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

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

Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown ...

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 ...

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Notepad++ reported that its built-in auto-update feature had been hijacked by Chinese state-sponsored hackers from June to September of 2025, and the credentials gathered by the bas actors enabled ...

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 ...

Markdown for creating links to executables or to install an app Source: BTtea If a user opened this Markdown file in Windows 11 Notepad versions 11.2510 and earlier and viewed it in Markdown mode, the ...

Learn how to install Stardew Valley mods with a primer on all of the modding basics, including tools like SMAPI, Stardrop, and Content Patcher.

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WebAssembly runtime introduces experimental async API and support for dynamic linking in WASIX, enabling much broader support for Python packages and native modules. Wasmer has released Wasmer 7, an ...