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Block Inc slashes 40% of its staff as Jack Dorsey pushes ‘smaller, flatter’ AI strategy

Jason Shubnell / theblock - Block is reducing its staff from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000, Dorsey said in a note to the company.


AI-driven mass layoffs — Dorsey's companywide reset

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Market rallies: stock surge after layoffs announced

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New York Sues Valve For Enabling 'Illegal Gambling' With Loot Boxes

msmash / slashdot - New York state has filed a lawsuit against Valve alleging that randomized loot boxes in games like Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 amount to a form of unregulated gambling, letting users "pay for the chance to win a rare virtual item of sign…

#ecommerce #gaming #techpolicy #government #judiciary #us #payments #law #litigation #regulation

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MetaMask Crypto Debit Mastercard Launches Across United States

Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - The Mastercard-powered MetaMask debit card is now rolling out access to all users across the United States.

#blockchain #crypto #decentralisation #banking #business #us #payments #wallet #crypto

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 19789 / 3 stories in 8 days


India may finally get Apple Pay by mid-2026

appleinsider - A new report backs up recent claims that India is shortly to get Apple Pay after years of complex negotiations.Apple Pay may finally come to IndiaIn January 2026, it was rumored that Apple was in talks to get Apple Pay in India. Now Bloomberg is reporting…

#apple #banking #business #iphone #ios #india #payments #digitalid #wallet

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Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 19786 / 6 stories in 8 days


London-Based Alpa Raises $3.5M In Pre-Seed Funding Led by Daphni

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based fintech startup Alpa has raised $3.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Daphni, with participation from True Capital, 2100 Ventures, Firedrop, Oprtrs Club, Kima Ventures, and Sonorcap. Angel investors include Alexandre Yazdi (Voodoo founder) …

#vc #fintech #enterprise #business #food #deliveroo #travel #europe #payments

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Oracle and OpenAI scrap Texas data-center expansion; Meta eyes the spare capacity

Oracle and OpenAI have abandoned plans to expand a flagship Texas data center, leaving substantial compute capacity up for grabs. Nvidia reportedly brokered interest from Meta to take the unused slots as OpenAI downscales that particular buildout, a move that rattled markets and highlights shifting demand for large-scale on-prem AI infrastructure. More...


Google releases Workspace CLI enabling AI agents to access Gmail, Drive, Calendar

Google has shipped an open-source Workspace CLI that gives AI agents like OpenClaw programmatic access to Gmail, Drive, Calendar and other Workspace services via a built-in MCP server. The tool standardizes agent integration, making it easier — and slightly creepier — for automated assistants to act on users’ behalf across core productivity apps. More...


OpenAI launches Codex Security agent to automatically detect software vulnerabilities

OpenAI rolled out Codex Security, an AI agent that scans codebases to find complex vulnerabilities, suggests actionable fixes, and uses sandbox testing to limit false positives. The tool has already flagged issues in major projects and aims to compete with traditional application security tooling by automating deep, contextual code review. More...


CISA, Google and US agencies flag Coruna iOS exploit kit in active use

U.S. agencies and security teams have raised alarms about “Coruna,” a powerful iOS exploit kit tied to spyware and crypto-theft campaigns. Google’s threat unit traced the toolkit’s activity while CISA ordered federal mitigations for the targeted iOS flaws, urging rapid patching as investigators hunt for origins and victims. More...


U.S.-Iran strikes roil markets and satellite imagery firms amid fresh attacks

A recent round of retaliatory strikes between the U.S. and Iran has immediate spillovers: defense analytics firm shares jumped on expected demand, major chipmaker stock fell amid geopolitical jitters, and a commercial satellite imagery provider paused public image distribution to prevent adversarial use for battle-damage assessment. Markets and imagery services scrambled for damage control. More...



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