Microsoft has integrated a new 'Copilot' AI function into Excel, allowing users to generate, summarize, and analyze data directly within spreadsheet cells using plain-language prompts, enhancing productivity and data handling capabilities.
Paradigm has developed an AI-powered spreadsheet with over 5,000 AI agents in each cell, allowing users to automate data collection and processing with various AI models. The company recently launched publicly after a successful beta, raised $5 million in seed funding, and aims to redefine workflows with AI, positioning itself as more than just an AI-enhanced spreadsheet. It competes indirectly with other AI tools in the spreadsheet space and plans to expand its capabilities.
A member of the Diablo 4 community has created a comprehensive spreadsheet highlighting the best XP farming spots in the game based on level, class, and build. The spreadsheet includes information on mobs, zones, dungeons, and Strongholds that yield the highest returns. The creator, 'Drybear,' tested every permanent dungeon and Stronghold to determine clear speed and mob density. The resource is ideal for players looking to level up quickly and optimize their Diablo 4 builds.
EVE Online now has an official Microsoft Excel add-in that allows players to export data to the spreadsheet app. The integration will let players make custom reports and graphs to help track their in-game activity and plan their next raid. Among the data that can be exported are item values, locations, market orders and prices, skills and wallet transactions in the game’s currency of ISK, as well as the finances of your galactic corporation if you have the right in-game privileges. The Excel add-in is available for members of EVE’s paid "Omega" subscription tier.
Viktor Tkachenko, a journalist in central Ukraine, maintains a spreadsheet of Ukrainian soldiers from Poltava region killed since Russia's full-scale invasion began, which is used in regular round-ups that typically contain between 10 and 40 names. Tkachenko and his colleagues trawl open sources such as Facebook, where relatives and local officials often post individual death announcements. The spreadsheet offers a glimpse into the human cost of the war in one of Ukraine's 27 regions. As the war drags on, the psychological toll on Ukrainians is increasing.
The Austrian centre-left party has reversed the result of its leadership contest after it emerged that the winner had been declared in error due to a misreading of a spreadsheet. The party said that the winner, Michael Ludwig, had actually lost to challenger Andreas Schieder by 20 votes. Ludwig had been declared the winner by a margin of 31 votes.