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IRS Direct File, a free online system for filing federal taxes, has been scrapped for 2026. Almost 300,000 people used IRS Direct File in 2025. So, are they out of luck, along with millions of others ...

The ease of recovering information that was not properly redacted digitally suggests that at least some of the documents released by the Justice Department were hastily censored. By Santul Nerkar ...

The most significant advances in artificial intelligence next year won’t come from building larger models but from making AI systems smarter, more collaborative, and more reliable. Breakthroughs in ...

AT&T customers: the deadline for eligible claimants to file for a portion of the $177 million class action settlement is coming up soon. The telecommunications company agreed to the settlement to ...

It would be slightly ridiculous to reinvent your entire home every time a new interiors trend rolled around, but taking a closer look at what’s poised to define 2026 certainly has its merits. It can ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the KB5070311 preview update is triggering bright white flashes when launching the File Explorer in dark mode on Windows 11 systems. "After installing KB5070311, you might ...

The new Artist Spotlight section of the Miami event will include 30 galleries focusing on a single artist, some chosen in part for their lack of commercialism. By Ray Mark Rinaldi Reporting from ...

For a while now, it’s been possible to right-click on a file in Windows File Explorer and select the Ask Copilot option, which launches the Copilot app with the file in question as part of the prompt.

A simple database permission change triggered a global failure, highlighting how self-inflicted software errors now cause more disruptions than cyberattacks. A massive outage at content delivery ...

On any other highway in America, the billboards might be shilling soda brands and accident attorneys. But as you drive south down the 101, from San Francisco International Airport toward Stanford’s ...

The IRS has ended the Direct File program, which let some taxpayers file their annual returns for free using software developed by the government. Many tax preparation companies opposed this, as did ...