Excel

EVE Online has finally embraced its destiny. The game, often jokingly called a “spreadsheet simulator” due to the competitive advantages its most dedicated players can gain by tracking in-game data, now has a Microsoft Excel add-in. “Gain a competitive edge by harnessing the power of data, as access to and the understanding of data can spell the difference between victory and defeat,” developer CCP Games wrote Tuesday in a blog post. The free extension, first announced last year at EVE Fanfest, is available now. Besides…

The public release of ChatGPT last fall kicked off a wave of interest in artificial intelligence. AI models have since snaked their way into many people's everyday lives. Despite their flaws, ChatGPT and other AI tools are helping people to save time at work, to code without knowing how to code, to make daily life easier or just to have fun.It goes beyond everyday fiddling: In the last few years, companies and scholars have started to use AI to supercharge work they could never have imagined, designing new molecules with…

Worrying about mastering Excel formulas? Thinking about the right syntax and function for hours? If you are, ChatGPT has got you covered! Discover how ChatGPT makes Excel formula writing effortless in the following article.In data analysis, Excel formulas reign supreme as a crucial tool. They make it possible to manipulate data, perform calculations, and uncover key insights. Unfortunately, for those new to the world of Excel, crafting formulas can feel intimidating and slow. Enter ChatGPT. With its AI capabilities, this…

Batting Performance by Position. Credit: Organization Science (2023). 10.1287/orsc.2023.1680 Venturing out of one's comfort zone to perform a task—and then performing poorly in that task, such as a baseball pitcher trying to hit—can lead to better performance when returning to one's specialty, new research suggests. Brittany Bond,…

Researchers have confirmed what Indigenous Australians have long known: native plants have great healing properties. A study has found that two plants show great potential for healing wounds quickly and efficiently. The finding paves the way for introducing more plant-based treatments into healthcare.Two studies by researchers at Charles Darwin University in Australia's Northern Territory looked at the healing properties of two native plants, Calophyllum inophyllum and Tinospora smilacina, as alternative sources of…

Image: stnazkul/Adobe Stock Microsoft Excel is the original low-code tool, but data and business logic in an Excel spreadsheet are not managed and not necessarily shared with other business users, so they are not something that can be easily reused outside that spreadsheet. Data in the data platform used by Microsoft’s Power Platform, Dataverse, is richer: There’s metadata that tags business objects like email addresses, invoices and order numbers with details of what should be in them and what business do with…

Spreadsheets have become an integral part of the modern business world, and they offer valuable tools for students and teachers as well. However, Microsoft Office's Excel, while powerful, can be expensive and might have more features than what students and teachers actually need. Fortunately, there are fantastic alternatives available that cater specifically to their requirements, and the best part is that these alternatives are completely free of charge. 1. Google SheetsGoogle Sheets, the cloud-based spreadsheet…

This article gathers 10 excel functions that empower the data analyst jobs This article compiles 10 Excel functions for anyone conducting data analysis using the program, making data analyst jobs easier and more pleasant. Excel is a convenient and user-friendly tool for performing analysis and presenting data to stakeholders. Microsoft Excel is particularly beneficial for analysis and reports that need to be shared with different departments in your firm since it is widely used in the business world and the interface is…

The Covid-19 pandemic gave us firings by Zoom. Could the current technology craze give us mass terminations devised by AI?ChatGPT can already write a generic layoffs memo, and Microsoft Corp. is planning to roll out its 365 Copilot to Excel, which could serve as an aid in financial planning. Now a French startup called Pigment SAS is testing a generative AI tool expressly for chief financial officers.The product, called Pigment AI, is based on OpenAI software. It places a chatbot inside of spreadsheets and dashboards used…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), days after probing premises linked to Byju’s for alleged Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) compliance issues, is planning to approach its lenders to seek more details on the edtech major's funding and loan transactions. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in this letter:■ Govt may release first draft of Digital India Act soon■ Homegrown dating apps swipe right on Indian market■ Demand for tech talent is growing at non-tech companies: report ED to seek details on…