7 apps I use to lock down, encrypt, and store my private files - and most are free

VeraCrypt is a free, open-source disk encryption software that is available for Linux, MacOS, and Windows. With VeraCrypt, you create a virtual encrypted disk on your internal drive that can then be ...

I test-drove the new ScreenX movie format. Here’s what I thought of it

The “X” in “ScreenX” appears to stand for “expanded” or “extended,” because ultimately, what you get is three screens in one. You’re mostly just watching a regular 2D movie screen in front of you, but ...
IGN

A LEGO The X-Files Set Is Officially in the Works Thanks to a 90s Contest

Several months back, the LEGO Ideas people asked fans to submit designs for sets celebrating the 1990s. The winner of the “Build Your Nostalgia” challenge has just been announced: it’s a big, ...
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 Clarion-Ledger

Where can you file US taxes for free? What we know about 2026 deadlines

Tax season is almost here. There are several changes to the U.S. tax code this year, and if you need help navigating the process, there are lots of options to file for free from Mississippi. Here's ...
Polygon

Ryan Coogler's X-Files reboot is his next project, coming before Black Panther 3

Ryan Coogler's revival of The X-Files is happening, and it's happening before the writer-director's next Black Panther movie. Coogler said so during an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused with Josh ...
Forbes

Hackers Unredact Epstein Files — What You Need To Know

The Epstein files have been hacked. Updated December 26 with previous examples of PDF document redaction failures, as well as warnings about malware associated with some Epstein Files distributions ...
USA Today

What's in the Epstein files? A reader's guide to the documents

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has released hundreds of thousands of documents dealing with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, often with what women who accused him of abuse call “abnormal” ...
The Atlantic

So This Is Why Trump Didn’t Want to Release the Epstein Files

Nearly two years ago, Donald Trump kicked off the presidential-campaign season with a declaration: “I was never on Epstein’s Plane, or at his ‘stupid’ Island,” he posted on Truth Social in January ...
Vanity Fair

What The Epstein Files Say About the Dark, Rotten Trappings of Wealth

While many of the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice on Friday were heavily redacted, the government shared thousands of clear, unobstructed photographs. They paint a somewhat ...
The New York Times

What to Know About the Latest Epstein Files, and a Flood of U.S. Guns to Canada

Here’s what we’re covering: What to Know on the Initial Release of Materials From the Epstein Files by Alan Feuer and Devlin Barrett U.S. Coast Guard Pursues Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela by Nicholas ...