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https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/09/blocks-ai-layoffs-are-fake-too/ - blog post

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• we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company https://x.com/jack/status/2027129697092731343
• Q4 2025 Shareholder Letter (PDF) https://s29.q4cdn.com/628966176/files/doc_financials/2025/q4/Q4-2025-Shareholder-Letter_Block.pdf
• Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey's Block https://www.wired.com/story/inside-rolling-layoffs-jack-dorsey-block/
• Jack Dorsey's 4,000 Job Cuts at Block Arouse Suspicions of AI-Washing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-01/jack-dorsey-s-4-000-job-cuts-at-block-arouse-suspicions-of-ai-washing
• Current and former Block workers say AI can't do their jobs after Jack Dorsey's mass layoffs: 'You can't really AI that' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/08/block-ai-layoffs-jack-dorsey
• My employer Block laid off 40% of its workforce last Thursday (2/26) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7434699479389405184/
• yes we over-hired during covid https://x.com/jack/status/2027290756793135253

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Google goes to court not to tell you

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• With $1 Billion Google Data Center Deal Inked, the Roanoke Valley Enters the Game https://www.roanokerambler.com/with-1-billion-google-data-center-deal-inked-the-roanoke-valley-enters-the-game/
• Ruling (PDF) https://storage.ghost.io/c/4f/7d/4f7d448e-fe49-4f83-b349-3cbb39e372de/content/files/2025/11/Henri-Gendreau-v.-Mike-McEvoy---CL25-2187--1-.pdf
• Google Strives To Keep Data Center Water Use Secret After Judge Orders Records Released https://www.roanokerambler.com/google-strives-keep-data-center-botetourt-county-water-use-secret-judge-orders-records-released/
• Google data center water estimates go public, residents in Roanoke and Botetourt react https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2026/02/26/google-data-center-water-estimates-go-public-residents-in-roanoke-and-botetourt-react/
• Sam Altman Unfiltered: ChatGPT, AI Risks & What's Coming Next, 40 Questions in 60 Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH7thwrCluM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• The Gentle Singularity https://blog.samaltman.com/the-gentle-singularity
• How People Use ChatGPT https://forklightning.substack.com/p/how-people-use-chatgpt

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• Ilya Sutskever gets $2b funding not to release anything until he has 'super intelligence' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yHrZR_Sgg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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Brookings: make the data centres pay to build the power plants

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/05/power-prices-data-centres-nothing-but-data-centres/ - blog post

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• Why are electricity prices rising in the US and what can be done about it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKEu4NeAIjw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• Data Centers in Nvidia's Hometown Stand Empty Awaiting Power https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-10/data-centers-in-nvidia-s-hometown-stand-empty-awaiting-power

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