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How to use the SCAN function in Microsoft Excel to calculate running totals

The SCAN function lives in a single cell and spills the results down the column, ensuring my totals are always structurally ...

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 ...
MUO on MSN

These Excel functions just made PivotTables obsolete for me

PivotTables are still easier to create for anyone who prefers not to use formulas, and they excel at automatically grouping dates or handling large external datasets from sources like SQL Server or ...
GitHub

Use DuckDB within Excel with the xlDuckDb addin.

DuckDB is an amazing tool with deep integration with Python and R, but sometimes you just need data in Excel. xlDuckDb allows DuckDB SQL to be run within Excel. Query results are returned as regular ...
WSB-TV

Data center set to use 6 water towers worth of water per day in Georgia

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Massive data centers proposed for metro Atlanta expect to use millions of gallons of water per day. Some of those data centers are planning to use more water than entire Georgia ...
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 ...
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.
TechCrunch

Google makes real-world data more accessible to AI — and training pipelines will love it

Google is turning its vast public data trove into a goldmine for AI with the debut of the Data Commons Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server — enabling developers, data scientists, and AI agents to ...
InfoWorld

Google releases MCP server to Data Commons public data sets

MCP Server enables AI agents to handle a full range of data-driven queries of Data Commons data sources, from initial discovery to generative reports, Google said. Looking to make public data access ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

Certain Windows 365 Copilot users now have access to a new feature in Excel that lets you use Microsoft's Copilot AI to generate formulas, but you might want to be careful how you use it. Microsoft is ...
Reuters

Microsoft says some SharePoint server hackers now using ransomware

WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - A cyber-espionage campaign centered on vulnerable versions of Microsoft's (MSFT.O), opens new tab server software now involves the deployment of ransomware, Microsoft ...