Mark Hachman

Microsoft Excel chief Brian Jones said this week that he sees AI as the engine driving Excel as a "decision-making tool." Let's tease this apart.

Using AI to create a PowerPoint deck won't be appropriate in some scenarios, but it will save time and effort on a task some users hate.

A number of Windows settings can have meaningful impacts on well your PC runs and its productivity performance. Here are my top three, and what you need to do about them.

Navigating the rocks and shoals of supply and demand could make buying Framework's otherwise decent modular laptop an odyssey that might scare off potential buyers.

I either own or will be buying most of the devices on this list. Here's what to buy and how much it will cost. In summary:

Smart Mode looks at free web apps that can solve a specific productivity problem, and quickly -- but might hide something unsavory underneath.

OneDrive Photos arrived through an update, groups the faces in your pictures, and asks you to identify them—even though Microsoft says the preview is meant for Windows Insiders.

Microsoft's Windows chief took to the Internet to outline his priorities for Windows for the remainder of the year: voice, setup, family, and low-end PCs.

StatCounter data shows that the market share of the Linux operating system has tripled since May, climbing to over ten percent in the United States.

Now that Google has consolidated Google Gmail, Drive, and Photos into a single shared store of data, the biggest threat to going over your storage quota isn't an email, but that funny video you took two summers ago.