JournalofAccountancy

Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...
GitHub

Use SharpZipLib to parse a .xlsx file hit ‘Data descriptor signature not found’ error

Python openpyxl can parse this file successfully. Looks like SharpZipLib has Stricter verification. https://pypi.org/project/openpyxl/ Office Excel cannot open this ...
Time

AT&T Customers Could Be Entitled to Portion of $177 Million Settlement. Here’s How You Can File a Claim

An AT&T logo is seen on Aug. 17, 2025. An AT&T logo is seen on Aug. 17, 2025.Jonathan Raa—Getty Images. Reporter AT&T customers in the United States could be entitled to up to $7,500 after the ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft to disable Excel workbook links to blocked file types

Microsoft has announced that it will start disabling external workbook links to blocked file types by default between October 2025 and July 2026. After the rollout ...
The New York Times

Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door

In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water. That has led to problems for people who live nearby. In the race to develop artificial ...
Geeky Gadgets

Python in Excel : Easily Unlock Advanced Data Analytics

Have you ever found yourself wrestling with Excel formulas, wishing for a more powerful tool to handle your data? Or maybe you’ve heard the buzz about Python in Excel and wondered if it’s truly the ...
CNET

How to Use AI in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets

I discovered artificial intelligence tool GPT Excel in my quest to cut down on all the busywork it takes to create and update spreadsheets. Carly Quellman, aka Carly Que, is a multimedia strategist ...
The New York Times

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data on Americans — throughout agencies. Alex Karp, a ...
USA Today

Karen Read: Expert testifies about SUV's sudden movements in trial over dead cop boyfriend

Editor's note: This page summarizes testimony in the Karen Read trial for Tuesday, May 27. For the latest updates on the Karen Read retrial, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Wednesday, May 28. An expert ...
C&EN

Researchers use electrochemistry to read data stored in molecules

Inspired by how DNA can pack massive quantities of information into tiny amounts of material, chemists have been working for years on ways to use molecules for data storage. They’ve investigated ...
CBS News

Karen Read trial expert questioned over Lexus data, professional credentials

Matt Schooley is a digital producer at CBS Boston. He has been a member of the WBZ news team for the last decade. Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014 ...