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 ...

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Notepad++ has released a security fix to plug gaps that were exploited by an advanced threat actor from China to hijack the software update mechanism to selectively deliver malware to targets of ...

The developer of the popular open source text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that hackers hijacked the software to deliver malicious updates to users over the course of several months in 2025. In a ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 preview update brings AI text generation and improvement tools to Notepad, similar to chatbot functionality. The update also expands Markdown support ...

As AI-led search becomes a real driver of discovery, an old assumption is back with new urgency. If AI systems infer quality from user experience, and Core Web Vitals (CWV) are Google’s most visible ...

In the age of AI, IMHO it's important now to document the actual prompts which generated the contents. This text is written by hand, though ;-) I used ChatGPT 5.2 to generate most if not all of this ...

Google is testing the Web Install API, a new standard that lets websites install Progressive Web Apps directly from the web across different browsers. Google has started to test the Web Install API, a ...

You can't make this stuff up. The Los Angeles Dodgers subbed Andy Pages in as a defensive replacement with one out in the ninth and the bases loaded and the winning road on third base. And with two ...

Use this guide to choose the right format for your content while ensuring your content meets federal accessibility requirements (Section 508/ ADA Title II). Format options include HTML page, ...

Following the deprecation of WordPad, Microsoft has been adding a lot of features to Notepad, which has led to criticism from users who prefer Notepad for its no-frills simplicity. If you’re such a ...

As part of an effort to make building AI-powered chatbots on the web simpler, Microsoft is launching an open project called NLWeb. Announced at Build 2025, NLWeb lets websites provide a ...