How-To Geek on MSN

Excel Power Query isn't just for experts or big data—it's an everyday tool you should be using

Power Query replaces risky and time-consuming manual edits with a safe, user-friendly system that speeds up everyday ...

Microsoft Copilot can now handle more of your finance work in Excel with reusable skills and data connectors

Microsoft added reusable Skills, new financial data connectors, and traceability features to Copilot in Excel, built specifically for finance teams.
XDA Developers on MSN

This one Excel setting saved me more time than any Copilot or Python feature

A boring setting with huge payoff.
Reuters

Microsoft limits employee use of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 over data retention concerns, The Verge reports

June 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab is limiting employees' use of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 because of the AI startup's new data retention requirements, The Verge reported on ...
Reuters

US power use to beat record highs in 2026 and 2027 as AI use surges, EIA says

NEW YORK, June 9 (Reuters) - U.S. ‌power consumption, which hit its second straight annual record high in 2025, will rise further in 2026 and 2027, driven by AI-hungry data centers and electrification ...
Wall Street Journal

Bring Your Own Power, Ireland Tells Tech Titans Hungry for Data Centers

DUBLIN—Big tech built so many data centers in Ireland that the sector uses a fifth of the country’s electricity—more than all of Ireland’s urban homes put together. For much of the past three years, ...
New York Post

AI and bot internet activity outpaces human use for first time in history: ‘On the other side now’

Artificial intelligence and automated bots’ online activity has outpaced humans’ for the first time in history — with more than half of all internet traffic coming from automations instead of real ...