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Excel's Custom Data Validation: A Trick You Didn't Know You Needed

If you've used data validation in Excel before, you probably selected the relevant cells, clicked "Data Validation" in the ...
MUO on MSN

Old Excel functions you should stop using (and what to replace them with)

VLOOKUP has been the go-to function for looking up data in Excel for years, but it comes with limitations. You can only ...
ZDNet

Microsoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - how to use them

Microsoft has launched AI agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The agents are available for business and individual subscribers. Now accessible on the web, the agents will expand to the desktop.
The Verge

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

A new Agent Mode comes to Office apps today, alongside an Office Agent in Copilot chat. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...
MSNBC

Read: Full text of the two-count James Comey indictment

On Thursday night, a federal grand jury in Virginia charged former FBI Director James Comey with two criminal counts: lying to Congress and obstruction of a congressional proceeding. The indictment ...
Phys.org

Using only genomics and a one-time tree count, a new model can accurately predict a forest's future

One of the great challenges of ecology is to understand the factors that maintain, or undermine, diversity in ecosystems, researchers write in a new report in the journal Science. The researchers ...
Reuters

Microsoft to use some AI from Anthropic in shift from OpenAI, the Information reports

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab will pay to use Anthropic's technology for some AI features in Office 365 apps, the Information reported on Tuesday, in a sign that the software ...
TechCrunch

Snapchat’s new Lens lets you create AI images using text prompts

Snapchat is launching a new Lens that lets users create and edit images using a text-to-image AI generator, the company told TechCrunch exclusively. The new “Imagine Lens” is available to Snapchat+ ...
BGR

Security Researchers Hacked Google Calendar Using AI And Hidden Text In Images

AI is an impressive tool, and companies like Google and OpenAI continue to improve and expand upon what their models can do. At the same time, generative AI chatbots are also becoming bigger targets ...
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 ...
Wall Street Journal

The Race to Dethrone Excel Has a New Entrant

There is a new contender in the startup race to challenge Microsoft Excel’s stranglehold on the world of spreadsheets. San Francisco-based Paradigm said Monday it’s launching its artificial ...