Microsoft Excel’s new import functions make handling numbers easier

Excel now supports IMPORTTEXT and IMPORTCSV functions that load external text and CSV files as dynamic arrays, making it ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Microsoft Excel has new functions for importing text files and CSV data

Microsoft Excel is getting two new functions for importing data from other files, without the need to use Power Query or ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using TEXTSPLIT to dissect Excel text strings

Q. I have used the Excel functions LEFT, MID, and RIGHT to dissect cells. However, I have some spreadsheets where each piece of information is a different length and uses different delimiters. Is ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...
InfoQ

Google Launched LangExtract, a Python Library for Structured Data Extraction from Unstructured Text

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Wired

A Single Poisoned Document Could Leak ‘Secret’ Data Via ChatGPT

The latest generative AI models are not just stand-alone text-generating chatbots—instead, they can easily be hooked up to your data to give personalized answers to your questions. OpenAI’s ChatGPT ...
Forbes

141 Million Data Breach Files Reveal Bank Statements And Crypto Keys

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, July 30, 2025: This story, originally published on ...
TechCrunch

Chinese authorities are using a new tool to hack seized phones and extract data

Security researchers say Chinese authorities are using a new type of malware to extract data from seized phones, allowing them to obtain text messages — including from chat apps such as Signal — ...
IGN

Order 28: Extract Weapons Fabricators Data Using Ring Terminal Expansion Walkthrough

Order 28 is one of the toughest missions up until this point in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. You will have to take a trip through the desert and fight through many enemies to get your prize. This ...
The Droid Guy

How to Extract RAR Files on iPhone (iOS 16+) Without Using Any Apps

Got a RAR file on your iPhone and tapping it doesn’t do anything? You’re not alone. iOS 16 doesn’t support RAR files out of the box, but there’s a super easy workaround using the built-in Shortcuts ...
Ars Technica

Why extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts

For years, businesses, governments, and researchers have struggled with a persistent problem: How to extract usable data from Portable Document Format (PDF) files. These digital documents serve as ...