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Microsoft is getting rid of WordPad after 28 years – the veteran editor has been present in the OS since Windows 95


Microsoft has begun getting rid of another veteran application in its proprietary operating system. The company has released a new test build of Windows 11 Canary, which does not include the WordPad text editor. Microsoft has called WordPad a “legacy feature,” indicating that it is no longer in development and therefore will not be included […]

At the same time, we previously heard that iOS 18 may finally include AI-related features, a new version of Siri, and much more. NTDEV, a team of enthusiasts best known for their modification of Windows 11 called Tiny11, has taken their achievements in miniaturizing the Microsoft OS to the next level by moving the operating system to text mode. What’s particularly impressive is that even after removing all the graphics components and apps built into Windows 11, NTDEV kept the OS working and functional.

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