This obscure Microsoft Excel tool imports PDF data without mangling it

I don’t use Microsoft Excel all that often, so it remains a bit of a mystery to me. I can enter text and create graphs and that’s basically it. That’s why I’ve set myself a goal to learn one new Excel ...

How to move columns in Microsoft Excel to organize your spreadsheet data

The ability to move columns in Excel is a great benefit when dealing with long strands of data in Excel. Here's how to do it.

How to create a drop-down list in Excel to manage data and prevent mistakes

You can easily create a drop-down list in Excel to limit the values that can be entered in a column. Here's how to set one up ...
The Indian Express

Scammer tries to extract personal information from Sudha Murthy; Bengaluru police register FIR

The Bengaluru Cyber Crime Police on September 20 registered a case after an unknown person tried to extract sensitive information from Rajya Sabha MP and author Sudha Murthy, who was formerly the ...
Frontiers

TRACE: applying AI language models to extract ancestry information from curated biomedical literature

Introduction: Ancestry reporting is essential to ensure transparency and proper representation in biomedical studies. However, manually extracting this information from study texts is time-consuming ...
Nature

Using biobanks to boost research: a how-to guide

Jyoti Madhusoodanan is a science writer in Portland, Oregon. Rafaella Rogatto De Faria was nearing the end of her PhD when her adviser proposed a fresh project. The idea was to analyse genetic, ...
CSOonline

Attackers steal data from Salesforce instances via compromised AI live chat tool

A threat actor managed to obtain Salesforce OAuth tokens from a third-party integration called Salesloft Drift and used the tokens to download large volumes of data from impacted Salesforce instances.
Bleeping Computer

Murky Panda hackers exploit cloud trust to hack downstream customers

A Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Murky Panda (Silk Typhoon) exploits trusted relationships in cloud environments to gain initial access to the networks and data of downstream customers ...
Microsoft

AI startups bridging the gap: from research breakthroughs to real-world impact

Innovators like Sarim Khan and Alex Ratner both believe AI has the potential to transform regulated industries like healthcare. As a biotech researcher at MIT, Khan wanted a faster way to access data ...
The Hill

The Memo: Trump struggles to extract himself from Epstein mire

President Trump is trying, yet again, to climb out of the political mire into which he has sunk over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. On Wednesday, Trump sought to pin the blame on unnamed Republicans for ...
TechCrunch

Chinese authorities are using a new tool to hack seized phones and extract data

Security researchers say Chinese authorities are using a new type of malware to extract data from seized phones, allowing them to obtain text messages — including from chat apps such as Signal — ...