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Someone made an unofficial 'Legacy Notepad' app after getting sick of Copilot

Windows 11 Notepad got AI bloat and lost the simple, no-frills note app that users loved. Legacy Notepad restores that calm, lightweight, familiar UI and uses fewer resources than Microsoft's. It ...
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Wait, is WordPad back on my Windows 11 PC? No, it's Notepad, which Microsoft just saddled with more unnecessary AI features

Windows 11's Notepad app has some new features in testing The app now supports quickly and easily creating tables There are also additional AI powers in the form of on-the-fly previews for text ...

I was keeping my passwords in my notepad. The story of how I changed my iPhone settings in 20 minutes out of fear of a personal information leak

Every time I saw news about personal information leaks, I would wonder, "Am I okay?" but I never did anything about it.That ...
Ars Technica

Notepad.exe, now an actively maintained app, has gotten its inevitable AI update

Among the decades-old Windows apps to get renewed attention from Microsoft during the Windows 11 era is Notepad, the basic built-in text editor that was much the same in early 2021 as it had been in ...
Android Authority

The humble Notepad app on Windows could soon get an AI upgrade

Users have spotted a new Cowriter feature in the latest build of Notepad. This Cowriter function could let you rewrite text, make text longer or shorter, and change the tone and format. Notepad’s ...
XDA Developers

Notepad could be the next app getting a Windows 11 facelift

Rich is the Content Director of XDA, MakeUseOf, and How-To Geek, and I've been reporting on all things consumer tech since 2013. More recently, I've had more of a focus on Windows, and I've reviewed ...
ZDNet

Windows 11: Microsoft gives Notepad an update it thinks you will enjoy

There aren't many Windows-on-Arm PCs out there yet, but when they do arrive Microsoft's Windows Notepad app will be ready for them. The freshly updated Notepad app with native Arm64 support is rolling ...
The Verge

You can spin the gear in Windows 11’s Notepad app and it’s delightful

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It might be more fun than Solitaire It might be more fun than Solitaire is a senior correspondent and author of ...
ZDNet

Microsoft’s new-look Notepad comes to more Windows 11 users

Microsoft has released the revamped Notepad app to more users on Windows 11, expanding its availability to beta testers in the Insiders program. The updated app is the latest effort by Microsoft to ...
digitaltrends.com

The humble Windows NotePad might finally get image support

Microsoft is preparing to bring another change to the humble Notepad app. According to Windows Latest, internal testing on Windows 11 shows that the classic text editor is gaining full image support.
BleepingComputer

Windows 10 Notepad Added to Microsoft Store, Only for Insiders

Last week, Microsoft announced that the popular text editor Notepad would be updateable through the Microsoft Store with Windows 10 20H1, which is a major update for the operating system arriving ...