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I made a dynamic Excel timeline in 10 minutes (and you can too)

In Microsoft Excel, you can convert your data into many types of charts. However, frustratingly, there's no option for a ...
ZDNet

Microsoft's new AI agents create your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint projects now

Microsoft announced new agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. They can help to shrink the gap between ideation and production. Other Copilot updates include an expanded Voice mode. In the era of AI ...
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Local solutions can bring farm food to tables in need

Local produce from The Good Acre's contracted farm partners is weighed and packed into household-size boxes for CSA members at their Falcon Heights food hub in June 2022. Credit: Tj Turner / The Good ...
The New York Times

How A.I. Can Use Your Personal Data to Hurt Your Neighbor

Dr. Kasy is the author of the book “The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits).” Imagine applying for a job. You know you’re a strong candidate with a standout résumé. But you don ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...
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10 Movie Plot Twists That Can Truly Be Called Genius

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...
ZDNet

Claude can integrate with Excel now - and gets 7 new connectors

Anthropic's Claude chatbot just got a suite of finance updates. Claude can draft financial reports, access new data, and more. AI is playing an increasingly central role in the financial sector.
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Python for Excel: Making 3D Scatterplots Easily

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 free Excel tutorials. Bill "MrExcel" Jelen is the author of 67 books about ...
The Verge

Copilot on Windows can now create Office documents and connect to Gmail

You can create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files from the Copilot chat interface. You can create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files from the Copilot chat interface. is a senior editor and author of ...
KQED

How ICE Is Using Your Data — and What You Can Do About It

Halfway through the first year of President Donald Trump’s second administration, an expansion in operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has led to a 123% increase from 2024 in ...
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Claude Can Now Create PDF, Word, And Excel Files For You

Anthropic on Tuesday announced a new Claude feature that some users should appreciate. The chatbot can now create files for you based on the instructions you provide in a prompt. Claude can generate ...
The Conversation

When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir – is mapping the nation’s data

Nicole M. Bennett is affiliated with the Center for Refugee Studies at Indiana University. When the U.S. government signs contracts with private technology companies, the fine print rarely reaches the ...