Before Drake’s Ice Block Challenge: 10 Wild Album Release Stunts, From U2 to Beyoncé

Drake's Iceman landing this week, and it's far from the first major record in music history to generate hype and excitement ...

New York is cool, Texas is frying. Blame this strange jet stream jam

Omega Block pattern traps heat in the Plains and South this week while storms bring severe weather to the Central U.S. and ...
Hackaday

This Random Number Generator Does It With Neon

The quest for true randomness has roots in cryptography and is a rabbit hole that gets surprisingly deep with alarmingly ...
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 ...
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 ...
CNBC

Block shares soar as much as 24% as company slashes workforce by nearly half

Block said Thursday it's laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its head count. Shares of the payment company skyrocketed as much as 24% in extended trading. It was last seen up nearly ...
The New York Times

Block Cuts 40% of Its Work Force Because of Its Embrace of A.I.

About 4,000 workers will lose their jobs as the payments company does more work with new artificial intelligence tools, its top executive said. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Block, ...
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 ...