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On Thursday, the Department of Justice released more than 3 million additional materials, media, and documents as part of the ...

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz—is letting users buy custom instruction files for generating celebrity ...

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 ...

(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 ...

The Department of Justice started releasing files related to the life, death and criminal investigations of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein Friday. Files continued to be posted on its “Epstein ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has begun releasing a large trove of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. A photo of Jeffrey Epstein appears to hold a ...

If you’ve been using the internet for more than a month or so, you know that downloading files from unknown sites is a great way to get compromised. But the latest security update to Windows does a ...

What the Script: Supply chain attacks are traditionally designed to inflict maximum damage on structured organizations or companies. However, when such an attack compromises a supply chain that an ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Battlefield 6 open beta begins on August 7, and ahead of that, it's available to preload right now on all platforms. Preloading is a good option ...

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Bill Long said the agency will end its Direct File program after a limited pilot and one full filing season. President Donald Trump's massive spending and policy ...

Edit 15 minutes later: Trying Firefox, and the File Editor works as it should. No errors in console. Issue only persists in Chrome. I'm sadly not experienced enough to know if just me, or how well ...