Visual Studio Magazine

Special Embrace? VS Code Adapts to Claude Code's Ecosystem

Reflecting a broader trend of Microsoft embracing Claude AI, recent VS Code updates show the company accommodating Claude Code beyond model selection, with support for Claude-specific instruction ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Excel finally fixed its worst problems—but you're still using the old workarounds

Excel has quietly gained dynamic arrays, XLOOKUP, Power Query, and Python, yet many still work the old way.
TheWrap

MS NOW Strikes Partnership Deals to Boost Investigative, Local Reporting

MS NOW, My Source News Opinion World (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) MS NOW revealed a series of new and expanded partnership deals with three nonprofit ...
Yahoo Finance

M-Files Deepens its Strategic Collaboration with Microsoft Unveiling New Experiences for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot Agent Builder

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VentureBeat

Anthropic gives Claude shared context across Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, enabling reusable workflows in multiple applications

Anthropic has upgraded its Claude AI model with new capabilities for Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, marking a strategic move to expand its enterprise footprint and potentially challenging Microsoft’s ...
Engadget

Microsoft will start providing game studios with Project Helix consoles in 2027

Microsoft plans to begin shipping early units of its next generation console, codenamed Project Helix, to game studios starting sometime next year. "We're sending alpha versions of Project Helix to ...
IGN

Microsoft Reveals Project Helix Features at Next-Gen Xbox GDC Talk, Alpha Versions to Be Sent to Devs in 2027

Microsoft has revealed early features of Project Helix, its next-gen Xbox, while confirming plans to send alpha versions of the hardware to developers in 2027. At a 30-minute GDC 2026 keynote attended ...
PC World

Microsoft outs Xbox Project Helix: ‘We want to break down the artificial barriers between PC and console’

PCWorld reports Microsoft’s Project Helix console aims to eliminate barriers between PC and console gaming through a unified player-first experience. The next-generation Xbox will feature advanced ...
Mashable

Microsoft confirms Project Helix, the next-gen Xbox console: What we know

Project Helix has been confirmed as the codename for Microsoft's next-gen Xbox gaming console. Credit: Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images After a big shakeup at Microsoft's gaming division, ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft adds Copilot data controls to all storage locations

Microsoft is expanding data loss prevention (DLP) controls to block the Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant from processing confidential Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, regardless of their ...
Hosted on MSN

NPR, MS NOW: Trump-related files missing from DOJ's Epstein file release

NPR and MS NOW report that files related to President Trump are missing from the Department of Justice's release of the Epstein documents. MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin, MS NOW Senior White ...