Free File is not Direct File, which the IRS has discontinued for the 2026 tax season. This tax season, according to the IRS, eight private-sector partners are offering guided tax software products ...

Battlefield 6 ended 2025 as the best-selling game in the U.S., beating its first-person shooter rival Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which ended down in fifth place. Black Ops 6, which also launched day ...

S&P 500 earnings beat expectations as the Magnificent 7 stumble and small‑cap stocks surge - setting the tone for a pivotal Q4 2025 reporting week. The second week of fourth-quarter earnings season ...

Java ranked third in the Tiobe Index for January 2026 at 8.71%, holding steady behind Python and C and just ahead of C++. Tiobe named C# its Programming Language of the Year for 2025 after the largest ...

2025 has been a great year for movies. As well as several major blockbuster releases into huge franchises, the year has seen many standalone films earn considerable success both at the box office and ...

Takeaways from an eventful 2025 election cycle. By Caroline Soler, Christine Zhang and Alex Lemonides Is there such a thing as an “off year” for U.S. elections? The elections in 2025 were not nearly ...

Learn how to use advanced techniques like short-circuiting, parallel execution, virtual threads, and stream gatherers to maximize Java stream performance. My recent Java Stream API tutorial introduced ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was signed into law in July, created several new tax provisions and made changes to others that are in effect for this year. So it’s worth having the rundown of ...

Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for DIFF LOS ANGELES -- There were a number of notable deaths in 2025, from iconic musicians and actors, to religious and political figures. This year, we bid ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...

Listeners to WBEZ-FM 91.5 may have noticed an abrupt change in the programming schedule Wednesday morning after a power outage shut down operations at the Chicago public radio station’s Navy Pier ...

As we do every year, we’ve gathered data around some of the most pivotal news stories of 2025, including President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the changing U.S. immigration landscape and ...