Adobe Acrobat was once the gold standard for PDF viewing and editing, but it's grown bloated, invasive, and expensive. Okular offers a refreshing alternative that's fast, free, privacy-friendly, and ...

Hackers have exposed heavily redacted information from the latest 11,034 documents in the Epstein files, released on Monday.

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 ...

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 ...

MatrixPDF phishing kit weaponizes PDFs using embedded JavaScript and redirect mechanisms It mimics legitimate tools, offering drag-and-drop import, content blur, and Gmail bypass features To stay safe ...

A new phishing and malware distribution toolkit called MatrixPDF allows attackers to convert ordinary PDF files into interactive lures that bypass email security and redirect victims to credential ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. When you create an Amazon EC2 instance, AWS generates the ...

For years, tech companies (well, certain tech companies) tooted their horns about a future in which files didn’t matter. You don’t even need a file manager of any sort, they told us—and, in fact, we ...

If a product is offered to consumers for free, no strings attached, then the consumer is the product: Such seems to be the message from US officials on "free" file conversion websites. The Federal ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued advice for taxpayers about free tax filing services. With the tax deadline of April 15 fast approaching, millions of Americans are still yet to file their ...