Commercial Appeal

IRS Direct File is gone. See other free, low-cost tax filing programs

The IRS Direct File program, a free tax filing option, has been discontinued for the 2026 tax season. The program was ended by the Trump Administration after a two-year pilot due to low participation ...
The Guardian

Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks

Un-redacted text from released documents began circulating on social media on Monday evening People examining documents released by the Department of Justice in the Jeffrey Epstein case discovered ...
The New York Times

Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...
The New York Times

With the Em Dash, A.I. Embraces a Fading Tradition

The debate about ChatGPT’s use of the em dash signifies a shift in not only how we write, but what writing is for. By Nitsuh Abebe There are countless signals you might look for to determine whether a ...
BGR

How To Use Gboard's New AI Writing Tools On Android Phones

Gboard has become a staple keyboard in the Android community due to the fact that Google has made it the default keyboard on Pixel devices. Much like other Google apps — looking at you, Google ...
ZDNet

People are using ChatGPT to write their text messages - here's how you can tell

People are using AI to write sensitive messages to loved ones. Detecting AI-generated text is becoming more difficult as chatbots evolve. Some tech leaders have promoted this use of AI in their ...
CNET

How to Summarize Text Using Google's Gemini AI

If you do a lot of your work using Google apps like Google Docs and Sheets, Gemini could help increase your productivity. Carly Quellman, aka Carly Que, is a multimedia strategist and storyteller at ...
University of Vermont

Writing to a file

So far, the only output our programs have produced is characters printed to the console. This is fine, as far as it goes, but often we have more output than we wish to read at the console, or we wish ...
The Verge

Microsoft Notepad can now write for you using generative AI

The new feature is being rolled out to Windows Insiders alongside new AI tools in Paint. The new feature is being rolled out to Windows Insiders alongside new AI tools in Paint. is a senior reporter ...
Computerworld

Here’s the country that will be the first to use AI to write laws

The UAE plans, for example, to use AI to see how laws affect the country’s population and economy by creating a database of laws with public sector data. The expectation is that AI will make local ...
PC World

Windows 11’s Snipping Tool tests instant on-screen text extraction feature

According to yesterday’s Windows Insider blog post, Microsoft is currently testing a new version of the Snipping Tool in Windows 11, which is now available to Windows Insiders on both Canary and Dev ...