PCWorld reports that Windows Notepad’s new Markdown support feature has introduced a serious remote code execution vulnerability with a high CVSS score of 8.8/7.7. The security flaw allows malicious ...

The big picture: Microsoft released its latest Patch Tuesday update this week with 59 hotfixes across Windows, Microsoft Office, Azure, and core system components. The update includes patches for six ...

The recently compromised update mechanism for the popular open source text editor Notepad ++ has been hardened so it’s now ‘effectively unexploitable’, says the application’s author. Don Ho made the ...

If a user opened this Markdown file in Windows 11 Notepad versions 11.2510 and earlier and viewed it in Markdown mode, the above text would appear as a clickable link. If the link is clicked with ...

Microsoft is reportedly working on yet another "advanced" Notepad feature that has little to do with basic text editing.

Why can't it just be a basic text editor?!

Notepad has quietly evolved over the past few years, and image support could mark its biggest shift yet, especially after Microsoft removed WordPad from Windows and left a gap for richer editing. The ...

Bad actors could use the flaw to remotely load and execute malicious files on a victim’s computer. Bad actors could use the flaw to remotely load and execute malicious files on a victim’s computer. is ...

Far-right influencer Nick Fuentes wrote an apology letter to Marla Rose, who he was accused of pepper-spraying in 2024 as she ...

Ready to start your vibe-coding adventure? A few weeks after its debut on Mac, the Windows version of OpenAI’s Codex app has finally arrived.

Microsoft is celebrating 25 years of Xbox with new games, hardware, and more. Microsoft is celebrating 25 years of Xbox with new games, hardware, and more. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...

Smug faces across all those who opposed the WordPad-ification of Microsoft's humble text editor Just months after Microsoft ...