Two 80-year-old buildings in Houston's EaDo to get new life

A redevelopment project aimed at transforming aging industrial warehouses into a walkable commercial hub officially broke ...

First phase of new walkable, mixed-use district breaks ground in EaDo as project lands first key tenant

A collection vintage warehouses in Houston's East Downtown neighborhood are set for a major transformation, as a long-planned ...
NJ.com

H&R Block messed up Stay NJ, ANCHOR benefits on tax returns. This guy sniffed out the mistake.

Tax treatment of property tax breaks, including Stay NJ, ANCHOR and the Senior Freeze, can be complicated. New Jersey treats the money differently from the federal government on tax returns. But most ...
AOL

Block employee says the company dangled a 75% pay raise to get her to stay after layoffs — but she decided to quit

Survived the Block layoffs? You might be getting a hefty retention package, including a bonus. Naoko Takeda was a data scientist at Block's Cash App for two years, per LinkedIn. After over 4,000 of ...
AOL

I talked to one of the laid-off Block employees. He gave me a sobering warning.

In late 2022, when ChatGPT was first blowing everyone's minds, Kenji didn't really get it. Sure, it did some pretty cool things. But so had plenty of other generative AI models he'd tinkered with over ...
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 ...
TechSpot

Jack Dorsey says AI is driving Block's massive layoffs as 4,000+ roles are cut

What just happened? Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, is eliminating over 4,000 jobs at his payments company, Block. In a depressingly familiar repeat of what we've previously ...
The Business Journals

Jack Dorsey plans to lay off thousands of Block workers thanks to AI

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Block currently employs around ...
MarketWatch

Block plans to lay off nearly half its staff in ‘deliberate and bold’ embrace of AI

Block, the parent company of Square and the Cash App, is conducting a major reorganization in the age of artificial intelligence, and investors are rewarding the move. The payment-technology company ...
PC World

Block Google’s AI summaries with this easy search trick

I’m in the minority when it comes to AI summaries. I hate them. I’ll save the reasons for another time—I’m here to share how to see your search results faster. (In this, I know I’m not alone.) It ...
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 Business Journals

St. Louis native Jack Dorsey plans to lay off thousands of Block workers thanks to AI

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Block, the parent of mobile ...