Microsoft Just Patched a Major Security Vulnerability for This Popular Windows App

AI-related changes to Notepad allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on your computer. The vulnerability was related to ...

I stopped using paper for my brainstorms and switched to this digital tool instead

With the desktop app, I liked the keyboard shortcuts: press Tab to add subsections to your main map, then press Enter to ...
How-To Geek on MSN

I’m done with Windows Notepad: Why I went back to this 20-year-old open-source tool

I don’t need tabs, sessions, or extra clutter in a tool I open for two seconds. Notepad++ stays fast, simple, and doesn't ...
PC Magazine

Chinese Hackers Hit Notepad++ to Serve Malicious Update

If you use Notepad++, it's time to update. Hackers compromised the free text and coding editor to distribute a malicious update via the auto-update function. Notepad++ developer Don Ho detected the ...
TechCrunch

Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months

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 ...
Ars Technica

Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hacked

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state hackers who used their control to deliver backdoored ...
tech2geek

Windows 11 Notepad Now Supports Tables — Here’s How to Use Them

For decades, Notepad was the definition of a no-frills text editor. On Windows 11, that reputation no longer holds. Microsoft has quietly evolved Notepad into a lightweight rich-text app, and with ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Warns: Don't Use NoIndex Tags In Pages That Use JavaScript

Google updated its JavaScript SEO documentation to warn against using a noindex tag in the original page code on JavaScript pages. Google wrote, "if you do want the page indexed, don't use a noindex ...
Search Engine Land

Google says don’t use JavaScript to generate a noindex tag in the original page code

Google has updated its JavaScript SEO basics documentation to clarify how Google’s crawler handles noindex tags in pages that use JavaScript. In short, if “you do want the page indexed, don’t use a ...
TechSpot

JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web

Why it matters: JavaScript was officially unveiled in 1995 and now powers the overwhelming majority of the modern web, as well as countless server and desktop projects. The language is one of the core ...
pcguide

You can finally create tables in Notepad on Windows 11, following latest Insider update

Microsoft is keen to keep improving Windows 11, adding new features that make the system easier and more useful for everyday tasks. Some updates are small, while others significantly alter how people ...
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Unlock 10 hidden Windows Notepad features for faster use

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