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Linux tools pipe behavior: Is it a bug or feature?

If you have any experience with the Linux command line, you’ve probably used a pipe to solve tasks by combining simple ...
PCMag

A Pirate Group Says It Copied Nearly All of Spotify’s Music Catalog

In a blog post titled "Backing up Spotify," Anna’s Archive explains how it believes it has built the “world’s first 'preservation archive' for music” through the move. It says it has the metadata of ...
How-To Geek on MSN

How PowerToys' Locksmith tool helps unravel vague Windows error messages

The action can’t be completed because the file is open in another program” might be one of the least helpful messages Windows ...
The Roanoke Times

The Commanders are capable of beating another bad team. What does that mean for next season?

All the Washington Commanders’ first victory in quite some time truly proved was that they can, indeed, beat one of the other ...

The IRS is in trouble — here’s how it can survive

The IRS needs to win back popular support, and in order to do that, it’s going to be even more important for the agency to ...
InfoWorld

AI-assisted software development with Amazon Q Developer

Amazon Q Developer is a useful AI-powered coding assistant with chat, CLI, Model Context Protocol and agent support, and AWS ...
The New York Times

The Dangerous Stalemate Over Iran’s Nuclear Program

With no negotiations, no oversight and no clarity about Iran’s stock of nuclear material, many in the region fear another war with Israel is inevitable. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger has written ...
Investopedia

IRS Shuts Down Free Direct File Tool—Here’s What Taxpayers Can Use Instead

Elizabeth Guevara is a personal finance reporter who explains the world of business and economics and how it impacts your finances. She joined Investopedia in 2024. HABesen/Getty Images The IRS is ...
KGW8

Taxpayers can still file through Oregon's free program, despite federal program going away next year

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregonians filing state tax returns next year can still do so by using the state's free program, even though the federal free program will not be available. The IRS notified the ...
Wall Street Journal

Free Tax-Filing Experiment Is Ended by Trump Administration

WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot program that the Biden administration started last year. Instead, the Trump ...
Accounting Today

IRS ends Direct File program

The Internal Revenue Service has shut down its Direct File free tax-filing program, sending an email to the 25 states that offered it this year. The email was sent to the state departments of revenue ...
MLive

IRS shuts down free tax filing program available in 25 states

Taxpayers in 25 states will need to find a new way to file their taxes in 2026 as the IRS has shut down the free Direct File option. Details are limited, but the IRS has confirmed the program launched ...