Block, the parent company of payment apps Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is laying off more than 40 percent of its staff, pointing to recent advancements in AI that are “enabling a new way of working.

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 ...

Apple today provided an update on its age assurance tools for developers in Brazil, Australia, Singapore, Utah, and Louisiana. Developers in these areas will face new age assurance and parental ...

Block announced it’s selling its Cash App Score to third-party lenders. Is it actually revolutionary or just a clever way to monetize captive customer data? Block has originated over $200 billion in ...

Russia has blocked the U.S.-based messaging app WhatsApp, the Kremlin announced Thursday, claiming the Meta-owned company failed to comply with local laws. The move follows six months of pressure on ...

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Android 17 is rumored to include a native App Lock feature. New code strings suggest that locked app notifications will show generic “New message” or “New notification” text instead of the usual ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas’ App Store Accountability Act, which would have required parental consent and age checks for minors’ app use. Lake Mead boaters issued warning: "Dangerous ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas’ app store age verification law, delaying requirements that would force Apple and Google to verify users’ ages. While the ruling pauses enforcement for ...

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The Computer & Communications Industry Association, whose members include app store operators like Apple and Google, sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking a preliminary injunction to block ...

A new Texas state law set to take effect on Jan. 1 would have required app stores to implement age verification processes. But the law has been put on hold, at least temporarily, by a federal court ...