IRS will start piloting its free TurboTax alternative in 2024
It looks like the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) truly was working on a free TurboTax alternative like earlier reports had claimed. The US tax authority [view more]
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X is starting to charge new users $1 per year to send tweets
After weeks of speculation, X has confirmed its plans to charge new users for the service previously known as Twitter. The company shared details about [view more]
X now requires community fact checks to include sources
X is making a significant change to its crowd-soruced fact checking tool in an attempt to stem the flow of misinformation on its platform. The [view more]
Max Evry on his oral history of David Lynch’s Dune
We still have months to wait before Dune: Part Two hits theaters, so what better time to reminisce about David Lynch’s intriguing adaptation of Frank [view more]
Elgato’s new teleprompter is designed for streamers
Politicians and awkward SNL hosts have long-relied on the humble teleprompter to get their lines out, and now there’s a device that lets the rest [view more]
Latest Xbox accessibility features include controller pairing without touching the console
On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a slew of accessibility updates for Xbox players on consoles and PCs. These include keyboard key remapping using controllers, easier-to-get-to accessibility [view more]
A $199 portable recording studio worth more than its price tag
Austrian Audio is not exactly a household name. It was formed in 2017 following the closure of AKG’s offices in Vienna. And it’s mostly stuck [view more]
Google rolls out more accessibility features for Maps, Search and Assistant
Google has a string of accessibility updates it’s rolling out for Maps, Search and Assistant, as well as greater availability of some camera-based Pixel features. [view more]
YouTube is rolling out a new ‘You’ section as part of a substantial update
YouTube’s rolling out a three dozen in total. Some of these tools are for the web app, while others are for the smartphone app and [view more]
Could MEMS be the next big leap in headphone technology?
If you have a pair of in-ear headphones, there’s a good chance they are using a technology that’s decades . Despite attempts to introduce different, [view more]