Block Lays Off 40% Of Staff And Blames It On AI. Don’t Buy The Excuse.

Block’s 40% layoffs spark questions about AI’s role and overhiring. Here’s what the data shows about headcount, compliance ...

Block shares soar as much as 24% as company slashes workforce by nearly half

"Today we shared a difficult decision with our team," Jack Dorsey, Block's co-founder and CEO, wrote in a letter to ...

We finally tried the screen time blocking app Brick that everyone is obsessed with and now we’re obsessed too

The Brick is a physical and digital device that can block apps on your phone, but does it really work? Five NBC Select staffers put The Brick to the test to find out.
ZME Science

Two Discoveries Hint That the Building Blocks of Life Form in Deep Space Long Before Planets Even Exist

A pair of new studies suggest that key steps toward life’s chemistry may begin long before planets exist. Experiments simulating interstellar space show that simple amino acids can link into peptides, ...
BBC

For me? Representing and portraying the whole of the UK

Have you ever watched a TV drama based firmly in one corner of the UK and wondered whether it truly represents the people and lives of that community? As BBC Chair, I have visited BBC productions on ...
The Guardian

HMRC thinks I am someone else – and it’s costing me £450 a month

Tax authority has associated a stranger’s national insurance number to my own, and is charging me as if I have two jobs In November, HM Revenue and Customs randomly associated someone else’s job to my ...