Microsoft launches “vibe working” in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Microsoft is rolling out a new Agent Mode inside Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint this week. …
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Excel's Copilot function is headed for the Recycle Bin
Microsoft is letting Office users remove an annoying Copilot button
Microsoft is rolling out Office app updates next week that allow users to disable a floating Copilot button. The button appeared in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in recent weeks, and floats above the bottom right-hand section of spreadsheets or documents. …
Microsoft Office can now be controlled with Logitech’s MX Creative Console
… That is now expanding to include productivity apps, such as Microsoft Office’s Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as Slack and Notion. …
Well this is awkward.
The new remake of Halo: Combat Evolved is out today, and it’s an excellent reimagining of an FPS classic. But it also comes at a very weird time for the Xbox brand and Microsoft’s gaming ambitions. …
ChatGPT for PowerPoint generates presentations with prompts.
The new ChatGPT integration for Microsoft PowerPoint, like an earlier add-on for Excel and Google Sheets, adds a sidebar where users can create or edit presentations using chatbot prompts along with documents, images, and other source material. …
Microsoft is disabling Office 2019 for Mac next month
… While Microsoft is providing a certificate update for Office 2021 as it’s still supported until October 13th, 2026, the company is leaving Office 2019 for Mac users out in the cold as support for these apps ended a few years ago. “Office 2019 for Mac reached end of support on October 10, 2023, and … …
Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
… Microsoft hired Gupta in 2021, in a bid to lead a new consumer apps effort with Microsoft Teams consumer, Skype, and GroupMe. Microsoft has since shut down Skype in favor of Microsoft Teams, and GroupMe remains an excellent app that not enough people have even heard of. …
Microsoft reports sinking Xbox revenue as its cloud business climbs
… Microsoft 365 Copilot saw growth as well, with paid seats jumping from 15 million in the previous quarter to 20 million. Microsoft has continued building out its productivity suite with new AI features, including the launch of “vibe working” features across Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. …
Microsoft’s Office and LinkedIn chief now runs Teams in latest reshuffle
… Prior to that Simonyi had spent more than 20 years at Microsoft, overseeing the creation of Excel and Word. Perry Clarke is now CTO of Application Systems at Microsoft, after spending nearly a decade running Microsoft 365 Core, the core services and components of Microsoft 365. …
The Microsoft Surface Laptop 8 and Surface Pro 12 now come with Snapdragon X2 chips
… Microsoft is boasting that the new X2 Surface generation has significantly faster graphics performance while maintaining excellent battery life, claiming up to 15.5 hours of local video playback on the Surface Pro and up to 20 on the Laptop. …