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6 Notepad++ features you should be using

Sessions in Notepad++ grab the complete state of your workspace. A session file saves the full paths of all open documents, ...

Claude Coding Guide 2026 : Debugging & Testing for a Clean MVP Build

With Claude Code using Next.js and Superbase you can ship faster and quickly deploy for easy sharing and monitization ...
techworm.net

Notepad++ Fixes Major Update Flaw That Let Attackers Push Malware

Notepad++, one of the most widely used text editors on Windows, has rolled out version 8.8.9 to patch a serious security flaw that allowed attackers to hijack its update process and push malicious ...
The New York Times

Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.

“We do one book after state testing, and we did ‘The Great Gatsby.’ … A lot of kids had not read a novel in class before.” — Laura Henry, 10th-grade English teacher near Houston “My son in 9th grade ...
SecurityWeek

Notepad++ Patches Updater Flaw After Reports of Traffic Hijacking

Recent Notepad++ releases address a vulnerability that has allowed threat actors to hijack the free source code editor’s updater. Security researcher Kevin Beaumont reported in early December that a ...
TechSpot

Notepad++ users urged to update immediately after hackers hijack the app's updater

PSA: Notepad++ users who haven't yet updated to version 8.8.9 or later should manually download the latest installer as soon as possible. Following reports of malicious activity, a December 2025 ...
Bleeping Computer

Notepad++ fixes flaw that let attackers push malicious update files

Notepad++ version 8.8.9 was released to fix a security weakness in its WinGUp update tool after researchers and users reported incidents in which the updater retrieved malicious executables instead of ...
PC World

Oh no! Hackers snuck malware inside uber-popular Windows app Notepad++

This is not a drill! The makers of the popular text editor Notepad++ are warning that the Notepad++ updater, which goes by the name WinGUp, links to malware servers. This is a case of traffic ...
The New Yorker

If You Quit Social Media, Will You Read More Books?

Here’s a thought many of us have these days: if only we weren’t on our damn phones all the time, we would surely unlock a better self—one that went on hikes and talked more with our children and felt ...
TechCrunch

Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds

Anthropic is launching Claude Code in Slack, allowing developers to delegate coding tasks directly from chat threads. The beta feature, available Monday as a research preview, builds on Anthropic’s ...
VentureBeat

Anthropic's Claude Code can now read your Slack messages and write code for you

Anthropic has launched a beta integration that connects its fast-growing Claude Code programming agent directly into Slack, allowing software engineers to delegate coding tasks without leaving the ...