State mottos, translated: What your state’s official motto really means

AnyWho reports each U.S. state's motto reflects its values and history, forming a unique tapestry of American ideals and ...
Spin

Deep Cut Friday: ‘Word on a Wing’ by David Bowie

Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday ...

How to backup or export Macros in Word

If you want to back up or export Macros in Microsoft Word, there are various methods you can try. These have been explained ...
The New York Times

How Democrats Used One Word to Turn the Tide Against Trump

Both parties are now preparing for “affordability” to play a major role in the midterm elections next year. How did it emerge so quickly? By Lisa Lerer and Jonah Smith On President Trump’s first day ...
Computerworld

Microsoft Copilot can boost your writing in Word, Outlook, and OneNote — here’s how

Copilot integration in Microsoft 365 apps makes it a snap to generate first drafts, revise text, and get instant summaries for long docs or email threads. Here’s how to use Copilot for writing ...
Ars Technica

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content

Like most tools, generative AI models can be misused. And when the misuse gets bad enough that a major dictionary notices, you know it has become a cultural phenomenon. On Sunday, Merriam-Webster ...
NPR

In the Trump era, has the word 'racist' lost its meaning?

Over the past few weeks, President Trump has amplified derogatory and stereotypical comments about people from Afghanistan. He's derided Somalians as a whole, and specifically targeted Congresswoman ...
Slate

The Best Way to View Trump’s Alarming New National Security Strategy

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Unease is warranted; it’s a nerve ...
Gizmodo

Anthropic Accidentally Gives the World a Peek Into Its Model’s ‘Soul’

Artificial intelligence models don’t have souls, but one of them does apparently have a “soul” document. A person named Richard Weiss was able to get Anthropic’s latest large language model, Claude ...
GitHub

Markdown to perfect Word in one click — Mermaid, Graphviz, Vega, Infographic, LaTeX (editable), code highlighting, local processing

You love writing in Markdown — clean, efficient, version control friendly. But eventually, you always need a Word document. 😫 Manual screenshot flowcharts ...
PC Gamer

Great, now even malware is using LLMs to rewrite its code, says Google, as it documents new phase of 'AI abuse'

AI Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it AI Steam updates AI disclosure form to specify that it's focused on ...
The Verge

Copilot on Windows can now create Office documents and connect to Gmail

You can create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files from the Copilot chat interface. You can create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files from the Copilot chat interface. is a senior editor and author of ...