How-To Geek on MSN

Conditional formatting breaks in Excel PivotTables—until you turn on this hidden setting

PivotTable-aware conditional formatting ties rules to fields, so visuals persist even when you refresh, filter, or change ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Sparklines in Excel: The fastest way to visualize data without charts

Sparklines turn spreadsheet rows into instant visual trends without building traditional Excel charts.
Inc

Cities Are Blocking Data Centers at Record Rates. Here’s the Lesson for All Leaders

Denver just unanimously voted to halt new AI data center construction for a year. Skagit County in Washington State passed a six-month moratorium on data centers. Seattle is considering a ban of its ...
WeLiveSecurity

Lessons for life: Why children’s data is a long-term identity risk

When we talk about cybersecurity and digital safety in the context of our children, it’s often framed in one of two ways. Either it’s about inappropriate or unsafe content – of the sort that COPPA is ...
Technical

Data center fight offers crucial lessons as it heads to Virginia Supreme Court

• A proposed mega-development that was pitched to become the largest data center campus in the world has been paused due to ongoing litigation. • The case is headed to the Virginia Supreme Court and ...
The Harvard Crimson

Lessons From Lowell: How a Data Center’s Expansion Has Choked a Small Town

Last January, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine ran out of space. Not for people, equipment, or any myriad of tangible, physical objects — but for their data. HMS and HSDM ...
Education Week

The Lesson Schools Can Learn From Student-Athletes’ Attendance Data

High school students who participate in varsity sports are less likely than their peers to be chronically absent, even when their chosen sport is in its offseason, according to new research looking at ...
USA Today

Alysa Liu won gold and everyone Googled 'figure skating lessons' See the data.

No matter how you slice it, U.S. figure skating had a successful 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. First, the United States won team figure skating gold. Then, Alysa Liu secured the first Olympic ...
Education Week

Are AI Literacy Lessons Now the Norm? What New Survey Data Show

Many technologists say artificial intelligence will reshape the future of all sectors of society, including K-12 education. Therefore, they add that today’s students need to have AI literacy to ...
Fast Company

Adam Grant on lessons from the pandemic, datum versus data, and how abstract numbers can lead to very real human outcomes

In this excerpt, organizational psychologist and best-selling author Adam Grant reflects on how we interpret and communicate data, especially in moments of uncertainty, and why stories and emotions ...
AFCEA

The Fight Begins With Format: Why a Data-Driven C2 Platform Is the Future of Army C2

The future of automation and artificial intelligence in warfare begins with structured, interoperable data. As a staff officer, the greatest obstacle I’ve observed to achieving truly data-driven ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Structured Data’s Role In AI And AI Search Visibility

The way people find and consume information has shifted. We, as marketers, must think about visibility across AI platforms and Google. The challenge is that we don’t have the same ability to control ...