alleging that NSO used WhatsApp to send malware to about 1,400 mobile phones and devices for the purpose of surveilling the devices’ users. “The evidence showed that defendants reverse-engineered WhatsApp’s code to create a modified version of the WhatsApp client application, which they then used to install their software on target users’ devices via WhatsApp’s servers,” US District Judge Phyllis Hamilton wrote in the permanent injunction order. “The evidence further showed that defendants repeatedly re-designed their software to avoid detection and circumvent plaintiffs’ security fixes.” Meta said today that its “case has shown that NSO continues to build spyware tools to target people’s devices… When a malicious company on the US government’s Entity List continues to defy US courts, existing restrictions must remain firmly in place.” NSO’s appeal to the 9th Circuit was opposed in an amicus brief filed last month by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. “The proliferation of commercial spyware across the globe is a profound

This weekend, Donald Trump ended an interview on NBC News' Meet the Press after journalist Kristen Welker challenged his claim that the 2020 presidential election was — and the current primary elections in California are — "rigged." NBC News / Meet the Press "Mr. President, you've never presented evidence that it was rigged," Welker insisted. NBC News / Meet the Press In response, Trump got VERY red. NBC News / Meet the Press He called the network crooked before saying, "Let's call it quits, because I've had enough." NBC News / Meet the Press And he walked out. NBC News / Meet the Press Related: Oh Wow...A New Pic Of Trump Just Dropped, And He Looks, Um...Well, Why Don't You Just See For Yourself You can watch the full moment here. NBC / Meet the Press / Via x.com Online, netizens are calling out Trump's behavior and unsubstantiated claims. NBC / Meet the Press / x.com Furthermore, the internet did what you may have expected and they turned Trump's red face into a meme: 1. 2. 3. NBC / Meet the Press / Etienne Laurent / Getty Images / Via JoJoFromJerz / Twitter: @JoJoFromJerz 4.