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Amir Bohlooli

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  • Section Editor, MUO
Iran, Isfahan
As seen in: MUO, MSN, MSN Singapore, Flipboard, GameRant, NewsBreak, All3DP
Covers:  Productivity apps, automations, spreadsheets, artificial intelligence, DIY tech

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Amir Bohlooli’s Biography

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Amir is the Segment Lead for Productivity and Creative at MUO. He's a PharmD student who's interested in clinical outcomes and Pharmacoeconomics. He loves looking at numbers and spreadsheets — and it all started when he first started using spreadsheets to chart lab reports at university.

Inspired by his father's hobbies, Amir developed a knack for DIY projects and built his first quadcopter in high school. At 18, he began writing about 3D printing, and now contributes to MUO where he writes and…

Amir Bohlooli’s Journalist Portfolio

The strangest Excel functions you'll never use

The strangest Excel functions you'll never use

These formulas belong in a museum.

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I wasted so much money on AA batteries because I missed this tiny detail

I wasted so much money on AA batteries because I missed this tiny detail

The clue was printed right there... and I still burned through stacks of AAs.

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Why does this harmless emoji make ChatGPT lose its mind?

Why does this harmless emoji make ChatGPT lose its mind?

Ask about this emoji and watch ChatGPT unravel.

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Please stop using Outlook

Please stop using Outlook

Outlook feels too much like Microsoft and that's the problem

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I cloned my voice with a local voice model and the result was unsettlingly good

I cloned my voice with a local voice model and the result was unsettlingly good

I didn't think Siri would actually respond to my AI-generated voice.

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Articles

The handheld console boom accidentally created the cheapest SSDs on Earth (for now)

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By Amir Bohlooli Verified
| MUO Verified
Buying an SSD has been painful for a while now. Prices are climbing, cheap capacities are disappearing, and even Valve recently blamed rising memory and storage costs for a huge Steam Deck price increase (and a lackluster Steam Machine launch). But... there's a new and interesting supply of SSD storage: handheld consoles.
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SUM is good, SUBTOTAL is great, but this Excel function beats them both

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By Amir Bohlooli Verified
| MUO Verified
We all start with SUM. It’s simple and reliable—until your data gets messy. Once you begin filtering or hiding rows, SUM no longer reflects what you see. That’s when SUBTOTAL helps. It can ignore filtered rows and avoid double-counting, and with the right option, it can skip hidden rows too. But it still fails if any cell contains an error... and that’s where this grown-up Excel function comes in. What does AGGREGATE do Screenshot by Amir Bohlooli for MUO Allow me to demonstrate.
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SUM is good, SUBTOTAL is great, but this Excel function beats them both

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By Amir Bohlooli Verified
| Flipboard
4 hours ago Don't let July slip by without planting these garden favourites. Whether you're hoping for homegrown harvests later this year or colourful flowers next spring, there's still time to make the most of the warm soil and long daylight hours. Seeds germinate quickly in July, while young plants can …
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What was your first job as a journalist?

It was at All3DP. Crazy story how I got that job.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. My friend had bought a vintage one as a gift for his friend, and for a brief minute, I got to try it out. It had red ink too!

How is social media changing news?

It's not