Block, the parent company of payment apps Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is laying off more than 40 percent of its staff, pointing to recent advancements in AI that are “enabling a new way of working.

Block, the parent company of Square and the Cash App, is conducting a major reorganization in the age of artificial intelligence, and investors are rewarding the move. The payment-technology company ...

Nearly everyone on team NBC Select thinks they would benefit from less screen time. There are plenty of productivity apps and screen time features that aim to help you focus and reduce distractions, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police issued an alert about an armed robbery suspect who uses a dating app to lure victims to a South Side location. Police said at least two robberies have happened in the ...

Keeping distracting ads from infiltrating my Android phone has become a necessity rather than a luxury. Blocking them not only saves me time and sanity, but also prevents me from miss-clicking a ...

Apple and Google are profiting from the nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding X, an open letter claims. Apple and Google are profiting from the nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding X, an open ...

Two countries have blocked the Grok app after it was widely used to generate non-consensual near-nude deepfakes of women and children. A third country is currently carrying out an investigation. Three ...

Monitor data usage or block apps from the net entirely, all in a couple of clicks. Most people haven't actively managed a firewall in at least a decade, assuming they ever have. But keeping track of ...

Two lawsuits are asking a federal judge to block a new Texas law that would require app stores to verify users’ ages and impose restrictions on those under 18. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman heard ...

Nektony has launched FireWally, a free and user-friendly firewall for macOS that gives users full control over their Mac's online activity, with real-time monitoring, app insights powered by Apple ...

The maker of an iPhone app that flagged sightings of U.S. immigration agents sued the Trump administration for free speech violations on Monday, alleging that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi used her ...

The developer of ICEBlock, an iPhone app that anonymously tracks the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations after Apple ...