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Intel Foundry Manager Kevin O'Buckley Departs for Qualcomm

techpowerup - The head of Intel Foundry, Kevin O'Buckley, is leaving the company to join Qualcomm. He will take on the role of Executive Vice President of Global Operations and Supply Chain at Qualcomm, effective March 2, 2026. At Qualcomm, O'Buckley will oversee globa…

#semiconductors #chips #business #jobs #supplychain #intel #manufacturing #technology #qualcomm

Latest Intel exit sees Foundry lead Kevin O’Buckley joining Qualcomm

7 days / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Intel Shares Slide 3% as Foundry Leader Jumps Ship to Qualcomm

7 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Intel Foundry boss leaves for Qualcomm

7 days / ycombinator

Intel Foundry Manager Kevin O'Buckley Departs for Qualcomm

8 days / techpowerup

Intel Foundry Services Head Leaves For Qualcomm Supply Chain Post

8 days / reddit / /u/-protonsandneutrons-

Intel Foundry boss leaves for Qualcomm — Naga Chandrasekaran takes charge of the unit

8 days / tomshardware

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:21 pm / permalink 19853 / 6 stories in 8 days


Burger King rolls out AI headsets that track employee 'friendliness'

bbc - The fast-food chain is testing OpenAI-powered headsets that monitor staff interactions with customers.

#voice #openai #aiethics #genai #business #chatgpt #jobs #food #assistant #digitalprivacy

Meet ‘Patty,’ Burger King’s new AI assistant that lives in employees’ headsets

7 days / fastcompany / Grace Snelling

Burger King testing AI headsets to track if employees say ‘please’ or ‘thank you’

7 days / reddit / /u/Fcking_Chuck

Burger King rolls out AI headsets that track employee 'friendliness'

8 days / reddit / /u/CabinetCalm1970

Burger King will use AI to monitor employee 'friendliness'

8 days / reddit / /u/kin20

Burger King rolls out AI headsets that track employee 'friendliness'

8 days / bbc

Burger King Cooks Up 'Patty,' an AI Chatbot to Monitor Employees

8 days / cnet / Omar Gallaga

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:21 pm / permalink 19852 / 6 stories in 8 days


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

Jack Dorsey’s Block cuts 4,000 citing AI as the cause

7 days / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Jack Dorsey's Block cuts thousands of jobs as it embraces AI

8 days / bbc

Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next

8 days / techcrunch / Connie Loizos

Jack Dorsey's Block Cuts Nearly Half of Its Staff In AI Gamble

8 days / slashdot / BeauHD

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

8 days / nytimes / Natallie Rocha

Jack Dorsey’s Block to cut workforce by ‘nearly half’ as it leans on AI tools

8 days / ft

Jack Dorsey’s Block cuts nearly half of its staff in AI gamble

8 days / theverge / Jay Peters

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

8 days / theblock / Jason Shubnell


Costs, earnings, banking growth: business impact

Analysis: Block’s retreat to 2019 scale could be a hint of deeper shifts in payments economics

7 days / coindesk / Sam Reynolds

Block Slashes Staff and Eyes AI as Primary Banking Actives Jump 22% to 9.3M

8 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

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

8 days / engadget / Anna Washenko

Jack Dorsey’s Block to Lay Off 40% of Its Workforce in AI Remake

8 days / wsj / Angel Au-Yeung

Block swaps 4,000 workers for AI

8 days / paymentsdive / Patrick Cooley


Market rallies: stock surge after layoffs announced

Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI

7 days / abcnews

Jack Dorsey’s fintech outfit Block announces 40% layoffs, blames AI, gets 23% stock bump

8 days / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Block Stock Pops as Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin, Payments Company Dumps 4,000 Jobs

8 days / decrypt / Sebastian Sinclair

Block rallies after Dorsey slashes 40% of workforce in AI-native reset as earnings top estimates

8 days / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

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

8 days / cnbc

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

8 days / reddit / /u/joe4942


OTHER: comments, reposts and miscellaneous coverage

Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI

7 days / reddit / /u/Outrageous-Baker5834

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

8 days / reddit / /u/GeneReddit123

Layoffs at Block

8 days / ycombinator


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In a lengthy post on X, Dorsey stated that he made the decision to cut jobs after realising how small teams and intelligence tools have enabled a “new way of working” that “fundamentally changes” things.

7 days / bsky / @siliconrepublic.bsky.social / siliconrepublic.bsky.social

Jack Dorseys Block lays off nearly half of workforce due to AI

7 days / mashable

block cuts nearly half of its staff in ai gamble, citing need for "artificial general intelligence" https://www.theverge.com/tech/885710/jack-dorsey-block-layoffs-job-cuts-ai

8 days / bsky / @kcurry.bsky.social / kcurry.bsky.social

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19833 / 25 stories in 8 days


Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. AI chatbot ‘Patty’ is going to live inside employees’ headsets.

/u/esporx / reddit - submitted by /u/esporx [link] [comments]

#ai #automation #dataprivacy #voice #aiethics #business #jobs #assistant #digitalprivacy

Burger King turns to AI to flame broil employees who aren't friendly enough

8 days / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Burger King to use AI to help with meal prep, evaluate employee ‘friendliness’

8 days / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Burger King’s ‘Patty’ AI Coming Soon to Canada

8 days / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Burger King will use AI to monitor employee 'friendliness'

8 days / engadget / Will Shanklin

Surveillance With a Smile: Burger King Will Use AI to Track If Employees Say ‘Please’ and ‘Thank You’

8 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. AI chatbot ‘Patty’ is going to live inside employees’ headsets.

8 days / reddit / /u/esporx

Burger King Will Use AI To Check If Employees Say 'Please' and 'Thank You'

8 days / slashdot / msmash

Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ | AI chatbot ‘Patty’ is going to live inside employees’ headsets.

8 days / reddit / /u/cmaia1503

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 19807 / 8 stories in 8 days


OpenAI Announces Major Expansion of London Office

Joel Khalili / wired - The San Francisco-based AI lab is growing its research team in London. The move puts it in direct competition with Google DeepMind for top research talent in the UK.

#ai #ml #techpolicy #openai #genai #business #uk #jobs #europe #research

OpenAI Announces Major Expansion of London Office

8 days / wired / Joel Khalili

OpenAI to make London its biggest research hub outside US

8 days / reddit / /u/tekz

OpenAI to establish London as biggest research hub outside the US

8 days / tech / John Reynolds

OpenAI names London as its next major research hub

8 days / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 19806 / 4 stories in 8 days


EBay Is Laying Off About 800 Workers, 6% of Global Workforce

msmash / slashdot - EBay is cutting about 800 jobs, or 6% of its full-time employees, saying the layoffs are needed to align its workforce with strategic priorities. From a report: "We are taking steps to reinvest across our business and align our structure with our strategi…

#ecommerce #business #jobs #us #economy #layoffs #technology

eBay will lay off 800 workers, or 6 percent of its staff

8 days / engadget / Anna Washenko

eBay layoffs today: 6% of jobs cut days after buying Depop from Etsy

8 days / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson

The latest round of layoffs marks eBay’s third workforce reduction in the past three years.

8 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

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8 days / bsky / @rabichakra.bsky.social / rabichakra.bsky.social

EBay laying off about 800 roles, or 6% of its workforce

8 days / reddit / /u/joe4942

eBay to lay off 800 staff

8 days / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

EBay laying off about 800 roles, or 6% of its workforce

8 days / cnbc

EBay Is Laying Off About 800 Workers, 6% of Global Workforce

8 days / slashdot / msmash

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19798 / 8 stories in 8 days


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