Automatic tax filing is a good idea, but here's how the CRA can make it even better for more peopleArticle contentA system that requires millions of Canadians with simple tax situations to spend money, time and emotional energy to meet a basic filing obligation fails that test. Automatic tax filing is not about eliminating choice or judgment; it is about recognizing that routine compliance...

ElevenLabs raises $500M from Sequioia at a $11 billion valuation Voice AI company ElevenLabs said today it raised $500 million in a new funding round led by Sequoia Capital, which was an investor in the startup’s last secondary round through a tender. Sequoia partner Andrew Reed is joining the company’s board. The startup is now valued at $11 billion, more than three times its valuation in its...

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Feb. 4, #499 Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Feb. 4, No. 499. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally...

Blender, Food Processor and Stand Mixer: What's the Difference and Do You Need All 3?Blenders, food processors and electric mixers -- freestanding or otherwise -- are all small kitchen appliances whose core function can be distilled into a simple concept: to combine. Yet they all independently exist, with different designs and seemingly for different purposes.  If you found yourself...

Greetings from Kyiv, where candles are the last option during wartime blackouts Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. I lit this candle at our bureau in Kyiv last month, after one long power outage left us in frigid darkness for...