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Survived the Block layoffs? You might be getting a hefty retention package, including a bonus.Naoko Takeda was a data scientist at Block’s Cash App for two years, per LinkedIn. After over 4,000 of her Block colleagues were laid off last week, Takeda wrote on LinkedIn that the company offered her…
Jack Dorsey is taking responsibility for a key mistake behind Block’s sweeping job cuts.”Yes we over-hired during COVID,” the Block cofounder and CEO wrote Friday on X, responding to criticism that the company’s recent layoffs reflected managerial incompetence.The admission comes a day after Dorsey announced he was slashing nearly half…
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SpaceX moved to cut off Russian access to Starlink this week, disabling connectivity over Ukraine while maintaining a whitelist of approved Ukrainian terminals.The new measure has spurred excitement among Ukrainian officials and pundits close to the war, who have said that Russian troops were increasingly using Starlink to guide long-range…









