What if your most tedious work tasks could be handled in seconds, leaving you free to focus on the big picture? Microsoft’s latest innovation, Excel’s AI-powered Agent Mode, promises to do just that.

TAMPA — Flashbacks, while pondering Tampa Bay’s 5-1 start to the season: It’s 1979, and the Bucs are a national embarrassment. They’ve gone 7-37 in their first three seasons of play, including the ...