Xcode can now connect to external AI coding agents, making it possible to prototype working apps with minimal programming experience.

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 ...

Over the holidays, some strange signals started emanating from the pulsating, energetic blob of X users who set the agenda in AI. OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy, who coined the term “vibe coding” ...

SKATE at Domino Park, presented by Aerie, is expanding its winter offerings with a series of free public programs throughout January and February, turning the Williamsburg waterfront ice rink into a ...

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 ...

What’s happened? Canva just dropped a bomb on the design world: Affinity, once a paid pro design suite, is now free forever. The move marks Canva’s loudest challenge yet to Adobe, arriving alongside ...

The Python Software Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant because of anti-DEI requirements imposed by the Trump administration, the nonprofit said in a blog post yesterday. The grant ...

No one has managed to make a fully free software smartphone. Open-source and free software projects have had limited success. The problem is proprietary tech with no public documentation. Zoë Kooyman, ...

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced the Librephone project with the objective of bringing full freedom to the mobile computing environment. It’s a strategic shift for the organization ...

New York Public Radio is making its slate of syndicated programming available for free to “at-risk” public radio stations. Citing “unprecedented threats facing public broadcasting,” NYPR announced a ...

Vibe coding is the next evolutionary step in how generative AI is impacting coding and the software development lifecycle. Vibe coding, or AI-assisted development, lets a developer or less technical ...