May 31, 2024 The IRS makes its free e-file program permanent The pilot began in March in 12 states, but the IRS now wants the program to be available nationwide. BY Associated Press The IRS said Thursday it will make permanent the free electronic tax return filing system that it experimented with this year and is … Continue reading The IRS makes its free e-file program permanent
May 21, 2024 Khan Academy and Microsoft are teaming up to give teachers a free AI assistant AI assistant Khanmigo can help time-strapped teachers come up with lesson ideas and test questions, the companies say. BY Steven Melendez Khan Academy’s AI assistant will now be free to K-12 teachers in the U.S., thanks to a new … Continue reading Khan Academy and Microsoft are teaming up to give teachers a free AI assistant
Jack Dorsey on Elon Musk’s X takeover and why he was right about free speech Graeme Hanna Tech Journalist Jack Dorsey has insisted the course of action taken by Elon Musk on X has been necessary in the pursuit of free speech. In a wide-ranging interview with Pirate Wires, the man who co-founded Twitter … Continue reading Jack Dorsey on Elon Musk’s X takeover and why he was right about free speech
May 06, 2024 The book of Bitwarden: How the best free password manager is fending off tech giants Bitwarden’s trying to be more than just a place to store passwords. BY Jared Newman Kyle Spearrin had never developed a mobile app or browser extension when he started building Bitwarden as a fun side project in 2015. … Continue reading The book of Bitwarden: How the best free password manager is fending off tech giants
April 28, 2024 Transcribe anything for free with this privacy-respecting AI tool The power of AI with a pinch of privacy? Yes, please. BY Chris Hoffman There are so many fascinating AI tools out there these days. But most of them rely on a far-off powerful server to do all the hard work. It’s no … Continue reading Transcribe anything for free with this privacy-respecting AI tool
April 22, 2024 TikTok warns 170 million Americans could lose their free speech rights if U.S. bill is enacted The legislation provides a nine-month deadline with a possible extension, if ByteDance makes progress towards a sale. BY Reuters TikTok on Sunday repeated its free-speech concerns about a bill passed by the House of Representatives that would … Continue reading TikTok warns 170 million Americans could lose their free speech rights if U.S. bill is enacted
Federal judge rejects X’s claim that California’s content moderation law violates free speech ‘The reports required by AB 587 are purely factual,’ the judge wrote. Will Shanklin Fri, Dec 29, 2023 Slaven Vlasic via Getty Images A federal judge in California has shot down Elon Musk’s attempt to invalidate a state social media law, … Continue reading Federal judge rejects X’s claim that California’s content moderation law violates free speech
TikTok ban in Montana blocked by US judge over free speech rights This was just one month away from the start date. Richard Lai Updated Fri, Dec 1, 2023 REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Montana’s unprecedented state-wide ban of Chinese short-video app, TikTok, was supposed to take effect on January 1, 2024, but as reported by Reuters, … Continue reading TikTok ban in Montana blocked by US judge over free speech rights
Intuit is shutting down Mint, its popular free budget-tracking app It’s asking users to switch to Credit Karma instead. Steve Dent Fri, Nov 3, 2023 Intuit/Mint Intuit is shutting down its free budgeting app Mint, which had 3.6 million active users in 2021, Bloomberg reports. The company will absorb users into its other service … Continue reading Intuit is closing down Mint, its popular free budget-tracking app
IRS will start piloting its free TurboTax alternative in 2024 But it will initially be available 13 states only, most of which don’t levy state income taxes. Mariella Moon Wed, Oct 18, 2023 NoDerog via Getty Images It looks like the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) truly was working on a free TurboTax alternative like … Continue reading IRS will start piloting its free TurboTax alternative in 2024
