We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Max Eddy Max Eddy is a writer who has covered privacy and security — including ...

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...

There is no dearth of excellent apps on both desktop and mobile operating systems. Many of these apps are free, whereas others require some form of payment, whether as a one-time charge or a recurring ...

When you need to quickly protect a sensitive file, encryption is your best defense. But on a work computer or a locked-down machine, installing new apps isn’t always an option. And trusting ...

This problem often occurs when your local Outlook client uses outdated cached policy data rather than obtaining the latest encryption or labeling settings from Microsoft 365. Outlook has multiple ...

Filing taxes is a daunting experience for many Americans, whether it's their first time or they've been doing it for decades. The digital age has made it a lot easier to download your tax documents ...

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 ...

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 ...

Minneapolis police to encrypt 911 radio traffic, barring public from monitoring emergency dispatches In effort to adopt new state and federal guidelines, MPD will become Minnesota’s largest law ...

Threat researchers discovered the first AI-powered ransomware, called PromptLock, that uses Lua scripts to steal and encrypt data on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. The malware uses OpenAI’s ...