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Behind the scenes glass bead making lampworking tutorial

A calming look into the lampworking process where glass is carefully shaped into beads and delicate bubbles. This meditative ...
The Providence Journal

How Block Island’s glass floats are made — and why people are obsessed

Eben Horton created the Glass Float Project in 2011. Horton and Jennifer Nauck make over 500 floats per year to hide throughout Block Island. People travel to Block Island from around the world to ...
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Why glass blocks infrared light

A quick look at why transparent glass can still be opaque to infrared light. Trump unveils new name for White House ballroom What happens if you don't pay a deceased person's credit card debt? Trump ...
Dezeen

Studioninedots fronts skinny Amsterdam home with glass blocks

Glass bricks, metal grilles and glossy tiles lend an industrial character to Light House, a family home in the Netherlands designed by local architecture practice Studioninedots. Located in ...
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 ...
CNBC

Block cuts about half its workforce — how to move forward after a mass layoff, career experts say

Block said Thursday it is laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its headcount. Layoff announcements among U.S. employers in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hackaday

Testing The Pressure Limits For Glass In Water Cooling Blocks

Many people who use water cooling in their computer systems like to go full-bore with ‘aquarium’ aesthetic, which includes adding a window to their cooling blocks so that they see the water flowing ...