Microsoft is adding new AI features to Notepad and Snipping Tool in Windows 11, but there's a catch: Some of these are locked ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft is adding image support to Notepad, bringing a feature previously exclusive to WordPad to the basic text editor. The update includes a dedicated image button in the ...

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, ...

Is Notepad getting too bloated these days? If you're of that opinion, you won't like what Microsoft has planned next.

Over the last few years, Windows 11 users have received countless updates to the built-in Notepad app that has transformed it into something new entirely. Gone is the Notepad of old, a simple text ...

After initially upgrading Notepad with the new and enhanced features back in March 2024 for insiders, the upgraded Notepad app is now official in Windows 11... very quietly, we might add. If you're ...

Microsoft is bringing AI capabilities to its simplistic Notepad app, which is known for its plain text functions, such as saving in .txt files. The new feature, called Rewrite will allow you to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Windows 11 users now have a new Word-like spellcheck feature inside Notepad. Windows 11 users now have a new Word-like spellcheck feature inside Notepad. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who ...

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

Whatever else you can say about Windows 11—and whatever you think about its pushy tendencies and the Copilot feature that has been rolled out to pretty much everyone despite being labeled a ...