Author: Zach_Wilson
No escape from AI now – Microsoft is shoving Copilot into every Excel cell
You can now interact with Excel cells in natural language with =COPILOT It doesn’t interact with external data from the web… yet You can combine it with other Excel functions Microsoft is rolling out a new Excel AI function directly into cells, so you can leverage generative AI and tap…
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Peacemaker season 2 cast tease what’s next for the 11th Street Kids in the hit HBO Max show: ‘it’s something new’
Peacemaker season 2 will explore the 11th Street Kids in more detail The group’s various dynamics will be examined in depth Its cast has teased what fans can expect to see and hear in the HBO Max show’s next entry The cast of Peacemaker season 2 has tentatively revealed what’s…
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UK drops demand for backdoor into Apple encryption
The United Kingdom will no longer force Apple to provide backdoor access to secure user data protected by the company’s iCloud encryption service, according to US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. “Over the past few months, I’ve been working closely with our partners in the UK, alongside @POTUS and…
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Why Britain’s £187M skills investment needs to work for everyone, not just students
The UK government just announced £187 million for the TechFirst initiative to embed digital and AI skills in classrooms and communities. It’s a smart move that will pay dividends in the long run. But here’s the problem — we can’t wait 10 years for today’s secondary school students to join…
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The path to European data sovereignty
Back in 2020, the European Parliament published a briefing paper which set out “growing concern that the citizens, businesses and Member States of the European Union (EU) are gradually losing control over their data, over their capacity for innovation, and over their ability to shape and enforce legislation in the…
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AI’s invisible labor is tech’s biggest blind spot
Behind the polished responses of AI platforms lies a lesser-known truth: workers from emerging economies, such as Africa, Latin America, and Asia, were paid less than $2 per hour to sift through graphic and traumatic content to help train their safety systems. This labor practice has sparked global concern, lawsuits,…
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