Microsoft is building generative AI directly into the cells of Excel, attempting to bring one of the defining apps of the PC revolution into a new generation of computing.  A new “COPILOT” function for Microsoft’s classic spreadsheet program lets users generate, summarize, and analyze data using plain-language prompts inside a cell.  For example, a product manager with a column of raw customer feedback could type =COPILOT(“What is the sentiment of the comment in cell A2?”) to quickly label each remark as ‘Positive,’ ‘Negative,’ or ‘Neutral,’ without using a chatbot or plugin. … Read More

— Rami Sinno, director of engineering at Amazon Web Services’ Annapurna Labs — ground zero for the tech giant’s silicon chip development — is reportedly leaving the company. … Read More

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T-Mobile subscribers who buy one of the phones in Google’s newly announced Pixel 10 lineup will be able to explore a new frontier in mass-market mobile connectivity: satellite access to data-dependent apps, including Google Maps. … Read More

In one of the biggest technological waves ever, the Seattle startup and venture capital community is missing out on the AI frenzy. … Read More

While taxi customers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Austin and Atlanta can hail rides from driverless vehicles, passengers eager to do the same in Seattle — one of the globe’s leading technology hubs — are stuck at the curb. … Read More

A $1 million global competition that aims to accelerate Alzheimer’s disease research using AI launched today with support from Bill Gates and others. … Read More

Seattle-area startup TeamSense, a software platform used by employers for absence reporting and employee communications, is raising fresh investment. … Read More

Protesters took over part of Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus for more than an hour Tuesday — escalating their efforts to pressure the company to stop providing technology to the Israeli government and military. … Read More

Editor’s Note: This post has been changed to reflect an updated count of the number of arrests. … Read More