From a garage in New Mexico to every desk: How Microsoft became iconic

As American approaches its 250th anniversary, Microsoft has been part of the last 51 years. We look at how it started and how ...
Mississippi State University

MSU researchers enhance original forestry decision-making software

Mississippi State researchers have developed an updated version of a widely used forestry decision-making tool, improving accessibility and usability while maintaining its analytical strength.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Excel Bottling, local maker of Ski soda, makes 'Freedom Punch' for country's 250th

A bottle of Freedom Punch, a clear fruit punch flavored soda, moves along the production line at the Excel Bottling plant in Breese, Ill., on Monday, April 6, 2026. View life in St. Louis through the ...
Computerworld

Microsoft maps Windows 11 quality overhaul after acknowledging gaps

Months after admitting shortcomings, the company details a roadmap to fix core system layers, but analysts say structural complexity may limit how far the improvements go. Microsoft is planning a ...
TechRepublic

Anthropic’s Claude Now Connects Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint Workflows

Anthropic is expanding the capabilities of its AI assistant, Claude, by rolling out new features that allow the tool to work more closely with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. The update is designed to ...
CNET

Claude Now Integrates More Closely With Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...
VentureBeat

Anthropic gives Claude shared context across Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, enabling reusable workflows in multiple applications

Anthropic has upgraded its Claude AI model with new capabilities for Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, marking a strategic move to expand its enterprise footprint and potentially challenging Microsoft’s ...
Nasdaq

Microsoft or Alphabet: Which Stock Is More Likely to Be a Millionaire Maker?

Interest in Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) offerings hasn’t been robust. In the meantime, Alphabet is seeing strong double-digit growth in multiple important markets. Both of these ...
Digital Trends

Microsoft Excel’s new import functions make handling numbers easier

If you often work with data that starts life as a text file or CSV, Microsoft Excel now has new built-in tools that simplify how that information gets pulled into a spreadsheet. The update introduces ...
Business Insider

I won the Microsoft Excel World Championship. Here's what every office worker should know about Excel.

Diarmuid Early won first place in the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship. He told Business Insider his Excel advice for everyday office workers. Early runs an Excel advising firm. He refined his ...
Kotaku

Microsoft Office 2024 Is Selling Fast After Dropping to Record Low, One-Time Purchase Installed on Mac of PC (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

This article is part of Kotaku Deals, produced separately from the editorial team. We may earn a commission when you buy through links on the site. The trend of most software companies in the last ...
People

Spreadsheets Get Intense in Viral Clips from the Microsoft Excel Championships

The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship finals were held in Las Vegas on Dec. 2 and 3 Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her ...