Microsoft Paint, bundled with Windows since Windows 1.0, has been a simple, rudimentary tool for four decades. However, recent AI advancements have transformed Paint from a basic drawing program into ...

I was privileged to byline the cover story of the last print issue of PC Magazine, the Windows 7 review, and I’ve witnessed every Microsoft win and misstep up to the latest Windows 11.

Paint 3D, which was once billed as the modernized replacement of the classic Microsoft Paint app, is ironically getting the axe just seven years after its launch. Some users who open the app have ...

and even the most basic software tools are getting their own AI upgrades—such as the long-serving Windows utilities Paint and Notepad. These two programs cover the two main bases of the ...

Layers, Background Removal ... that only recently made it into Photoshop itself, but even free Windows users get it in Paint. You choose the tool from the Copilot button’s menu at top right ...