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

On Thursday, Dorsey announced that Block, the payments company he founded that operates Square, Cash App, and Tidal, is cutting more than 4,000 employees, nearly half its global workforce, taking it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

Block, led by CEO Jack Dorsey, is cutting over 4,000 jobs, or nearly half the company. Read Dorsey's memo on the cuts.
Opinion

Block's Jack Dorsey tells employees why he's slashing headcount and what Block is paying

Block ( XYZ) announced on Thursday that it's slashing its headcount by more than 40% because intelligent technology means fewer people can do more. The company's stock jumped 24% with the news.
Visual Studio Magazine

Comparing Amazon Q and GitHub Copilot Agentic AI in VS Code

This head-to-head test compared Amazon Q Developer and GitHub Copilot Pro using a real-world editorial workflow to evaluate their performance as 'agentic' assistants beyond simple coding. Both tools ...
GitHub

Code block tool for Editor.js

This Editor.js block tool allows you to add code elements. It supports multiple languages for syntax highlighting (requires third-party libraries). While Pasting after a CMD+A selection, only the ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On with New Multi-Agent Orchestration in VS Code

A proof of concept shows how multi-agent orchestration in Visual Studio Code 1.109 can turn a fragile, one-pass AI workflow into a more reliable, auditable process by breaking long tasks into smaller, ...
Roll Call

House advances measure to block DC tax code decoupling

Congress took steps on Wednesday toward blocking changes to D.C.’s local tax code, even as District officials warned it could wreak havoc on tax season and smash a hole in the city’s budget. The House ...
IEEE

Zero-Padding Space-Time Block Code for Dual-Antenna Backscatter Tag

Abstract: Backscatter communications is receiving increasing attention in Internet of Things (IoT), while one major challenge for backscatter communications is that the circuit complexity for high ...