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Microsoft has patched a critical vulnerability in Notepad that could have allowed remote code execution through malicious Markdown files, according to multiple sources. The fix, released in a recent patch, addresses a flaw that could have been exploited by tricking users into clicking malicious links within the application. This update comes after Microsoft added Markdown support to Notepad, a move that has drawn criticism.

The vulnerability, which had the potential to be exploited, was addressed in Microsoft's recent patch, although there is no evidence of it being exploited in the wild, according to The Verge. The addition of Markdown support to Notepad, which preceded the patch, has been criticized by some as adding bloatware to the operating system.

In other tech news, the Elixir-to-JavaScript porting initiative, Hologram, released version 0.7.0, a significant update that expands browser-side Elixir capabilities. This release boosts Erlang runtime coverage significantly, enabling more Elixir standard library functions to work in the browser, according to multiple sources.

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