Reuters

India withdraws bid to host annual UN climate talks in 2028

SINGAPORE, April 8 (Reuters) - India has withdrawn its offer to host the United Nations annual climate Conference Of the ‌Parties (COP33) in 2028, two government officials familiar with the matter ...
Business Insider

Goodbye, middle managers. Hello, 'player-coaches' and 'org leads.'

Meta is rebranding some managers as "org leads." Block is calling them "player-coaches," as both companies lean into AI. Top-down control can hinder innovation, former Netflix chief talent officer ...
Forbes

Jack Dorsey Flags 4,000 Job Cuts As AI Reshapes Block’s Org Chart

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Business Insider

Jack Dorsey outlines how AI will change Block's org chart — and replace managers with 'player-coaches'

Jack Dorsey and Roelof Botha outlined Block's AI future one month after its sweeping 40% layoffs. The company will have three types of roles, they wrote. "Player-coaches" will replace managers.
AOL

Jack Dorsey outlines how AI will change Block's org chart — and replace managers with 'player-coaches'

Jack Dorsey co-authored a blog with Roelof Botha, outlining Block's future.Bloomberg/Getty Images Jack Dorsey wants AI in Block's bones. In February, Block laid off over 4,000 employees, roughly 40% ...
WHYY

Philly launches ‘Block Party Bonanza’ to raise community pride during America’s 250th summer celebrations

File: A 5-year-old hula hoops at the Juneteenth Block Party put on by the African American Museum in Philadelphia on June 19, 2025. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...
The American Prospect

Democratic States Seek to Block Massive TV Station Merger

Last week, I wrote about how state attorneys general were beginning to find their sea legs amid the effective closure of the federal Justice Department on issues of corporate power. The next day, the ...
The Verge

Proton’s security and privacy policies can’t always keep your payment information hidden.

While end-to-end encryption can keep an account’s data private and hidden even from a service provider, the name of who paid for the account and other metadata is harder to hide. 404 Media says court ...
Aclu.org

ACLU Urges Congress to Block Any New War Funding After Failed War Powers Vote

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives failed to pass the bipartisan Massie-Khanna War Powers Resolution, which would have required that all U.S. forces be withdrawn from Iran, ...
PBS

Minnesota sues to block Trump administration's withholding of $243 million in Medicaid funds

Minnesota on Monday sued President Donald Trump's administration in an attempt to stop it from withholding $243 million in Medicaid spending, warning it may have to cut health care for low-income ...
PBS

Congress prepares for war powers resolution vote to block U.S. strikes on Iran

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Friday a bipartisan coalition is working to force a vote as soon as next week on a war powers resolution that would attempt to prevent any U.S. action ...