All the Landmines I Stepped On as an Office Worker Who Couldn't Write a Single Line of Code, While Building an 'Instrument' in C++ [AI Development Journey #3]

Once I stepped outside the browser, the rules of the game were completely different.Up until the last installment, I wrote about how I built two business web apps: an inventory management app for a ...

“Moving away from VBA” does not mean throwing it away—How to inventory Excel tasks and what to migrate to in the era of macro blocking and the deprecation of VBScript

A practical guide for DX personnel, internal IT staff, and accounting staff at small and medium-sized enterprises (as of September 2026)Introduction“The Excel macro I received from a business partner ...
BleepingComputer

Microsoft asks users to ignore 'Antivirus is turned off' errors

Microsoft asked customers this week to ignore alerts that Defender Antivirus has been turned off after installing the latest Defender updates. Although this issue has been affecting users in the ...
Notebookcheck

Excel paste fails silently after Microsoft's September security update

Microsoft's September security update stops Excel from pasting. The command fails without a beep and without an error message ...

Microsoft fixes broken Excel copy and paste for all Office users

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that causes copy-and-paste failures for Excel users after installing the September 2026 security updates.
CNBC

Microsoft Outlook and OpenAI's ChatGPT Work are experiencing user outages

OpenAI's ChatGPT Work has been experiencing elevated errors and latency for roughly three hours. The company said on its status page that it's "continuing work on implementing a mitigation." Meanwhile ...
TechSpot

Microsoft Office is down to $32 for a lifetime license

TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without recurring subscription fees, Microsoft Office 2021 is available for just $32, an incredible deal. This offer provides all the ...