This Microsoft Excel Easter egg led to a wild conspiracy theory that Bill Gates was the Antichrist

Essentially, the email wields the Easter egg as evidence that Microsoft is concealing secret, Satanic messages inside its ...

Want to run and train an LLM model locally? I found the Minisforum MS-S1 Max mini PC to be an affordable option in my tests

This is no normal mini PC, as the price highlights, but the power and expansion options offer serious potential ...
The Verge

How Microsoft’s developers are using AI

AI might not be transforming every job yet, but it’s having a big impact on developers. AI might not be transforming every job yet, but it’s having a big impact on developers. is a senior editor and ...
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 ...
PC World

You don’t need Microsoft 365 to get Word, Excel, and PowerPoint anymore

TL;DR: Cancel your Microsoft 365 subscription and get a Microsoft Office 2024 Home and Business lifetime license for $169.97 (MSRP $249.99)—just a one-time payment. The recurring cost of Microsoft 365 ...
Macworld

You don’t need a subscription to get Word, Excel, and PowerPoint anymore

If you don’t want to pay indefinitely for Microsoft 365, then replace it. Microsoft Office Home and Business 2024 doesn’t require a subscription, works for Mac or PC, and comes with many of the same ...
Ars Technica

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

With a new set of Microsoft 365 features, knowledge workers will be able to generate complex Word documents or Excel spreadsheets using only text prompts to Microsoft’s chatbot. Two distinct products ...
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 ...
GeekWire

What is ‘vibe working’? Microsoft brings agent-powered AI to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Microsoft is introducing Agent Mode in Excel, part of its new approach to “vibe working,” where Copilot can analyze data, generate visualizations, and iterate on results through multi-step tasks.
PC World

You no longer need a subscription to get Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

TL;DR: Replace your Microsoft 365 subscription with a lifetime license for Microsoft Office 2024 Home and Business on sale for $169.97. Microsoft 365 is $99.99 per year, at minimum. A more affordable ...