Good news for Excel users: You can now import data from CSV files without Power Query

To make it easier to pull a .csv or .txt file directly into Excel without having to deal with Power Query, Microsoft is ...
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I used NotebookLM to learn about advanced Python tricks in Excel and I should have sooner

Ever since Microsoft introduced Python in Excel, I have treated it as a ‘someday’ project. I knew Python integration was the ...
PC World

Use Microsoft Excel data types to save unnecessary typing

If you’ve ever doing an assignment for work or study that requires you to display information about a country, you could manually search for it and type it out in Microsoft Excel, but that would be ...
Wired

You’re Thinking About AI and Water All Wrong

Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think. When I called him to talk more about AI and water, Masley emphasized that he’s ...
The Verge

Data center construction moratorium is gaining steam

The US needs a moratorium on data centers, health and environmental groups tell Congress. The US needs a moratorium on data centers, health and environmental groups tell Congress. is a senior ...
TechCrunch

Anthropic releases Opus 4.5 with new Chrome and Excel integrations

On Monday, Anthropic announced Opus 4.5, the latest version of its flagship model. It’s the last of Anthropic’s 4.5 series of models to be released, following the launch of Sonnet 4.5 in September and ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Goldman Sachs Gets Into the Talent Agency Business

The giant investment bank is acquiring a majority stake in Excel Sports Management, which reps clients like Tiger Woods, Caitlin Clark and Nikola Jokic, in a nearly $1 billion deal. By Alex Weprin ...
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 ...
Futurism

Sam Altman Funding Biomedical Startup to Read Human Brain Using Sound Waves

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is obsessed with codifying your biology. First it was scanning your eyeballs — and now it’s scanning your thoughts. The insight is based on a new hiring decision by Altman. He’s ...
The Conversation

Even before they can read, young children are visualizing letters and other objects with the same strategies adults use

Shannon Pruden receives funding from National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development and National Science Foundation. Karinna Rodriguez does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...
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How to Use VLOOKUP in Excel – Step-by-Step for Beginners

This is my simple way to use the VLOOKUP function in Excel to find data fast. I walk through how I use VLOOKUP to look up inventory amounts from a table. This helps me quickly check how many items we ...
Los Angeles Times

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tracked data centers’ growing water footprint in California. He ...