Microsoft has been rethinking its commitment to Windows for a while now, with Insider builds of the operating system showing a swing away from web-based user experiences and back to native code. That ...

At its annual Build developer conference, Microsoft put Windows front and center. At its annual Build developer conference, Microsoft put Windows front and center. is a senior correspondent and author ...

Two flaws in the widely used open-source editor can be triggered through manipulated configuration files, prompting security updates from the project's maintainers. Two arbitrary code execution ...

After months of Copilot showing up everywhere in Windows 11 like an overenthusiastic guest who refuses to leave, Microsoft is finally dialing things back. The company has started scaling back Copilot ...

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Editor's take: Microsoft is having a tough time leaving Windows Notepad well enough alone. The classic text editor is effectively gone, replaced by a "new" version that keeps accumulating a growing ...

Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown files. Image: Microsoft. Notepad has long been Windows’ quiet utility ...

Notepad has changed so dramatically over the decades of its existence, that it can hardly be considered the same app anymore. With Microsoft having killed off WordPad (which was, initially, more ...

Microsoft is preparing to bring another change to the humble Notepad app. According to Windows Latest, internal testing on Windows 11 shows that the classic text editor is gaining full image support.

Users could be tricked into running arbitrary code, but the issue was patched last week. February 17, 2026 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Microsoft patched a ...

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A new and dangerous vulnerability has appeared in Windows 11 Notepad. Although it has already been patched, many experts are wondering why Microsoft added features that opened the door to it. Windows ...