OpenAI’s new flagship GPT model is made for AI agents

GPT-5.4 is out now on ChatGPT (where it goes by the name GPT-5.4 Thinking) as well as on the OpenAI API and OpenAI’s coding ...
Crypto Briefing

OpenAI just turned ChatGPT into your spreadsheet co-pilot

OpenAI integrates Excel support and live financial data into ChatGPT, creating a powerful spreadsheet co-pilot for traders, analysts, and crypto investors.
Phys.org

Brewing possibilities: Using caffeine to edit gene expression

What if a cup of coffee could help treat cancer? Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Institute of Biosciences and Technology believe it's possible. By combining caffeine with the use of CRISPR—a ...
TechRepublic

10 Clever Microsoft Excel Tricks to Use in 2026

Excel has outlasted many tech trends, and in the age of AI, it remains very much in the mix. While new platforms promise automation and out-of-the-box intelligence, many teams continue to rely on ...
TechCrunch

Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries

Adobe has been aggressively adding AI features to all its products in the last few years. The company is now adding more AI tools to Acrobat, including the ability to generate podcast summaries of ...
New York Post

Lexus SUV Karen Read was accused of using to fatally mow down her cop boyfriend to be auctioned off

The Lexus SUV that Karen Read was driving the night she was accused of mowing down her Boston cop boyfriend in 2022 is going up for auction next month. Read, 45, was at the center of a whirlwind trial ...
GitHub

Use DuckDB within Excel with the xlDuckDb addin.

DuckDB is an amazing tool with deep integration with Python and R, but sometimes you just need data in Excel. xlDuckDb allows DuckDB SQL to be run within Excel. Query results are returned as regular ...
The Verge

ChatGPT can now use Adobe apps to edit your photos and PDFs for free

Just describe your edits to ChatGPT, and the Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express apps will do it for you or surface the tool you need. Just describe your edits to ChatGPT, and the Photoshop, Acrobat, ...
TechSpot

Windows 11's updated File Explorer remains painfully slow despite using twice as much RAM

Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft says new Outlook can't open some Excel attachments

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that prevents some users from opening Excel email attachments in the new Outlook client. According to a service alert (EX1189359) seen by BleepingComputer ...
The New York Times

Who Needs a Printer or Scanner? Just Use Your Mobile Device.

Free software on your phone or tablet lets you scan, create, edit, annotate and even sign digitized documents on the go. By J. D. Biersdorfer I write the monthly Tech Tip column, which is devoted to ...