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Excel has grown into a powerful hub for data preparation, modeling, and automation. With tools like Power Query, Power Pivot, dynamic arrays, and Office Scripts, you can connect to multiple sources, ...
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Excel's OCR tool transforms images into editable data

Microsoft Excel's 'Data from Picture' feature uses optical character recognition (OCR) to convert printed tables, screenshots, or photos into editable spreadsheet data. The tool works on both desktop ...
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Witnesses file defamation lawsuit against Karen Read, 'Turtleboy' blogger Aidan Kearney

PUBLIC LIVE IN HAVERHILL. SAIRA KHAN WCVB NEWSCENTER 5. SARAH. THANK YOU. MORE BREAKING NEWS HERE INVOLVING KAREN READ. SHE AND AIDAN CARNEY, THE BLOGGER WHO GOES BY TURTLEBOY, ARE BEING ACCUSED OF ...
The Verge

The Senate is voting to save free IRS Direct File today

Lawmakers will decide whether to fast-track the free tax filing bill to the House of Representatives. Lawmakers will decide whether to fast-track the free tax filing bill to the House of ...
VentureBeat

Amazon S3 Files gives AI agents a native file system workspace, ending the object-file split that breaks multi-agent pipelines

AI agents run on file systems using standard tools to navigate directories and read file paths. The challenge, however, is that there is a lot of enterprise data in object storage systems, notably ...
The New York Times

The I.R.S. Shut Its Direct File, but Here Are Other Free Filing Options

The agency still offers a Free File program that works with commercial tax software firms. Some companies also offer free tools for certain filers. By Ann Carrns The federal government tested a free, ...
The Verge

Democrats to introduce bill aimed at resurrecting IRS Direct File

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Chris Coons, Ron Wyden, and dozens more want to give taxpayers the option to file their taxes directly with the government for free. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Chris Coons, Ron ...
Neowin

Good news for Excel users: You can now import data from CSV files without Power Query

To make it easier to pull a .csv or .txt file directly into Excel without having to deal with Power Query, Microsoft is introducing two new import functions. Microsoft is making two new Import ...
CSOonline

Critical jsPDF vulnerability enables arbitrary file read in Node.js deployments

The path traversal bug allows attackers to include arbitrary filesystem content in generated PDFs when file paths are not properly validated. A now-fixed critical flaw in the jsPDF library could ...
Dallas Morning News

IRS shutters Direct File trial, prompting concerns about whether tax filing will be privatized, and come with a fee.

Hey Watchdog! I saw a short item in the news recently that the Internal Revenue Service was stopping something called Direct File. I never heard of it and wonder if it will affect me. Watchdog: Direct ...
TechSpot

Windows 11's updated File Explorer remains painfully slow despite using twice as much RAM

Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...