Rufus developers have been blocked from downloading Windows ISOs, and believe there to be 'active intentional involvement from Microsoft'

Insider builds of Windows 11 are unaffected by the issue; if you're not part of the Windows Insider preview program, you ...
Brandon Sun

Canada’s Homan falls to Great Britain and Switzerland at Winter Olympics

Seated on a long TV camera stand above Sheet B at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, Heather Nedohin juggles a stopwatch, pen, notepad, binoculars and her phone while ...

Microsoft Weekly: Windows 11's taskbar is upgrading, better Task Manager alternatives, more

Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories in our weekly recap, including long-anticipated taskbar fixes in Windows 11, ...
SecurityWeek

CISA Warns of Exploited SolarWinds, Notepad++, Microsoft Vulnerabilities

CISA has expanded its KEV catalog with new SolarWinds, Notepad++, and Apple flaws, including two exploited as zero-days.

Check for Windows 11 updates. Microsoft just patched a major Notepad vulnerability

Careful out there.
Opinion

Microsoft detects and fixes a dangerous vulnerability in the most unexpected place in Windows: Notepad

The dangerous CVE-2026-20841 vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad proves once again that basic applications do not need advanced features.
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I wanted Windows Notepad on Linux—this app is the closest replacement I’ve found

The search for a Linux Notepad replacement ends with this unassuming app.

Windows Notepad is now complex enough to have a serious security flaw

You can infect your PC with malware without ever leaving Notepad, thanks to recent updates and additions. Hooray.