I noticed that Notepad on my production PC was auto-updated, and it no longer has any reference to Copilot, but AI ...

Microsoft is now testing an AI-powered text summarization feature in Notepad and a Snipping Tool "Draw & Hold" feature that helps draw perfect shapes. Dubbed "Summarize," the new and highly-requested ...

In this post, we will show you how to use Markdown in Notepad on a Windows 11 PC. Microsoft has introduced lightweight formatting in Notepad, and it supports Markdown (*.md) files to work directly ...

For years, we've been able to freely use all the features in Windows apps like Notepad and Paint. But those days seem to be gone. Yes, the core features are still freely accessible, but the latest AI ...

The Snipping Tool is also getting a handy way to draw straight lines. The Snipping Tool is also getting a handy way to draw straight lines. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer ...

Microsoft has started testing AI-powered Notepad text rewriting and Paint image generation tools four decades after the two programs were released in the 1980s. These AI "experiences" (as the company ...

Notepad is one of the most basic Windows tools to ever exist, but Microsoft has decided it's time for a makeover. You can still write in Notepad as you normally do, but going forward, you have Copilot ...

As time goes on, Microsoft keeps adding more and more features to Windows, and it can be a good thing just as much as it can be a bad thing. Some features you can't imagine living without, and others ...

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’s biggest apps — Word, Excel, and the rest in the Office suite — have all had spell checking for a long time now. But one notable app from which it was chronically missing? Notepad! Below ...

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

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 ...