TL;DR: Get Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for life with no subscription fees for $119.97. Microsoft 365 costs $99.99/year, and you’re never done paying for it. If you don’t want to pay more every year ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

Users can choose which topics to see more or less of in Reels, and soon Instagram’s Explore tab. Users can choose which topics to see more or less of in Reels, and soon Instagram’s Explore tab. is a ...

It’s been a while since the new version of Outlook overtook the old classic version, but users are still unhappy with it. The latest issue? Certain Excel attachments aren’t opening in Outlook anymore, ...

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that prevents some users from opening Excel email attachments in the new Outlook client. According to a service alert (EX1189359) seen by BleepingComputer ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Select the cell(s) where you want the text to appear vertically. Go to the Home tab in the top ribbon. In the Alignment group, click the Orientation drop-down arrow. Choose Vertical Text from the list ...

Pope Leo XIV is on the side of the angels when it comes to matters of cinema. Last Saturday, after he gathered some of the film world’s luminaries at the Vatican, the pontiff delivered one of the most ...

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 ...

Last month, my husband, our 6-year-old daughter, and I flew from Nashville to San Francisco for our yearly visit with my brother and his family. Every time, my nervous system exhales amid the city’s ...

U ndergraduate writing programs introduce college students to the rhetorical and argumentative structures they will be expected to master during their four years on campus and beyond. Learning the ...