The IRS shut down its direct filing program for 2026, but Free File, Fillable Forms, MilTax, and some private tools remain—if you know where to look. Here’s how to navigate the free options still ...

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 ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. When you create an Amazon EC2 instance, AWS generates the ...

Taylor Pittman got her Technical and Creative Writing Degree in 2021 and has a passion for video games and storytelling. She has enjoyed reading and writing since she was old enough to pick up a ...

The Notes app on your iPhone transcribes audio to text for free.. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac In the updated Notes app in iOS 18, you can transcribe audio to text for free: Your iPhone will ...

When you send an iPhone text message, it’s natural to wonder if the recipient has read it. The Messages app on iPhone includes a feature called read receipts, which allows you to see if and when your ...

This year, residents of 25 states can do their taxes using the IRS’s free Direct File service, as long as their taxes are relatively simple. This year, residents of 25 states can do their taxes using ...

The FBI is warning phone users to encrypt their text messages, especially if you send messages between Apple and Android users. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ...

I cannot tell you how many times I've received a PDF document with the expectation that I'm going to either use the text to create something new or to edit the copy. That's all fine and good when I'm ...

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