From trailblazing spreadsheet to AI-powered productivity tool, Microsoft Excel turns 400 0

Microsoft Excel turns 40 today, and the company has outlined plans for future updates set to transform how we work with data.
Microsoft News

Formulas, fandom and an AI-fueled future — Microsoft Excel celebrates 40 years

When Andrew Grigolyunovich first started using Excel more than two decades ago, he never imagined the spreadsheet program would land him in Las Vegas or on ESPN.   The Latvian financial consultant ...
MrExcel on MSN

Explore the New Copilot Function in Excel for Automation

If you use Excel 40 hours a week (and those are the weeks you are on vacation), welcome to the MrExcel channel. Home to 2,400 ...
MrExcel on MSN

How to Use Excel Copilot to Search the Web and Import Data

If you use Excel 40 hours a week (and those are the weeks you are on vacation), welcome to the MrExcel channel. Home to 2,400 ...

With new agent mode for Excel and Word, Microsoft touts “vibe working”

If you're "vibe working" or "vibe writing" in Microsoft Word, you're doing the same thing, but with a text document: you're ...
Wall Street Journal

AI-Powered Drone Swarms Have Now Entered the Battlefield

On a recent evening, a trio of Ukrainian drones flew under the cover of darkness to a Russian position and decided among themselves exactly when to strike. The assault was an example of how Ukraine is ...
MIT Technology Review

Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT. Clients are triggered.

Some therapists are using AI during therapy sessions. They’re risking their clients’ trust and privacy in the process. Declan would never have found out his therapist was using ChatGPT had it not been ...
AppleInsider

Inside Apple's Numbers - how it compares to Microsoft Excel

Apple's Numbers spreadsheet for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, is not as powerful as Microsoft Excel, but most users will be hard-pressed to find its limitations — and will immediately see how much easier ...
Cosmopolitan

Source Says King Charles Is Using Royal Butler’s Book As a “Counterattack on Harry”

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. You may or may not have noticed a lot of headlines featuring the words "royal butler" lately, and ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

Software Microsoft announces it will automatically install the Copilot AI app alongside desktop versions of 365 products like Word, Excel and PowerPoint this October—and it seems like there's no way ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Apple Explores Using Google Gemini AI to Power Revamped Siri

Apple Inc. is in early discussions about using Google Gemini to power a revamped version of the Siri voice assistant, marking a key potential step toward outsourcing more of its artificial ...
CNN

Your kid is using AI for homework this year. Now what?

Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was ...