SiliconANGLE

Blocks raises $20M to build autonomous digital workforces

Israel-based Blocks Platforms Ltd., a startup providing solutions that help companies build and deploy intelligent autonomous apps and agents for a digital workforce, today announced it has raised $20 ...
Al Bawaba News

US blocks M/T Stream crude oil tanker from reaching Iranian port

ALBAWABA - U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Tuesday that the military banned an Iranian-flagged oil tanker from reaching Iranian shores. In a post on X, CENTCOM said that U.S. guided-missile ...
MLive

Michigan player blinged up his team with Block M gold pendants for Sweet 16

CHICAGO – Michigan basketball‘s star forward Yaxel Lendeborg entered the locker room Thursday sporting a gold Block M pendant ahead of the Sweet 16. He said sophomore L.J. Cason, who was ruled out for ...
GameStar

Nvidia will die Welt der Computerspiele mit seinem »ChatGPT-Moment« völlig verändern, doch die Frage ist, ob ihr das auch wollt?

Im Rahmen der Nvidia-Messe GTC 2026 hat der Grafikkarten-Hersteller überraschend eine neue DLSS-Version angekündigt und sie als ChatGPT-Moment für Spielegrafik bezeichnet. DLSS 5 soll der Technik eine ...
Golem

Computerspiele: PEGI-Altersfreigaben vor umfassender Reform

Der Branchenverband Video Games Europe hat die Kriterien der europäischen Alterskennzeichnung PEGI geändert, um interaktive Risiken künftig stärker bei der Altersfreigabe zu berücksichtigen. Die neuen ...
The New York Times

I Worked for Block. Its A.I. Job Cuts Aren’t What They Seem.

Mr. Zamost was the head of communications, policy and people at Square, now known as Block, from 2015 to 2020. See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en los ...
The Guardian

What was really behind Jack Dorsey laying off nearly half of Block’s staff?

CEO cited AI advances in cutting 4,000 workers, but a weak crypto market and declining stock price may also be at play Jack Dorsey cited AI as the driving force behind cutting 40% of his company’s ...
Forbes

Block Lays Off 40% Of Staff And Blames It On AI. Don’t Buy The Excuse.

Payments company Block announced it’s laying off 40% of its staff. According to Chairman and founder Jack Dorsey: “This decision comes from a position of strength. Intelligence tools have changed what ...
New York Post

Jack Dorsey’s chilling warning about job apocalypse – as he cuts 4,000

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is axing more than 4,000 employees at his fintech company Block — slashing the workforce by nearly half in what he called a necessary shift toward ‘intelligence tools.’ ...
MarketWatch

Block plans to lay off nearly half its staff in ‘deliberate and bold’ embrace of AI

Block, the parent company of Square and the Cash App, is conducting a major reorganization in the age of artificial intelligence, and investors are rewarding the move. The payment-technology company ...
Wall Street Journal

Jack Dorsey’s Block to Lay Off 40% of Its Workforce in AI Remake

Block XYZ-2.44%decrease; red down pointing triangle, the payments company founded by Jack Dorsey that includes Square and Cash App, said Thursday that it plans to lay off 40% of its workforce, or more ...
Los Angeles Times

Block to cut more than 4,000 jobs amid AI disruption of the workplace

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Fintech company Block said Thursday that it’s cutting more than 4,000 workers or nearly half of its workforce as ...