You can infect your PC with malware without ever leaving Notepad, thanks to recent updates and additions. Hooray.

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 has fixed a "remote code execution" vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad that allowed attackers to execute local or ...

An AI bot publicly criticized a software engineer for rejecting its code, sparking debate about autonomous AI behavior. The ...

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A command injection flaw in the Windows Notepad App now gives remote attackers a path to execute code over a network, turning ...

The dangerous CVE-2026-20841 vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad proves once again that basic applications do not need advanced features.

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Major Update Brings Rust Bindings, Native UI with Slint, Archive Management, Closures, Subprocess Control, and ...

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