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A Russian hacker claims to have hacked into the business networking site. LinkedIn says compromised passwords have been disabled.

The professional connections site LinkedIn launches a new section of its social network Monday, as University Pages targets young people who want to connect with colleges. More than 200 schools are already on the network, says LinkedIn, which also dropped its minimum age, to 14 in the U.S.

It's unclear how many user passwords were leaked, but the companies are advising to change them.

The popular professional networking site is laying off people in positions across its engineering, product, talent and finance departments.

LinkedIn reported its fourth quarter profits jumped to about $7 million Thursday. The young Internet company has positioned itself as a jobs and career networking site. It makes money not just from ads, but also companies and recruiters pay fees to access profiles on its site.

During an all-staff meeting, anonymous employees deride the racial justice protests and question the professional networking company's diversity initiatives.

The profile is for Alex Rodriguez, the founder, CEO and president of A-Rod Corp. No confirmation yet that it is for the N.Y. Yankees star suspended over alleged use of performance enhancing drugs.

Chinese intelligence officers like to use the professional social network — in which people often accept pings from strangers — to recruit sources within the U.S. government.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Christopher Zara of Fast Company, who has been following the company's forays into artificial intelligence.

LinkedIn has more than 433 million members in 200 countries, including Russia — but it doesn't have offices there.