The recently compromised update mechanism for the popular open source text editor Notepad ++ has been hardened so it’s now ...

Sounds weird, I know.

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

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 ...

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

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

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

NotebookLM’s slide deck update adds prompt-based slide revisions and PPTX export, so you can refine a deck without rebuilding it, then move it into PowerPoint for speaker notes, templates, and final ...

I used AI to create a personal website, and it didn't go well. As PCMag's expert on website builders, I offer four good reasons to stick with the human touch instead. My PCMag career began in 2013 as ...