WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump administration has confirmed. An email sent Monday from IRS official ...

The new program, Direct File, helped low- and moderate-income taxpayers file their returns more easily, and had been expanding. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Internal Revenue Service is shutting down its ...

Your PC’s operating system and running applications store countless temporary files on its mass storage device. One of the best-known examples of this is web ...

What if the very foundation of your data storage could make or break your system’s performance and reliability? Choosing the right file system isn’t just a technical decision, it’s a pivotal choice ...

After a 2020 breach thought to be Russia’s work, the courts told Congress that they would harden a system storing sealed documents. Five years later, the system was hacked again. By Mattathias ...

Plus: Instagram sparks a privacy backlash over its new map feature, hackers steal data from Google's customer support system, and the true scope of the Columbia University hack comes into focus. One ...

Artificial intelligence systems have a notorious problem: they make things up. These fabrications, known as hallucinations, occur when AI generates false information or misattributes sources. While ...

Apple has officially unveiled iPadOS 26, the next major software update coming to the iPad. Here’s everything new that iPadOS 26 will bring. iPadOS 26 is expected to arrive in a developer beta soon, ...

Tax season is fully in swing, with tens of millions of Americans having already submitted their returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and getting their refund. IRS launched its Direct File ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Hi, Nikolai Khechumov is here. We all use software and hardware with many security mechanisms inside and don't notice ...

MacOS allows you to hide files and folders by adding a simple period (.) to the file name. This can be handy if you want to share your MacBook with others and hide personal folders that other users ...

On Tuesday, Xcel Energy filed its initial System Resiliency Plan with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), with proposed investments to upgrade and strengthen the electric grid and ensure ...