Discord has flipped the switch. Every voice and video call on the platform now runs protected by end-to-end encryption. No exceptions for direct messages, group chats, voice channels or Go Live streams. Stage channels remain the lone holdout. The change, finalized in early March and announced this week, marks the end of a multi-year push

Google announced sweeping changes to its Play Store at I/O 2026. The updates bring short-form video previews straight into the app discovery process. They add conversational artificial intelligence that understands context and follow-up questions. And they push the entire catalog into the Gemini assistant on Android and the web. The centerpiece carries a name that

Wall Street has watched artificial intelligence deliver one earnings surprise after another. This time the gains spread beyond the usual chipmakers. Cisco Systems and Lumentum Holdings both posted results that topped forecasts. Their shares jumped in response. The pattern points to something larger. Demand for the plumbing that makes AI clusters run keeps accelerating. Cisco

Chaac Pizza Northeast once stood out among Pizza Hut operators. The franchisee ran about 111 stores across New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. Its locations focused solely on carryout and delivery. No dining rooms. No in-house drivers. Just efficient handoffs to DoorDash. Before 2024, more than 90 percent of its pizzas reached

Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow recently made the decision to eliminate the company’s entire human resources department as part of a broader effort to streamline operations at the fintech firm. The move, which drew immediate attention across the startup community, has sparked debate about whether such aggressive cost-cutting measures support or undermine long-term company health. According