CNET

Best WordPress Hosting for Building a Successful Website in 2026

Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since then, she's poured thousands of hours into understanding how websites and online businesses work. She's shared what she's learned on blogs ...
GitHub

Block-style page layouts for ClassicPress, delivered as shortcodes.

ClassicPress dropped the Gutenberg block editor in favour of the Classic editor. That's a deliberate choice — but it leaves a gap: the layout primitives that came with blocks (cover, columns, media + ...
Wall Street Journal

‘I Will Destroy You’: The Battle Inside a Midwestern Media Dynasty

John Robinson Block got a shocking phone call from his twin brother, Allan, in 2023. The editor in chief and publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Toledo Blade, John Robinson had recently ...
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 ...
The New York Times

Block Cuts 40% of Its Work Force Because of Its Embrace of A.I.

About 4,000 workers will lose their jobs as the payments company does more work with new artificial intelligence tools, its top executive said. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Block, ...
Los Angeles Times

Block to cut more than 4,000 jobs amid AI disruption of the workplace

Fintech company Block said Thursday that it’s cutting more than 4,000 workers or nearly half of its workforce as artificial intelligence disrupts the way people work. The Oakland parent company of ...
CNN

Block lays off nearly half its staff because of AI. Its CEO said most companies will do the same

Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey. Dorsey thinks ...
Engadget

Block, the parent of Square and Cash App, is laying off over 4,000 people

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. 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 ...
Reuters

Jack Dorsey’s Block to cut nearly half its workforce in AI overhaul, shares surge

Block to cut over 4,000 jobs CEO says AI has changed how a company is run Stock surges 25% after market Analysts call cuts a "seminal moment" in AI era Feb 26 (Reuters) - Block (XYZ.N), opens new tab ...
CNBC

Block shares soar as much as 24% as company slashes workforce by nearly half

Block said Thursday it's laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its head count. Shares of the payment company skyrocketed as much as 24% in extended trading. It was last seen up nearly ...
The Verge

WordPress’ new AI assistant will let users edit their sites with prompts

The opt-in AI assistant can generate images, edit and translate text, and reorganize WordPress sites. The opt-in AI assistant can generate images, edit and translate text, and reorganize WordPress ...
NPR

The Format return with 'Boycott Heaven,' their first album in 20 years

Boycott Heaven, The Format's first studio album in nearly 20 years, arrives today. For a while, the indie rock outfit's Sam Means and Nate Ruess thought they might be cursed as a band. "Anytime we get ...