Block sees lowest interest from short sellers in March among crypto firms with over $2B market cap

Among crypto stocks with a market cap of more than $2B, application software firms witnessed the highest short interest in the previous month. CleanSpark ( CLSK) continued to lead the list with short ...

Block Craft Beer + Kitchen to open in a former Device Brewing space in Sacramento

Block Craft Beer + Kitchen will be at 7485 Rush River Drive, Suite 650, in the former Device Brewing Co. space. A new brewery ...
Road & Track

Lia Block Switches to Hyundai i20 N Rally2, Sets Her Sights on WRC: 'I Want to Go to the Top'

A predisposition to rally is coded into the Block family DNA—and Lia Block has just committed her foreseeable motorsport future to the loose-surface discipline. On Monday, Block announced her new ...
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 ...
Los Angeles Times

AI-washing: How companies like Block may use AI as a layoff excuse

When Block Inc. laid off nearly half its staff last week, co-founder Jack Dorsey offered a seemingly simple explanation: Artificial intelligence was allowing the company to do more with fewer ...
Time

Block’s layoffs are an outlier. Their influence might not be.

When Jack Dorsey announced last week that his fintech company Block was laying off 40% of its workforce due to AI, I immediately thought of two other newsmaking tech CEOs: Elon Musk laying off 80% of ...
Business Insider

Inside Block's AI push that ended in pink slips

Seven former Block workers say they used AI to varying degrees and weren't convinced it would replace them. CEO Jack Dorsey's decision to cut the workforce in half came as a shock. AI-driven layoffs ...
New York Post

Block shares spike 20% after Jack Dorsey orders sweeping layoffs to ride AI wave

Financial tech firm Block’s stock surged as much as 20% in Friday trading after its billionaire CEO Jack Dorsey revealed plans for sweeping layoffs and a full embrace of AI tools. Dorsey, best known ...
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 ...
Fox Business

Jack Dorsey cuts nearly half of Block workforce amid major AI overhaul

Block on Thursday announced that it will cut nearly half of its workforce as the payments firm works to embed artificial intelligence (AI) throughout its operations. The layoffs will affect over 4,000 ...
Reuters

Block shares soar as Dorsey leans on AI to trim workforce

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Block (XYZ.N), opens new tab shares soared more than 16% on Friday after the fintech firm announced it would nearly halve its workforce as part of an overhaul to embed artificial ...
Morningstar

Block says AI will let it cut more than 4,000 jobs. Some argue that's not the whole story.

Block's 'audacious' move ignites debate over whether the company is using AI as an excuse to walk back reckless hiring Block is the parent company of Square and the Cash App. Block's stock is ...