Why Microsoft discontinued WordPad after 30 years

After a 30-year run, Microsoft has discontinued WordPad, leaving fans of this simple word processor upset. Fortunately, there ...

The 4-Word Trick to Saying a Great Goodbye

Say goodbye to abrupt departures, that awkward am-I-staying-or-going dance, and hovering anxiously (and conspicuously) near ...
Hindustan Times

Problematics | A to Z of word hunting

This week, a somewhat challenging juggle for word puzzlers, and some easy mathematics concerning a quarrel on a date gone wrong Word puzzles tend to be usually easier than numerical ones, but there ...
Vanguard

Full text: Tinubu’s speech at editors’ conference

It is my privilege to welcome you to the State House for this year’s Annual Conference of the Nigerian Guild of Editors. Your presence here reflects the enduring importance of the media in shaping ...
The New York Times

The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.

The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely using chatbots to boost the number of citations they’ve published. By Gina Kolata Letters ...
PC World

A new default text editor is coming soon to Windows 11

When MS-DOS 5.0 was launched in 1991, one of its major innovations was the MS-DOS Editor, a classic text editor that quickly became popular with users. These days, it’s old news—yet fondly remembered.
NerdWallet

Chase Sapphire Reserve’s Hotel Credit Just Got an ‘Edit’

With hotels in the Edit collection, make sure that redeeming credits doesn’t end up costing you more than it saves. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when ...
CoinTelegraph

‘Avoidable errors’ wiped a year’s worth of Gary Gensler’s texts... oops

A Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into missing text messages from former chair Gary Gensler’s phone between October 2022 and September 2023 has concluded that “avoidable errors” led ...
Rolling Stone

‘Rolling Stone’ Names Sean Woods and Shirley Halperin Co-Editors In Chief

Rolling Stone announced the appointment of Sean Woods and Shirley Halperin as its new co-editors in chief today. Woods, Rolling Stone’s longtime executive editor, steps into the role effective ...
The Windows Club

Microsoft Edit command-line text editor for Windows

The 32-bit versions of Windows were shipped with MS-DOS Editor. Currently, there is no built-in CLI text editor in 64-bit Windows OS. This made Microsoft develop an Edit text editor for 64-bit Windows ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux

Last month, Microsoft released a modern remake of its classic MS-DOS Editor, bringing back a piece of computing history that first appeared in MS-DOS 5.0 back in 1991. The new open source tool, built ...