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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

TL;DR: Windows 11's Notepad app has a security flaw rated as a 'high' severity vulnerability, one that allows for remote code execution. The good news is that it's already been patched by Microsoft, ...

Apple said it's introducing agentic coding into its flagship coding tool called Xcode The company said it will support Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex. Apple is following one of the ...

I use coding agents every day. I haven’t written a line of code for any of my side projects in many weeks. I don’t use coding agents in my day job yet, but only because the work requires a deeper ...

A screenshot of Xcode 26.3 showing the IDE's new Intelligence menu for picking coding agent. (Apple) Apple has just released Xcode 26.3, and it's a big step forward in terms of the company's support ...