Cybernews

Microsoft veteran rolls back years for bloated but still beloved Notepad

Dave Plummer’s TinyRetroPad revives classic Notepad simplicity, stripping away AI, telemetry, and unnecessary modern clutter ...
Windows Latest

Ex-Microsoft engineer rebuilds Notepad in 2.5KB using nothing but stuff Windows already had

Dave Plummer rebuilt Notepad in 2.5KB using only what Windows already ships, exposing how bloated Windows 11's own Notepad ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Notepad to get AI-powered rewriting tool on Windows 11

Microsoft has started testing AI-powered Notepad text rewriting and Paint image generation tools four decades after the two programs were released in the 1980s. These AI "experiences" (as the company ...
HotHardware

Microsoft Is Turbocharging Notepad And Paint With New Generative AI Tools

When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) tools, companies are leaving no stone unturned. Even Notepad, the humble little text editor in Windows, is getting a generative AI upgrade. Same goes for ...
Neowin

You can now have tables in Notepad on Windows 11You can now have tables in Notepad on Windows 11You can now have tables in Notepad on Windows 110 0

Microsoft is adding more features to Notepad, but this time, it is not AI slop. The latest additions are for those wishing the app had tables. Have you ever opened Notepad in Windows 11 and thought, ...