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Exclusive: An inside look at The Block in Rio Rancho

RIO RANCHO, N.M. — After months of delays, The Block is almost ready to open in Rio Rancho’s Enchanted Hills. The shipping container complex will feature a high-end bar, boutiques, and an interior ...
The Guardian

Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children’s phones

Companies such as Apple and Google have until September to install software or face legislation, says PM Apple and Google have been given until September to install software that blocks explicit ...
turnto10

ShotSpotter gunshot detection tool on chopping block in New Bedford

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WJAR) — When a gun is fired in New Bedford, there's currently an audio detection tool in place to alert police. But as the city grapples with a $32 million budget gap, that tool, ...
The Daily Californian

Police reopen block of Shattuck Avenue after beeping ‘suspicious suitcase’ turns out to be smoke detector

Update 04/29/2026 at 3:47 p.m.: This story has been updated to reflect that the streets have now been opened. Update: 04/29/2026 at 6:18 p.m.: This story has been updated to reflect that the suitcase ...
Wall Street Journal

‘I Will Destroy You’: The Battle Inside a Midwestern Media Dynasty

John Robinson Block got a shocking phone call from his twin brother, Allan, in 2023. The editor in chief and publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Toledo Blade, John Robinson had recently ...
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 ...
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 ...
TechCrunch

Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next

Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now, it seems, he may have been taking notes. On Thursday, Dorsey announced that Block, the payments company he founded that operates Square, ...
Los Angeles Times

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

Fintech company Block said Thursday that it’s cutting more than 4,000 workers or nearly half of its workforce as artificial intelligence disrupts the way people work. The Oakland parent company of ...
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 ...
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 ...