City officials worry KS protest petition bill could derail local budget priorities

Local budgets that exceed the rate of inflation or 3% annual growth — whichever is lower — could be blocked by 10% of voters ...
Macworld

Running out of time to file your taxes? This $30 H&R Block software makes it way easier

This deal on H&R Block Tax Software helps you file quickly with step-by-step guidance, maximize deductions, and stay on track ...

DoJ Blocks Roman Storm’s Dismissal Bid in Tornado Cash Case—What Happens Next

The U.S. Department of Justice has rejected Roman Storm’s request to dismiss criminal charges in the Tornado Cash case.

The Big Bang: A.I. Has Created a Code Overload

Sachin Kamdar, a co-founder of Elvex, an A.I. agent start-up, said he created a rule around 16 months ago that all of the ...
Wired

Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Explain the Block Layoffs

When the bombs hit in Iran, I thought of Jack Dorsey. In 2009, he and I were both part of a contingent of technology people sent by the US State Department to Baghdad, in the wake of another ...
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 ...
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 ...
CSOonline

Anthropic’s Claude Code Security rollout is an industry wakeup call

When Anthropic announced the start of testing on Friday, security vendors, and the markets, sat up and took notice. But is the panic warranted? When Anthropic launched a “limited research preview” of ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Hungary, Slovakia Block New EU Sanctions On Russia

The European Union has failed to agree on more sanctions on Russia, that were planned to be in place by the fourth anniversary of the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The bloc's foreign ...
WUSA

Senate votes to block DC's tax code, but Chairman Mendelson says Congress review period has expired

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to block the DC Council's decision to divorce from some of the tax breaks included in President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful bill. The 49-47 vote ...
Phys.org

Building blocks of life discovered in Bennu asteroid rewrite origin story

Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an asteroid called Bennu, delivered to Earth in 2023 by NASA's OSIRIS-REx ...