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Amy Hosking bakes pastries for a living. But for Thanksgiving? "My mother makes all the pies the night before, and I’m usually not allowed in the kitchen during that time. It's her domain," says ...

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If you’re like me, you spend a fair amount of time creating PowerPoint presentations for internal and customer meetings. Tools like ChatGPT can significantly improve their quality. This article ...

Mortgage rates are lower than they were a year ago. Many hopeful buyers still can’t afford a house. Homeowners with low mortgage rates and a lot of equity feel little pressure to sell, which is ...

Chef Kardea Brown shares recipes from "Make Do with What You Have." Chef Kardea Brown is out with a new cookbook, "Make Do with What You Have," that serves up old-school favorite recipes with fresh, ...

Not content with rapid and sizable console and Game Pass price hikes, Microsoft is now reportedly raising Xbox prices for developers as well. Xbox dev kits, the custom hardware provided to developers ...

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You can create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files from the Copilot chat interface. You can create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files from the Copilot chat interface. is a senior editor and author of ...

The latest Insider Preview build of Windows 11 includes a rather ominous update. Ominous, that is, for anyone who prefers to install Windows without being hooked up to the internet and signing up for ...