Square began automatically enabling bitcoin payments for eligible U.S. sellers today. Square, the payments platform owned by Block, has begun automatically enabling bitcoin payments for eligible U.S.

For decades, rumors have circulated of a strange game that supposedly appeared in several arcades around Portland, Oregon, in 1981. It was so unsettling that it allegedly caused seizures, ...

Another victim of Canal+’s takeover of MultiChoice appears to be the shelving of what MultiChoice planned to be its 4th-generation, likely voice-controlled, DStv Ultra decoder. MultiChoice designed ...

In the early 1980s, rumors began circulating about a strange arcade machine that appeared in Portland. Players claimed the game was unusually addictive and caused disturbing effects, fueling ...

Former Block employees congregate in an unaffiliated Slack channel to share support, find new jobs, and trade memes. Block laid off over 4,000 employees on Thursday, almost half of the company's ...

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is axing more than 4,000 employees at his fintech company Block — slashing the workforce by nearly half in what he called a necessary shift toward ‘intelligence tools.’ ...

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 ...

AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely a mystery. By Carl Zimmer In 2024, two scientists from Google DeepMind ...

Square has officially launched Bitcoin payments for its 4 million U.S. merchants, allowing businesses to accept BTC with zero processing fees until 2027. Bitcoin just took another major step toward ...

Was Polybius real? In 1981, an arcade in Portland was the scene of countless gamers coming down with migraines, having heart attacks, seizures and strokes. Local teens were suffering from amnesia and ...