While Microsoft Excel is capable of countless tasks, sometimes it feels like we are only scratching the surface of what is truly possible. What if you could streamline your processes, improve collaboration, and fly through projects without dealing with complex formulas or endless manual tasks? Over the years, I have discovered a handful of software tools that act like perfect partners for Excel, each bringing its unique strengths to the table.

Tesla has hit back following a Wall Street Journal report that its board had initiated a search for a new CEO to replace Elon Musk, taking to Musk’s social platform X to call the claim “absolutely false.”According to the WSJ report, about a month ago Tesla’s board began the process of hunting for a successor to Musk, reaching out to “several” executive search firms and getting as far as narrowing down to one firm to lead the search. Around the same time the board reportedly told Musk he needed to spend more time on Tesla, and less on DOGE, and say so publicly. In an earnings call last week he did exactly that, promising that from May he’d be “allocating far more” of his time to Tesla. The auto company has suffered from slumping sales, declining revenue, and a major brand crisis since Musk took on a closer role with Donald Trump and led efforts to slash government spending. There’s good reason to think Tesla and Musk’s other companies stand to benefit from that work too, though.Tesla moved quickly to reject the Journal’s report, publishing a rebuttal on X from board chair Robyn Denholm, who said the directors are “highly confident” in Musk’s ability to lead Tesla. She both denied that the board had initiated a CEO search, and claimed that “this was communicated to the media before the report was published.” The WSJ has not yet updated its story or responded to Denholm’s statement, though notes in its original report that it reached out to Musk for comment and didn’t receive any.Musk himself later tweeted his thoughts, accusing the paper of an “EXTREMELY BAD BREACH OF ETHICS,” and suggesting that it had been sent an “unequivocal denial beforehand.”Tesla’s board has eight members, including Musk himself along with his brother, Kimbal Musk, and James Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch. The group has been accused of being “full of sycophants,” and “overly beholden to CEO Musk,” especially in the wake of last year’s efforts to secure Musk a record-breaking pay package.As for Denholm? Despite that high confidence in Musk, she just sold over $32 million worth of Tesla shares, her third major sale in three months, and appears to be liquidating her position in the company.

Skate 4, also known simply as the Skate reboot, will be released later this year as early access. However, the game is set to enter into the planned early access mode without the ability to play the game offline. Yes, you heard right: Skate will only be playable in an online state.

Passwords for security purposes trace their way back to the Romans, who used watchwords to discern friend from foe. However, the digital password has been around longer than you might think, as it was created in 1961 by an MIT computer science professor, Fernando Corbato. It wasn't a security feature at the time, more a time-sharing one, but that was the seed that grew into the privacy-creating digital passwords for everything we use today.

The Wave 3 needs all this to be portable and work efficiently.I've been testing the EcoFlow Wave 3, a follow-up to the all-in-one battery-powered air conditioner, heater, and fan I reviewed last summer. EcoFlow has dialed back its absurd marketing with a more powerful unit that can be recharged through several methods, including the sun. Only now it can automatically (try to) maintain a set temperature range and act as a dedicated dehumidifier, too.I was grateful to have EcoFlow's Wave 2 with me last summer while vanlifing around Portugal and Spain. That less powerful A/C helped to offset daytime temps hitting 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degree Fahrenheit) and made 25C (77F) nights comfortable enough to sleep. But it only worked in small spaces and under just the right circumstances. The third-generation portable heat pump from EcoFlow can't perform miracles. We're still only talking 6100BTU (1800W) of cooling and 6800BTU (2000W) of heating. And placement is limited by bulky intake and exhaust hoses, and the space needed for a receptacle to collect any drained water.But if you own a van, surf shack, work shed, roof-top tent, boat, or another small space requiring occasional temperature control, then the Wave 3 could be for you. Prices are …Read the full story at The Verge.

Did you know that a Blade Runner game was going to be released soon? Yeah, well, it was, but that was before it got canceled. Supermassive Games were reportedly developing the game called Blade Runner: Time To Live. However, development hit a snag, and the title met its untimely demise.

In her ruling banning Apple from charging a commission on purchases made outside the App Store, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers says that an Apple executive “outright lied under oath.”According to Gonzalez Rogers, Alex Roman, vice president of finance at Apple, gave testimony that was “replete with misdirection and outright lies.” The judge writes that Roman lied when testifying that Apple hadn’t decided on the 27 percent number for its fee on purchases outside the App Store until January 16th, 2024.“Contemporaneous business documents reveal that on the contrary, the main components of Apple’s plan, including the 27 percent commission, were determined in July 2023,” Gonzalez Rogers says. “Neither Apple, nor its counsel, corrected the, now obvious, lies.”Gonzalez Rogers says that she is referring the case to a US attorney for possible criminal contempt proceedings against Apple and Roman.“Apple willfully chose not to comply with this Court’s Injunction,” Gonzalez Rogers says at the end of the filing (emphasis hers). “It did so with the express intent to create new anticompetitive barriers which would, by design and in effect, maintain a valued revenue stream; a revenue stream previously found to be anticompetitive. That it thought this Court would tolerate such insubordination was a gross miscalculation. As always, the cover-up made it worse. For this Court, there is no second bite at the apple.”

Passwords are almost ingrained in culture and are still used to secure accounts, connect to wireless networks, and more. But what if I told you, for World Password Day, that you should cease using them altogether? It sounds counterintuitive, right? Why would you stop using a password to secure your account? Well, that's where passkeys come into play! These handy little keys are essential to create a more robust account management strategy where you're less likely to encounter (and be affected by) breaches and compromised access.

Whether you’re brand new to Raspberry Pi or have been tinkering for years, having the right resources at your fingertips can make all the difference. The Raspberry Pi ecosystem is vast, and knowing where to find trusted guides, software, and community support can help you get the most out of your projects. Here are seven must-know resources every Raspberry Pi owner should keep bookmarked.

Nintendo Switch 2 preorders opened up last week at major retailers, and it went less than swimmingly online. Though GameStop’s in-store preordering process was reportedly a more pleasant experience, a few locations had their share of problems. Some customers claim their store forced them to buy accessories and games to reserve the console, a complaint GameStop is now “actively investigating.”

Yesterday, we touched upon the topic of Windows devices having issues over the past few decades, which isn't entirely surprising considering that the operating system's software contains ancient pieces of code. A prominent example of this is when Windows XP PCs used to crash if Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation was being played in their vicinity. Now, another problem has been reported, which actually poses a dire security risk, yet Microsoft has refused to do anything in response.

We recently saw evidence of the Windows 11 25H2 update, suggesting that Microsoft plans to release it sometime later this year, likely in October. In addition to finalizing what features it wants to offer in the next major Windows 11 update, the software giant also has another important task at hand: ensuring that more people upgrade to Windows 11 24H2. Unfortunately for Microsoft, this isn't going that well.