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I used NotebookLM to learn about advanced Python tricks in Excel and I should have sooner

Ever since Microsoft introduced Python in Excel, I have treated it as a ‘someday’ project. I knew Python integration was the ...
MIT Technology Review

AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced.

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented ...
Mint

Should you still learn to code? Godfather of AI says says don’t give up on computer science degree just yet

With the rise of artificial intelligence, there has been a growing belief in the tech industry that coding will soon become redundant, given that new AI models are getting better not just at writing ...
Yahoo

Here’s What the Microsoft Excel Champion for 2025 Won

The Microsoft Excel World Championship 2025 wrapped up with yet another champion reigning supreme. This year’s champion beat out 23 Grand Final rivals at the Las Vegas HyperX Arena. The annual ...
InfoWorld

Seven coding domains no developer really understands

Maybe you do truly understand one or two of these areas of coding mystery. Most of your fellow programmers are faking it. We all want to be thought competent by our peers—to have them think we know ...
TechCrunch

Anthropic releases Opus 4.5 with new Chrome and Excel integrations

On Monday, Anthropic announced Opus 4.5, the latest version of its flagship model. It’s the last of Anthropic’s 4.5 series of models to be released, following the launch of Sonnet 4.5 in September and ...
ZDNet

You should still learn to code, says top Google AI exec - here's why

AI Dev, DeepLearning.ai's AI conference, made its NYC debut. We sat down with Andrew Ng at the event to talk AI and developers. Ng recommends that everyone learn to code. The second annual AI Dev, a ...
Microsoft

‘Vibe coding’ and other ways AI is changing who can build apps and how

Doher Drizzle Pablo was drowning in travel receipts. After her company transferred her to Sweden from the Philippines last year, she’d started visiting clients in at least two countries a month, and ...
VentureBeat

Vibe coding platform Cursor releases first in-house LLM, Composer, promising 4X speed boost

The vibe coding tool Cursor, from startup Anysphere, has introduced Composer, its first in-house, proprietary coding large language model (LLM) as part of its Cursor 2.0 platform update. Composer is ...
The Verge

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

A new Agent Mode comes to Office apps today, alongside an Office Agent in Copilot chat. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

AI Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says it's time to stop talking about AI 'slop' and start talking about a 'theory of the mind that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier ...
Entrepreneur

Should High School Students Still Learn to Code? ‘Absolutely,’ Says OpenAI Engineer

OpenAI researcher Szymon Sidor said that even though AI coding tools exist, high school students should still learn to code. That way, they can build a “really structured intellect” to “break down ...