Good news for Excel users: You can now import data from CSV files without Power Query

To make it easier to pull a .csv or .txt file directly into Excel without having to deal with Power Query, Microsoft is ...
How-To Geek on MSN

How I audit long Excel lists without looking at my screen

Before you get Excel to read your data for you, take a moment to adjust the voice. Crucially, you can't do this inside ...
The Economist

How to export life to Mars

LIGHTHAVEN, ONE kilometre down Telegraph Avenue from the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, is a rambling conference facility which dedicates itself to “hosting events and programmes ...
Wall Street Journal

How Meta’s Newest Acquisition Target Got Around Worries Over Its Ties to China

Workers at Butterfly Effect, an artificial-intelligence startup with Chinese roots, gathered in March to count down to the launch of a demo of a new AI-powered tool called Manus. Released in the ...
The Jamaica Observer

BOJ extends waiver for high-value ACH transaction penalty

KINGSTON, Jamaica –The Bank of Jamaica on Wednesday announced an extension of its temporary waiver for a penalty charge on high-value Automated Clearing House (ACH) transactions, citing a need to ...
Wall Street Journal

Volkswagen Halts Exports of Its Electric Bus to U.S. Next Year

Volkswagen VOW3-0.39%decrease; red down pointing triangle is pulling the plug on its retro electric bus in the U.S. next year, after the expiration of tax incentives for customers caused electric ...
Reuters

Exclusive: How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips

SINGAPORE, Dec 17 (Reuters) - In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of a machine capable of producing the ...
The New York Times

How U.S. Defense Industry Dodged a Rare-Earth Shortage After China’s Curbs

America’s ability to make precision-guided missiles was threatened during Trump’s tariff war. But experienced players have rescued the supply chain, for now. By Farah Stockman Farah Stockman covers ...
Columbia Missourian

Soybeans have been a top U.S. ag export for decades. What happens when the top buyer stops buying?

Cassandra Stephenson, Tennessee Lookout; Gabby Nelson, Buffalo’s Fire and Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest Dec 30, 2025 Dec 30, 2025 RYDER, N.D. — Tyler Stafslien is a fourth-generation farmer ...
Digi Times

China eases rare earth export curbs as shipments rebound

China has begun easing restrictions on rare earth exports by approving a series of general licenses for qualified suppliers, according to the Ministry of Commerce on December 18, 2025. The move allows ...
The New York Times

From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump

The president has backed policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered. The mutually beneficial alliance is causing concern among some conservatives. Credit...Álvaro-Bernis Supported by By ...
Bloomberg L.P.

China Ships More Rare-Earth Products as Export Controls Loosen

China shipped 13% more rare-earth products in November than in the preceding month, a sign that a more relaxed export regime is restoring flows of the critical minerals used in electric vehicles, ...