Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred Hutch researchers receive prestigious R01 awards

Drs. Yunda Huang, Maria Lemos, Bo Zhang and Karsten Eichholz were recently awarded coveted R01 grants from the National ...
AHA/ASA Journals

Designing Medically Tailored Meal Interventions: The Food as Medicine for Families (FAME-F) Factorial Randomized Clinical Trial

BACKGROUND: Medically tailored meals (MTM) have unanswered implementation questions. Providing MTM for a specific individual, rather than the entire household, could underdose if food is shared, but ...

Ocular Therapeutix Touts Landmark Phase 3 AXPAXLI Win at RBC Ophthalmology Conference

Ocular Therapeutix (NASDAQ:OCUL) executives highlighted what the company described as a landmark Phase 3 outcome for its retinal disease candidate AXPAXLI and discussed ongoing development, safety ...
Futurism

Jack Dorsey Isn’t Telling the Real Story About Block’s AI Layoffs, Insider Says

Twitter founder and Block Inc (formerly Square) CEO Jack Dorsey announced late last month that his fintech venture was making “one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company” by “reducing ...
The New York Times

I Worked for Block. Its A.I. Job Cuts Aren’t What They Seem.

Mr. Zamost was the head of communications, policy and people at Square, now known as Block, from 2015 to 2020. See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en los ...
Fast Company

This Block employee survived the ‘Thanos snap’—then refused a 90% pay bump and quit immediately. Why her explanation is going viral

When fintech company Block laid off 40% off its workforce last week, CEO Jack Dorsey explained the decision in a memo to employees that he also shared on social media. He was eliminating more than ...
Wall Street Journal

Jack Dorsey Blamed AI for Block’s Massive Layoffs. Skeptics Aren’t Buying It.

In September, payments firm Block Inc.XYZ-4.15%decrease; red down pointing triangle gathered 8,000 of its employees from around the globe to California for an extravaganza celebrating the company’s ...
Business Insider

Here is how Block's severance package compares to other tech companies in past layoffs

Jack Dorsey's Block is laying off nearly half of its employees, equivalent to about 4,000 jobs. The financial services company has earned some praise for its severance package. Here's how it compares ...
Business Insider

Inside Block's AI push that ended in pink slips

Seven former Block workers say they used AI to varying degrees and weren't convinced it would replace them. CEO Jack Dorsey's decision to cut the workforce in half came as a shock. AI-driven layoffs ...
New York Post

Block shares spike 20% after Jack Dorsey orders sweeping layoffs to ride AI wave

Financial tech firm Block’s stock surged as much as 20% in Friday trading after its billionaire CEO Jack Dorsey revealed plans for sweeping layoffs and a full embrace of AI tools. Dorsey, best known ...
Forbes

Block Lays Off 40% Of Staff And Blames It On AI. Don’t Buy The Excuse.

Payments company Block announced it’s laying off 40% of its staff. According to Chairman and founder Jack Dorsey: “This decision comes from a position of strength. Intelligence tools have changed what ...
Investopedia

Block Lays Off 40% of Staff Citing AI. CEO Dorsey Says Other Firms Will Make Similar Moves.

Shares of Block surged Friday after the fintech company announced plans to lay off nearly half of its staff. Almost 30,000 people across 45 tech companies have been laid off since the start of the ...