Thirty previously unpublished verses by Empedocles discovered on a papyrus from Cairo

A 2,000-year-old papyrus fragment, discovered in the archives of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, ...
Green Bay Packers

Game notes: Josh Jacobs was in his element while under the weather

GREEN BAY – Maybe Josh Jacobs should play sick more often. Because for whatever reason, illness sure seems to bring out the best in the Packers running back. Despite waking up Sunday with a stomach ...
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The end: Note block end battle

Note block attacks echo across the End as music-based combat reaches its peak. Russia responds after Trump says he plans to take Cuba McDonald’s newest $3 value menu is sounding an alarm about America ...
Indiatimes

Block lays off 40% employees; after thousands of job cuts CEO Jack Dorsey tells staff: Repeated rounds of layoffs are "destructive to morale," so ...

Block led by CEO Jack Dorsey has announced the most dramatic layoffs in the recent times. The company has slashed around 40% jobs which is nearly half of its workforce in a single round of layoffs.
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 ...
Business Insider

Here's what smart people are saying about Jack Dorsey slashing Block's workforce

Jack Dorsey announced major layoffs at Block, cutting nearly half of its workforce. Dorsey said AI was behind the cuts, and the company's stock rose over 20% in after-hours trading. Tech and VC ...
Daily Mail

Jack Dorsey's Block axes 'nearly half' of workforce in chilling sign of AI's impact on employment

Jack Dorsey has axed thousands of workers at Block, the parent company of Cash App, Square and Afterpay, in a move signaling a major shift toward artificial intelligence. In a note to staff, Dorsey ...
Financial Post

S&P 500 Falls in Retreat From Risk as Block Cuts Spur AI Anxiety

(Bloomberg) — US stocks dropped as risk-off sentiment swept through markets and fintech Block Inc.’s massive layoffs fanned angst that artificial-intelligence risks upending broad sections of the ...
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, ...
Engadget

Block, the parent of Square and Cash App, is laying off over 4,000 people

Block is the latest business to announce layoffs, with the operator of payment platforms Square and Cash App opting to cut jobs in favor of using more AI tools. The financial tech company, helmed by ...
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 ...