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PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 cheat sheet

Are you getting the most from PowerPoint for Microsoft 365/Office 365 in Windows? Learn about the key new features in Microsoft’s powerful presentation app.

Google Chrome Reading Mode

How to activate Chrome's fancy new Android reading enhancer

Who knew the web could look so good?!

Microsoft Copilot

As M365 Copilot launch looms, businesses likely to move cautiously

While enterprises are attracted by the potential to save employee time on certain tasks, generative AI is largely unproven in the business world — and will require a range of efforts to deploy it safely and effectively.

Windows 11 October 23 update: Microsoft event

10 new Windows 11 features in the October 2023 update to try now

Windows 11’s big update for the year isn’t only about artificial intelligence.

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Atlassian aims to improve developer experience with Compass

Generally available starting Tuesday, Compass is designed to provide developers with a centralized platform that helps to promote a healthy engineering culture.

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How to use Presenter Overlay for better Zoom calls on Macs

The next time you’re in a Zoom meeting, you might want to try this new macOS Sonoma feature when making a presentation.

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Microsoft addresses three zero-days for October’s Patch Tuesday

Microsoft this week rolled out 103 security updates, including for three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Windows and Edge.

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How to replace Edge as the default browser in Windows — and why you shouldn’t

Here’s how to make Chrome, Firefox, or another browser the primary one in Windows 10 or 11. (But are you sure you want to?)

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Dropbox unveils video app, updates AI tools and web interface for new era of work

Highlighting a new era of distributed, virtual work, Dropbox has announced a host of updates to its platform — including a number of new capabilities for its previously launched generative AI tools — as well as new subscription plans. ...

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Box unveils new AI-powered content portal Box Hubs

In the latest AI-enabled addition to the platform, Box will roll out a multi-document content search-and-summarization tool.

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Coda bucks trend of additional charges for generative AI tools

Generative AI features are fast becoming table stakes for productivity and collaboration applications. Coda hopes to stand out in the market by eschewing add-on fees and integrating with multiple enterprise data sources.

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Poly and Nureva make big hybrid conference rooms work at Zoomtopia

The companies highlighted conferencing products that are flexible, reconfigurable, and interoperable, allowing for a best-of-class, multi-vendor solution that lets you selectively swap out components as technology advances.

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Canva bolsters AI offerings, providing copyright indemnity for AI-generated images

With Canva reporting that its AI tools have already been used 3 billion times in six months, the visual communication software provider is doubling down on the technology by adding a brand-new suite of AI-powered design offerings.

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Faced with back-to-office mandates, employees are ‘coffee badging’ office visits

Many employees are doing the bare minimum to satisfy in-office requirements, simply showing up long enough to get credit for being there before returning home to work.

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Zoomtopia 2023: Zoom bets on AI with new Docs, AI Companion tools

At its annual conference, Zoom announced a host of new AI-focused products designed to support the hybrid work experience.

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Zoomtopia 2023: Zoom goes all-in on hybrid work as back-to-office mandates abound

Two months after Zoom, the ultimate work-from-home enabler, announced it would be requiring some of its employees to come back in to the office, it is debuting a host of new tools and capabilities to support a return to hybrid and...

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Asana unveils new AI capabilities to help teams work smarter

Work management software provider Asana is set to roll out a host of new AI capabilities, powered by the company’s Work Graph, working to ensure that clarity and accountability is baked into the new tools.

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Microsoft’s Nadella: Google could lock up AI-enabled search

As a witness for the prosecution in the Google antitrust trial, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns that Google’s monopoly profits could lock in publishers as AI-enabled search arrives.

Android Standby Mode

20 seconds to extreme Android awesomeness

Waiting for Android 14 to arrive? Try this easy enhancement to bring new life into your existing device in the meantime — no rollouts or high-priced hardware required.

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Meta Quest 3’s mixed reality ‘passthrough’ broadens workplace appeal

Meta’s latest headset is pitched primarily at consumers. But as with other devices in its AR/VR portfolio, the Quest is also suited to immersive training for employees — and improved ‘passthrough’ capabilities make collaboration a...

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