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 ...
The Boston Globe

Businessman Ken Block will run for R.I. governor again, this time as an independent

The Barrington businessman and Watchdog RI founder has run for governor twice before, as a Republican and as a member of the Moderate party PROVIDENCE — Ken Block, the Barrington businessman who ran ...
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 ...
Wired

Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Explain the Block Layoffs

When the bombs hit in Iran, I thought of Jack Dorsey. In 2009, he and I were both part of a contingent of technology people sent by the US State Department to Baghdad, in the wake of another ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Business Insider

Jack Dorsey says he's cutting nearly half of his staff — 4,000 jobs — at Block. Read the memo.

Block lays off over 4,000 employees, cutting its workforce by nearly half, CEO Jack Dorsey said. Jack Dorsey emphasized a shift toward smaller teams and intelligence tools at Block. Read the lengthy ...
Reuters

Jack Dorsey’s Block to cut nearly half its workforce in AI overhaul, shares surge

Block to cut over 4,000 jobs CEO says AI has changed how a company is run Stock surges 25% after market Analysts call cuts a "seminal moment" in AI era Feb 26 (Reuters) - Block (XYZ.N), opens new tab ...
CNN

Block lays off nearly half its staff because of AI. Its CEO said most companies will do the same

Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey. Dorsey thinks ...