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 ...

Mozilla Firefox was once a top browser choice for many users, challenging Internet Explorer's dominance back in 2009 when it gained a market share of over 30%. However, it has since fallen under the ...

What’s happened? Mozilla is working on a new feature in Firefox called AI Window, an optional space where you can chat with an AI assistant while browsing. This is important because: Most browsers ...

Finally, some exciting privacy-oriented choices from Mozilla. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred source on ...

In earlier versions, Firefox was drastically—and easily—reskinnable; you could change the look of every part of the browser, including the menu appearance and text fonts. You can still reach that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over two dozen states incorporated the free tax software in 2025, but the IRS has decided to discontinue the program. Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering ...

The ClickFix social engineering tactic is rising in popularity. Microsoft said this initial access method was recorded in 47% of attacks. Traditional phishing protections won't work. Changing your ...