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  Microsoft 365 Copilot (Image Credit: Microsoft/YouTube) Microsoft last week announced the upcoming availability of  Microsoft 365 Copilot , and it looks to be a huge game-changer. At the enterprise level, it will help you find anything you need inside or outside the company, and it will eventually come to learn things about you and your company that will allow it to do much of your email, typing, presentation preparation, and make you look better in front of your boss and peers. It is in an early stage, though, and just a shadow of what it will evolve into. Let’s explore how Microsoft 365 Copilot will likely mature as Apple, Google, and others work furiously to match or try to exceed it. We’ll close with my Product of the Week, a new Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 that is built like a tank and has a day’s worth of battery life. $30 for Your Own AI The thing that seems to have people worked up about this announcement is that it will cost you or your company $30 a month per user to...

  Share IMAGE SOURC Brett Yang and Eddy Chen met at after-school maths tutoring when they were growing up in Australia - now they are selling out international concert venues on their second world tour. TwoSet Violin, as they are called, is  one of the biggest classical music acts online . With over 7.5 million followers across social media platforms and more than 1.3 billion views on their YouTube channel, the Brisbane duo have shown how the classical music community can bring in new audiences with a little bit of practice and imagination. The pair, now in their early 30s, are known for their entertaining and informative videos which they started posting on YouTube in 2013. Their content ranges from mocking inaccurate depictions of violinists in films including 2016's High Strung, to encouraging the biggest classical acts, such as violinist Hilary Hahn, to take part in challenges like  playing Mozart while hula hooping. They even  dared to parody South Korean girl g...

  Understanding cloud technology was the No. 1 imperative for executives this decade. Next up: How does artificial intelligence change business and management? Steamships, electricity, the railroad, airplanes, the internet—technology and business have always been intertwined. Now a new tech revolution is pushing forward as organizations figure out how to use artificial intelligence to help them make faster, smarter, and more productive decisions. This recent research from Harvard Business School faculty marks the possibilities and pitfalls that could occur along this digital transformation. A Good Place to Start Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery Digital technologies allow companies to create more effective codes of business conduct. But technology isn't the only answer. Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity As companies adopt artificial intelligence to increase efficiency, are their employees skille...