ZDNET's key takeaways Zipping files enables users to organize their files more efficiently and expedite sharing. Windows 11's ...

Zip, with its 7z format, has long been considered one of the best apps to compress Windows archives. With PeaZip, you can use 7z as well as newer algorithms like Brotli and Zstandard, which can ...

Zip, a free software program used for archiving data, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The ...

The Internal Revenue Service’s free online filing system is no more. First rolled out as a limited pilot in 2024 under the Biden administration, the Direct File program allowed taxpayers in certain ...

The IRS has ended the Direct File program, which let some taxpayers file their annual returns for free using software developed by the government. Many tax preparation companies opposed this, as did ...

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 ...

The new program, Direct File, helped low- and moderate-income taxpayers file their returns more easily, and had been expanding. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Internal Revenue Service is shutting down its ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The IRS is recommitting to its decades-old partnership with tax prep companies as the main option for Americans to file their taxes ...

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 ...

Uncertainty surrounding the government-run tax filing service has been swirling for months. Uncertainty surrounding the government-run tax filing service has been swirling for months. is a news writer ...

When the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) arrived at the Internal Revenue Service earlier this year, leaders of the group reassured workers that the agency’s free tax filing tool, ...

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 ...