Forbes

Direct File Is Gone. Here’s How You Can Still File Your Taxes For Free

The IRS shut down its direct filing program for 2026, but Free File, Fillable Forms, MilTax, and some private tools remain—if you know where to look. Here’s how to navigate the free options still ...
The Hill

IRS Direct File is gone. This is how you can still file taxes for free

(NEXSTAR) – In 2025, nearly 300,000 Americans used a new electronic system to file their taxes directly with the IRS for free. In 2026, that’s no longer an option. IRS Direct File launched as a pilot ...
CNN

Hundreds of thousands of ‘Epstein files’ have been released — and there’s a lot more to come

The “Epstein files” saga will spill into 2026, despite a deadline last week to release all of the records. Congress passed a law last month — with near-unanimous support — requiring the Justice ...
Axios

Here's how the DOJ releases the Epstein files and how others are making them easier to read

see more of our stories on Google. Add Axios on Google Files released by the U.S. government linked to Jeffrey Epstein are displayed in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 23, 2025, as part of a new batch ...
The New York Times

How to See the Epstein Files Released on Friday

The searchable database published by the Justice Department is broken into multiple categories. By Michael Gold Covering Congress The Justice Department on Friday released a set of publicly ...
InfoQ

Microsoft Introduces Postgres-Compatible Azure HorizonDB

During the recent Microsoft Ignite conference, the cloud provider announced the early preview of Azure HorizonDB, a managed Postgres-compatible database service for enterprise workloads. According to ...
InfoWorld

The best new features in Postgres 18

Asynchronous I/O, OAuth authentication, expanded SQL standards support, and new extension capabilities give developers faster performance, stronger security, and greater flexibility. The PostgreSQL ...
Microsoft

Find files fast with improved Windows search

Searching your computer for files shouldn’t feel like a scavenger hunt. But sometimes it does. You vaguely remember saving a file, but not what it was called. Or you’re trying to find that ...
Consumer Reports

4 Best Electric Fireplace Inserts of 2026, Lab-Tested and Reviewed

There’s nothing quite like the warmth of a roaring fire to cozy up your living room—both literally and figuratively. But not everyone is lucky enough to have a working fireplace. And if yours happens ...
GitHub

portdb from SQLite to Postgres fails if Sliding Sync has been used:

I have an old version of the synapse server that I installed myself with SQLite database. I have set up a new one with the https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker ...
ZDNet

PostgreSQL 17 packs big performance and feature enhancements

One of the most anticipated new features in PostgreSQL 17 is native support for incremental backups. Previously, you had to use third-party programs for this; now, it's baked into the server. This ...