Why the heck does it take California so long to count ballots? That’s a question Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation, has been answering ad nauseam for years. Ahead ...

Supply chain chaos, old bugs, smarter phishing, and botnets everywhere — here’s what broke the internet this week.

ChatGPT is the best all-round free AI tool for writing, research, coding help, planning, and everyday tasks. Canva AI is the easiest free AI tool for finished visuals because you can create images and ...

We tested both on writing, coding, research, and video. See which one fits your workflow, budget, and use case.

Although most people have fast internet access nowadays, sending large files and amounts of data remains a problem. This is because free e-mail services such as Outlook.com or Gmail limit the data ...

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The launch of Grok 4.3 represents a calculated bet by xAI that the market wants specialized brilliance and extreme cost efficiency over a perfectly balanced generalist.

The federal tax deadline is April 15 for most taxpayers, but you can file an IRS tax extension, which pushes the filing due date to October 15. However, you still must pay your tax balance by the ...

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A venerable IRS program called Free File allows 70% of taxpayers to file their taxes for free, just as the name implies. Only 2% of taxpayers used the service in 2024. That is the finding of a ...

The Trump administration may have shuttered Direct File — the IRS’s short-lived experiment in tax-preparation software — but it doesn’t mean you have to pay to file your taxes. There are plenty of ...

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 ...