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 AI updates aren't slowing down. Literally two days after OpenAI launched a new underlying AI model for ChatGPT called GPT-5.3 Instant, the company has unveiled another, even more massive upgrade: ...

Sigh. Another tax season is upon us. I filed my 2025 taxes with TurboTax, exploring its newest features and free or low-cost filing options. The service makes it super easy for returning users by ...

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...

Yep, back on comments from Google on the LLMs.txt file. Another question came up on Bluesky asking if the fact that some Google properties still have the LLMs.txt files up, if that is some sort of ...

On the occasion of receiving the most influential test-of-time paper award for his POPL 2011 paper (which describes the technology behind the popular Flash Fill feature in Excel), Sumit shares stories ...

The IRS Direct File program, a free tax filing option, has been discontinued for the 2026 tax season. The program was ended by the Trump Administration after a two-year pilot due to low participation ...

Some users have reported that when they open MS Outlook, they receive an error message that Outlook is using an old copy of your Outlook data file (.ost). For some ...

Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...

The Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP), better known as robots.txt, has been around since 1994. Even though it was only officially adopted as a standard in 2022, using a robots.txt file has been a core ...