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I built my own Excel toolbar using basic VBA, and it works in every spreadsheet I open

VBA may have a bad reputation, but it's still one of the most effective ways to automate repetitive actions in standard XLSX workbooks.
PBS

Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countries

WASHINGTON (AP) — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world's largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and ...
Reuters

EU plans energy standards for data centres amid concerns over soaring power use

EU eyes minimum efficiency rules for data centres Capacity set to double by 2030, lifting power demand Sustainability label planned amid energy concerns BRUSSELS, June 3 (Reuters) - The European Union ...
The Conversation

How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don’t have the data to know

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...
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Make an advanced data entry form in Excel (fully automated)

A California family is suing a fitness club after video appeared to show a childcare worker throwing and dropping their son. According to the lawsuit, the toddler suffered a traumatic brain injury and ...
Wired

The US Government Will Ask Data Centers How Much Power They Use

The US federal government’s central energy information agency is planning to implement a mandatory nationwide survey of data centers focused on their energy use, according to a letter seen by WIRED.
Wall Street Journal

Locals Are Using AI to Fight Data Centers Being Built in Their Backyards

CINCINNATI—Late at night, or when her 18-month-old daughter is napping, Jessica Sharp logs onto Chat GPT and asks it to help her in her fight to stop a data center from being built just steps away ...
TechSpot

GitHub Copilot will use your data for AI training by default, but you can opt out

A hot potato: GitHub has announced that starting April 24, the company will begin using interaction data from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users to train and improve its AI models unless they opt out.
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[Introduction to UserForm] Creating Input Forms with VBA | How to Eliminate Input Errors in Manufacturing

Are you still entering your daily production results directly into Excel cells? You entered data into the wrong cell. The date formats are inconsistent, making it impossible to aggregate. You forgot ...
Travel + Leisure

This Caribbean Island Is Warning Travelers About an Entry Form Scam—What to Know

The government of St. Maarten is warning travelers about a scam website that is charging visitors to process a normally-free immigration form. The fake website ...
USA Today

3 major national parks remove timed-entry requirements. See which ones.

Three of America’s most popular national parks will be easier to visit this summer. “We’re expanding access where conditions allow and using targeted tools only where necessary to protect visitor ...