Chatbots can be overly agreeable. To get less agreeable responses, ask for opposing viewpoints, multiple perspectives, and a ...

If you want privacy for your important documents, you can hide files on an iPhone or iPad by using the lock or password option in the Files app. To find hidden files on an iPhone or iPad, open the ...

The deadline to file a claim for money from the $177 million AT&T class action settlement is coming up. AT&T agreed to the settlement to resolve a lawsuit that accused it of failing to protect ...

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 ...

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 ...

The IRS ended Direct File, the free, online pilot program that nearly 300,000 taxpayers in 25 states used to file returns for tax year 2024. The IRS website for Direct File says “Direct File is closed ...

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 ...

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.

If your new phone no longer supports SIM cards, or you don't want to use them anymore, you can convert to eSIM instead. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) ...

Platinum has been considered a precious metal for a couple thousand years now, with folks in both hemispheres using it to show off their conspicuous consumption since about 700 BCE. This is partly ...

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Passkeys offer a way of confirming you are who you say you are without remembering a long, complicated password, and in a manner that's resistant to common attacks on passwords like phishing and ...