Many people love Notepad for its simplicity, but others avoid it for the same reason. Even though Microsoft has now blessed ...

Microsoft's new update for Windows Insiders brings AI writing features in Notepad, introduces editable project files option in Paint, and a quick markup tool in Snipping Tool ...

If you thought Windows' humble, no-frills text editor would remain untouched by Microsoft's never-ending quest to monetize things, think again. The company dropped AI features for Notepad a few months ...

Microsoft is now adding AI to Notepad, the simple text editor that’s been around since Windows 1.0. This is part of Microsoft’s big idea to add Copilot AI to more apps in Windows. The new feature in ...

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CoPilot+ PC owners have a new perk in the pipeline. Your AI PC will soon perform Notepad's AI writing features on-device — no subscription required. The app's summarize, write and rewrite options were ...

The AI browser wars are heating up. Google has Gemini in Chrome, Perplexity is building its Comet AI browser, and The Browser ...

A Notepad hijack exploit gives hackers admin access on Windows, bypassing defenses and enabling ransomware. Learn why this 2025 flaw is a major cyber threat.

Notepad was the simplest of text editors and has been a part of Windows for decades. In recent years, Microsoft has tinkered ...

Ever since Microsoft killed WordPad in 2024, the much-simpler Notepad app has been receiving several new features—almost as if it’s evolving into a better, more modern version of WordPad. Meanwhile, ...

Microsoft is distributing new preview versions of the rudimentary text editor Notepad in the Insider channels. It now learns advanced text formatting and also allows Markdown-style input. This makes ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I have a question about running Notepad under Windows 11: What registry setting can I tweak to get Notepad to ...