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Windows 11 Notepad gets improved context menus in latest update
Ever since Microsoft killed WordPad in 2024, the much-simpler Notepad app has been receiving several new features—almost as if it’s evolving into a better, more modern version of WordPad. Meanwhile, Microsoft is introducing an even simpler text editor called Edit. Some of the recent additions to Notepad include spell check, AI-generated text, and Markdown formatting—and the improvements aren’t done yet. The latest news is that Notepad will soon have updated context menus in Windows 11, reports Neowin. In Notepad version 11.2507.26.0, which is currently rolling out to Windows Insiders, the updated context menu now matches the look of Windows 11 24H2’s context menus, with quick actions for Copy, Cut, Paste, Select all, and Delete, plus other actions like Write, Rewrite, Summarize, Define with Bing, and more. You can technically get this new version of Notepad on non-Insider versions of Windows 11, but the steps are somewhat complex. It’s likely that this new version of Notepad will be rolled out to the general public in September or October.

Bournemouth in talks to sign Liverpool winger Doak
Bournemouth open talks to sign Scotland winger Ben Doak from Liverpool, who want Ł25m for the 19-year-old.

Smith scores half-century as Spirit end Rockets perfect start
England's Jamie Smith hit 52 off 34 balls to help London Spirit to their second win of this year's Hundred as they beat Trent Rockets by 21 runs at Lord's.

Inside Trump’s meeting with Putin… Americast is in Alaska!
Can Trump stop the war in Ukraine?

England flags hung by locals taken down
Birmingham City Council says the flags are being removed due streetlights being upgraded.

Shein's UK sales soar by a third to hit Ł2bn
The fast-fashion giant saw profits jump as more Britons bought its low-priced Chinese-made clothes and accessories.

Kingsmill owner to buy Hovis to make UK bread giant
Warburtons is the current market leader and the deal needs approval from the competition watchdog.

Razer’s newest BlackWidow gaming keyboards go low-profile
BlackWidow is Razer’s best-known series of gaming keyboards, and for years they’ve all used Cherry-style mechanical switches, as do most gaming keyboards at this point. Customers who want sleeker, low-profile designs often look to the DeathStalker line. But the BlackWidow is now getting some low-profile love too, thanks to new switch designs. It comes in standard and TKL (tenkeyless) layouts. According to Razer’s promotional material, the BlackWidow V4 Low-Profile HyperSpeed keyboards deliver all the same performance as their bigger, thicker stablemates while cramming parts into an 18.5mm-thick body. That includes custom, low-profile switches in linear, tactile, and clicky varieties (yellow, orange, and green, respectively), two layers of foam for vibration and noise isolation, PBT keycaps (finally!), 2.4GHz and Bluetooth multi-device wireless, and a 980-hour battery life. Razer Naturally, Razer’s Chroma lighting is in place, and you can save up to five profiles to local storage. Razer also says that these new BlackWidow keyboards can handle the contentious “snap tap” feature, a near-instant response tool that generally requires adjustable actuation. Razer claims to have implemented it all via software, but some gamers are unconvinced. It’s a sleek design, to be sure, and I appreciate that the easy-to-use wide volume wheel is in place. But compared to other members of the excellent BlackWidow V4 series, I have to say there are a couple of notable omissions. These new, low-profile switches aren’t hot-swappable, meaning you’re stuck with Razer’s switches after you buy. And yes, there are plenty of low-profile keyboards that include that feature, which I consider essential in a high-end keyboard. It’s got just 1000Hz for polling, which is fine for us mere humans, but super-sweaty gamers might demand more. Razer They’re also very expensive. The TKL version is $200 and the full-size will run you $230. That’s in line with the DeathStalker series, but 200 bones is still a lot to ask for a keyboard without hot-swap capability.