Slide decks are no longer limited to dull meetings within Corporate America. PowerPoint is cool now.

• The big picture: Gen Zers and millennials are using the software to prepare whimsical presentations on niche topics, dating history or vacation destinations for their friends and family.

💻 Case in (Power)Point: Tight Five Pub, a sports bar in D.C., hosts PowerPoint parties where locals gather to present silly, heartwarming and informative slideshows on esoteric interests, The Washington Post’s Janay Kingsberry writes.

• Topics include the history of rats in the city and a point-by-point breakdown of what America might have looked like if Richard Nixon had defeated JFK in 1960.

📈 Zoom out: #PowerPointNight is trending on TikTok and Instagram.

• Clicking through it shows all the ways in which young people are having fun with the software.

🏖️ Family members are using it to pitch their ideas for the next vacation, in a competition.

❤️ Friend groups are getting together and presenting slide decks on each other's jobs or dating histories.

🏳️‍🌈 People are even using it to come out to friends and family.

👰 Erica here! I used PowerPoints during my bachelorette party last year to introduce my bridesmaids to one another and to introduce the groomsmen to them.

What to watch: Microsoft is leaning in to the repurposing of its tech, adding on a party template for presenters to use.

Steve Ballmer — the billionaire former Microsoft CEO and L.A. Clippers owner — might be on your TV screen soon talking about immigration, health care and the federal budget.

• "It's a really important thing for people to think independently. But some people are not getting enough information, and some people are getting overwhelmed," Ballmer tells Axios.

Zoom in: Tonight, Ballmer's USAFacts debuted a series of 15-minute PSA videos on Fox News Network and local Fox affiliates to equip people with the big data points on the big issues.

• The first installments of the project, called "Just the Facts," focus on immigration and the budget. Future videos will also air on NewsNation.
• Ballmer, who funds USAFacts entirely independently, invested tens of millions of dollars in the campaign.

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