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The IRS open sourced much of its incredibly popular Direct File software as the future of the free tax filing program is at risk of being killed by Intuit’s lobbyists and Donald Trump’s megabill.
Meanwhile, several top developers who worked on the software have left the government and joined a project to explore the “future of tax filing” in the private sector

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."

The IRS open sourced most of its Direct File tax software on GitHub last week, fulfilling a legal requirement under the SHARE IT Act, despite Intuit pressure (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-…

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."

#opensource

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/

According to @…'s newsletter this morning, the Citizen's Advice Bureau is now requiring #Trans employees (? and clients?) to use toilets according to their gender assigned at birth, which, if true, is not a good look at all. Journalist is Steph Paton, who I sli…

Scots charity in trans rights row after announcing change to bathroom access
A Scottish charity may be discriminating against transgender staff after announcing a change to bathroom access following the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act, say legal experts.

I've been following the #Meshtastic and #meshnetwork hashtags for a few months now. Cool article came out in Wired

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Datensparsamkeit Fehlanzeige: Datenleck bei Corplife, Lieferdiensten & Webshops

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.16016 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@a…

Electronic mobility, doping, and defects in epitaxial $\mathrm{BaZrS_3}$ chalcogenide perovskite thin films
We present the electronic transport properties of $\mathrm{BaZrS_3}$ (BZS) thin films grown epitaxially by gas-source molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). We observe n-type behavior in all samples, with carrier concentration ranging from $4 \times 10^{18}$ to $4 \times 10^{20} \mathrm{cm^{-3}}$ at room temperature (RT). We observe a champion RT Hall mobility of 11.1 $\mathrm{cm^2V^{-1}s^{-1}}$, which is competitive with established thin-film photovoltaic (PV) absorbers. Temperature-dependent Hall mobi…

Dublin-based cross-border payment startup NomuPay raised a $40M Series C at a $290M valuation, following a $37M Series B at a $200M valuation in January 2025 (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025…

Irish fintech NomuPay lands $40M at a $290M valuation from SoftBank | TechCrunch
As global trade evolves, there's an increasing demand for diverse cross-border payment options. That's why an Irish-based fintech startup called NomuPay

Filing: neobank Chime plans to sell 26M shares in its IPO at $24 to $26, giving it a valuation between $10.3B and $11.1B; its two co-founders own 4% to 5% each (Cory Weinberg/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/chime-sets-ipo-…

Chime Sets Tentative IPO Price at Around $10.7 Billion
Banking app Chime plans to sell shares in an initial public offering at a price that would value it at between $10.3 billion and $11.1 billion, on a fully-diluted basis, the company said in a new securities filing Monday. The company set the price range ahead of a roadshow to meet investors over the next week, ahead of its IPO. The per-share price of the range, between $24 and $26, is more