Even though the tax agency's free pilot program is no longer available, there are other free tax filing options this season. Robin Hartill Robin Hartill is a Florida-based Certified Financial Planner ...

Huntley 46, Dundee-Crown 42: At Carpentersville, Brady Hassels scored 12 points on four 3-pointers as the Red Raiders (6-9, 4-2) beat the Chargers (3-10, 0-5) in the Fox Valley Conference game. Aidan ...

Abstract: Fractional vegetation cover (FVC) is a critical component of ecosystems, global climate change, and the carbon cycle. Several FVC products have been released, the most widely used of which ...

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 ...

Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. is a senior editor and author of ...

Microsoft is testing a new optional feature that preloads File Explorer in the background to improve launch times and performance on Windows 11 systems. According to Microsoft, the app will load ...

The IRS has ended the Direct File program, which let some taxpayers file their annual returns for free using software developed by the government. Many tax preparation companies opposed this, as did ...

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 ...

To help solve this, Google released the File Search Tool on the Gemini API, a fully managed RAG system “that abstracts away the retrieval pipeline.” File Search removes much of the tool and ...

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.