During Microsoft’s latest earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Satya Nadella perhaps unintentionally summed up the current state of the company’s massive agentic AI push. “It sort of didn’t work until it started working,” Nadella said, referencing the Agent Mode feature in Microsoft Excel, “and that’s just because the model showed up.”Agent Mode, a feature that uses AI to create and edit Excel workbooks in tandem with your actions, is now the default mode for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Premium subscribers in Excel, Word and PowerPoint as of last week. He said Microsoft’s investments in its AI infrastructure gave the company…

Authorities in the Netherlands say recrutiment of army reservists has seen a significant boost, particularly after the recent enlistment by the country’s queen and her eldest daughter, with authorities now scrambling to arm and train new recruits. In February, photos of Queen Maxima in training and aiming a pistol on…

Bellarmine Mugabe was also fined $36,000.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026A magistrate has ordered that the youngest son of the late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is to be deported immediately from South Africa after pleading guilty to two offences earlier this month.A court in Johannesburg on Wednesday ordered Bellarmine…

Two suspects are in custody after California authorities dismantled what investigators describe as a large-scale organized retail theft pipeline moving stolen Home Depot tools across Southern California and into resale channels for profit. The California Highway Patrol’s Southern Division Organized Retail Crime Task Force launched…

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US policy makers have two choices: strategic engagement or a spiral into irrelevancyJust three years after entering the auto market, the Chinese tech company Xiaomi has made no effort to temper expectations. Best known for challenging Apple and Samsung on smartphones, Xiaomi is now positioning its new-generation SU7 electric sedan…

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