Americans will have one fewer free option to file their taxes in 2026 after the Trump administration killed IRS Direct File. Without it, Direct File supporters said Americans will end up spending more ...

The IRS ended Direct File, the free, online pilot program that nearly 300,000 taxpayers in 25 states used to file returns for tax year 2024. The IRS website for Direct File says “Direct File is closed ...

Over two dozen states incorporated the free tax software in 2025, but the IRS has decided to discontinue the program. Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering ...

The no-code movement is revolutionizing software development by allowing non-technical users to create applications without coding. Traditionally, software required extensive programming skills and ...

Windows users are, understandably, given the size of the operating system market share, a prime target for attackers of all kinds, from nation-state espionage actors to hackers and scammers. Windows ...

It’s everywhere, as the author learned the hard way while making as little contact as possible with machine learning and generative artificial intelligence. It’s everywhere, as the author learned the ...

If you’ve been using the internet for more than a month or so, you know that downloading files from unknown sites is a great way to get compromised. But the latest security update to Windows does a ...

OpenAI has acquired Software Applications Incorporated (SAI), perhaps best known for the core team that produced what became Shortcuts on Apple platforms. More recently, the team has been working on ...

Microsoft says that the File Explorer (formerly Windows Explorer) now automatically blocks previews for files downloaded from the Internet to block credential theft attacks via malicious documents.

Researchers at Google have unveiled a new workflow to improve scientific software using artificial intelligence 1. The company built evolutionary ‘trees’ of software tools for six tasks. The ‘nodes’ ...

Oct 16 (Reuters) - Cloud-computing firm Salesforce (CRM.N), opens new tab was hit with a proposed class action lawsuit by two authors who alleged the company used thousands of books without permission ...

The latest Insider Preview build of Windows 11 includes a rather ominous update. Ominous, that is, for anyone who prefers to install Windows without being hooked up to the internet and signing up for ...