Microsoft launches 'vibe working' in Office with Agent Mode for Excel/Word and Office Agent for chat, using both OpenAI and Anthropic AI to automate document creation.

You’ve probably heard of vibe coding — novices writing apps by creating a simple AI prompt — but now Microsoft wants to introduce a similar thing for its Office apps. The software maker is launching a ...

Microsoft today introduced “vibe working” with Agent Mode in Office Apps and Agent Mode in Copilot Chat. The basic premise will be familiar: These new agents will do work on your behalf, in this case ...

Across the United States, more schools are implementing policies restricting cellphones as concerns about digital distraction, mental health and academic performance rise. The scale of the issue is ...

The Wildlife Trusts warned the UK is ‘shockingly underprepared’ for the swings in weather from droughts to floods caused by rising temperatures.

Computing revolutionized most aspects of 21st century life, including language, with new and repurposed terms becoming the lexicon of a generation.

It’s a wonder only 31 people directly died from January’s apocalyptic Los Angeles fires. Hurricane-force gusts, reaching almost 100 mph, carried embers for miles to spawn new fires. The winds were so ...

The NYT Strands puzzle offers a refreshing change for players who find Wordle too brief or Connections too straightforward. The layered design of Strands, combining daily themes, multiple interlinked ...

Percussionist Evelyn Glennie and poet Raymond Antrobus performed their latest album 'Aloud' in single takes, with no rehearsal or even knowledge of what the other would perform.

The word “crisis” is often used to describe the housing situation in western Massachusetts, and now a first-of-its-kind study compiling data from the region’s four counties can back up the claim. The ...

More than a third of professionals say unnecessary meetings hurt their productivity, raising the idea of ‘meeting hygiene’ ...