Microsoft not only spared its classic Paint app from oblivion: it is now breathing new life into it as an app for Windows 11. The updated Paint app for Windows 11 includes refreshed "Edit Color" and ...

In the summer of 2021, Microsoft’s efforts to redesign its software for the Windows 11 era were just kicking into high gear. The company announced an overhaul for the venerable MS Paint that promised, ...

Update 5:58pm CT, July 24: Reports of MS Paint’s demise were apparently exaggerated. A Microsoft spokesperson tells the Daily Dot that the iconic software isn’t going way, but rather going to live in ...

Update: On Monday night Microsoft announced that MS Paint is not going away and will soon be available in the Windows store for free. The statement reads in part, "we've seen an incredible outpouring ...

It’s official: nothing is sacred. Microsoft is remaking Paint as a Universal Windows App, and a series of screenshots from MS Power User let’s us see just what that looks like. If the screenshots are ...

Good news for MS Paint fans: Microsoft says the popular computer graphics software app will live on in its Windows Store. In a statement published late Monday, Microsoft confirmed it will continue to ...

Microsoft Paint is perhaps one of the most iconic first-party apps on Windows. Sometimes derided for its basic feature set, some people have impressed netizens by creating works of art using only ...

Microsoft’s Paint app is something we 90’s kids grew on, at least for me the first encounter with the Windows 95 was via the Microsoft Paint app. Despite the fact that Microsoft Paint has picked up ...

Stand down, everyone: Microsoft Paint isn’t going away after all. Microsoft signaled an about-face in a blog post Monday night by Megan Saunders, a general manager within the Windows Experiences group ...

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