Microsoft Excel is more than just a spreadsheet toolits a productivity powerhouse. Whether you're crunching numbers, organizing data, or creating financial models, there are plenty of features and shortcuts to help streamline your workflow. Here are nine ways to supercharge your productivity in Excel and make the most of its capabilities.

Video editing has never been more accessible, thanks to the evolution of AI. Wondershare Filmora 14 brings AI-powered efficiency and simplicity to video creators of all levels. Whether you're an influencer, a freelancer, or an industry professional, Filmora 14 offers tools that streamline the editing process, making it easier to create professional-quality content.

Despite Apple's enhancements to Spotlight search on Mac over the years, it still seems restricted and basic in certain aspects. If you're looking for a tool that goes beyond simple search functions and greatly improves your Mac workflow, Raycast is the perfect solution. It basically puts everything you need at your fingertips and transforms your Mac into a streamlined, efficient machine.

The new midrange LT model gets the light-up Chevy logo. | Image: Chevy Chevy is lowering the Silverado EV’s starting price for 2025 by adding a new standard range Work Truck (WT) version that starts at $57,095, which includes destination charges but not other fees, and Chevy says the dealer “sets final price.”Chevy also added several additional versions of the electric truck with varying ranges compared to the outgoing 2024 model with only one version, the RST trim, priced at nearly $100,000. While a top-of-the-line “max range” version is still there, for 2025, Chevy will make a cheaper RST starting at $89,395 that has a shorter 390-mile EPA range. Image: Chevy There’s more options for 2025. Chevy says it will reveal the $57K work truck’s range closer to launch, but there’s also a... Continue reading…

Master Chief in Unreal Engine 5. | Image: Halo Studios Microsoft is moving its Halo development to Unreal Engine 5, after more than a year of rumors of an engine switch following a leadership overhaul at 343 Industries, layoffs, and other changes. 343 Industries is now becoming Halo Studios as part of this engine change announcement, hoping to mark a new chapter in the history of Halo.Halo moving to Unreal Engine 5 is being positioned as the first step of a transformation for Halo Studios to change its technology, structure, processes, and even culture. “We’re not just going to try improve the efficiency of development, but change the recipe of how we make Halo games,” says Pierre Hintze, studio head at Halo Studios. Image: Halo Studios Master Chief in Unreal Engine 5.... Continue reading…

If you've recently had a Word document suddenly delete itself when you save it, you're not alone. Microsoft has confirmed a bug where if you name your Word document a specific way on your PC, it'll decide to delete itself. Fortunately, it's very possible to recover your file before it's gone forever, but it's still something to look out for if you use Word daily.

We love our mini PCs here at XDA, but sometimes they can get really, really small. Such is the case of the DigiPort, which is a USB-powered miniature PC that runs off of a Raspberry Pi. And while you can fund it right now, you won't need to worry about the project not coming to fruition, as it has long since achieved its funding goal.

Microsoft has long reigned supreme in the work space with its Office suite of apps, but the reality is most people don't want to pay for Microsoft 365 or the Office apps in the first place. As a result, Google Docs is arguably the most popular alternative, offering all the features you could want in an online version that works entirely free of charge.

We took another step closer to the end of the Xbox 360 earlier this year, and you'd be forgiven for missing it. Microsoft announced that the Xbox 360 store and marketplace would be closing its virtual doors for the last time, leaving its content inaccessible, and inadvertently giving us into a glimpse of what a future of purely digital assets might look like.

Microsoft Office is arguably the most popular productivity tool in the world, having been a staple of basically every Windows PC for over two decades. And yet, making the most of it can be a struggle. Most of us are probably content with the way we use Office, but learning a few keyboard shortcuts will go a long way in helping you get work done faster, so we're here to help with that.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Federal Communications Commission has given SpaceX and T-Mobile temporary approval for direct-to-cell service using Starlink satellites in areas affected by Hurricane Helene, SpaceX:The satellites have already been enabled and started broadcasting emergency alerts to cell phones on all networks in North Carolina. In addition, we may test basic texting (SMS) capabilities for most cell phones on the T-Mobile network in North Carolina. SpaceX’s direct-to-cell constellation has not been fully deployed, so all services will be delivered on a best-effort basis.The massive flooding from Hurricane Helene created swaths of “blackout zones,” particularly in North Carolina, and communications continue to be heavily impacted throughout the... Continue reading…

Image: Calligram Studio In Phoenix Springs, it’s not so much the ravishing hand-drawn visuals that first grab the attention, but the voice of narrator and protagonist Iris. Befitting her name, she behaves like a roving eye, investigating and describing her surroundings with a clinical, almost robotic detachment. Yet Iris is no blank slate: you quickly come to learn that she is a snob with little regard for the homeless. She even appears to have short shrift for the player, delivering a withering putdown when you make a connection she deems just a little too obvious.Iris, a tech journalist by trade, is the perfect protagonist for a point-and-click adventure, a genre whose mechanics often begin with the simple act of looking. Eventually, in classics like Grim... Continue reading…