IntroductionThis is the fifth installment in a series introducing practice apps for units where 4th-grade math students often ...

Jack Dorsey’s Block released a new voice model out of the company’s research lab that runs locally and sounds strangely human with its expressions like laughs, pauses, and cries. The company said the ...

A block header links each block to the last and commits to its data. See Bitcoin's six 80-byte fields, Merkle roots, and how ...

Block's in-house AI research lab announced Dessa on October 23, 2026, a full-duplex speech-to-speech model the company says was trained from scratch on nothing but human conversation, releasing live ...

IntroductionMost third-grade math stumbling blocks are caused not by math ability itself, but by a lack of "reading ...

While blocking IP ranges works perfectly, blocking a website or domain is tricky. That’s because multiple IPs can be associated with the domain, and while you can prevent them, the DNS resolver can ...

H&R Block's DIY tax-filing platform has garnered a huge following for its straightforwardness and affordability. The easy-to-use interface prompts users with questions to determine which tier is right ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily. “Morale is probably the worst I’ve ...