Investing

Apple blocks unionized workers from transferring, union alleges

Investing.com -- Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) is preventing unionized employees at a closing Maryland store from transferring to other locations while allowing workers at shuttering non-union stores to ...
Investing

Brazil blocks prediction markets without regulatory control

Investing.com -- Brazil has blocked 28 prediction market platforms, including Polymarket and Kalshi, Finance Minister Dario Durigan announced Friday in Brasilia. The platforms are not in compliance ...
WMAZ

'Rapid gunfire' kills 19-Year-Old at Ocilla Block Party on Easter Sunday; GBI investigating

OCILLA, Ga. — A birthday block party in a small South Georgia town turned deadly early Easter Sunday when gunfire erupted into a crowd of more than 100 people, killing a 19-year-old man and wounding ...
Investing

Trump blocks Netanyahu’s call for Iranian street protests - Axios

Investing.com -- President Trump rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to jointly urge Iranians to protest their government, telling the Israeli leader last week that such a ...
First Coast News

New entertainment venue 'The Block Jax' holds grand opening

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Part of a new development on Jacksonville’s Southside is now open to the public. “The Block Jax” on Thursday unveiled their new family-friendly outdoor gathering space that ...
Business Insider

A small number of Block employees say they were rehired after layoffs

Block has rehired at least four laid-off employees, according to LinkedIn posts. One engineer said he was rehired after his layoff was deemed a "clerical error ...
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 ...
CNBC

Opinion: Block's layoffs might just be the biggest story of a tumultuous week. Here's why

Block, Jack Dorsey's payments company, will cut 4,000 of its 10,000 workers as it embraces AI. CNBC's Steve Sedgwick says it's "time we got better answers" to questions about what jobs the technology ...
Los Angeles Times

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

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Fintech company Block said Thursday that it’s cutting more than 4,000 workers or nearly half of its workforce as ...
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 ...
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, ...