Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with 30 years of industry experience and the author of 30 books. He is the owner of Thurrott.com and the host of three tech podcasts: Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell, Hands-On Windows, and First Ring Daily with Brad Sams. He was formerly the senior technology analyst at Windows IT Pro and the creator of the SuperSite for Windows from 1999 to 2014 and the Major Domo of Thurrott.com while at BWW Media Group from 2015 to 2023. You can reach Paul via email, Twitter or Mastodon.

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Qualcomm Shares the Full Snapdragon C Specifications

Qualcomm Shares the Full Snapdragon C Specifications

Qualcomm announced its new Snapdragon C chipset for low-end PCs back in May for PC…

Stardock Releases AltTabby, Its Alt + Tab Replacement

Stardock Releases AltTabby, Its Alt + Tab Replacement

Stardock continues to impress with its lightweight and feature-rich replacement for core Windows 11 features.

Making Love Out of (Almost) Nothing At All
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Making Love Out of (Almost) Nothing At All for the Pixel Fan ⭐

Google launched its 2026 Pixel devices today, and I have good news and bad news.…

OpenAI Brings ChatGPT and Codex to Linux

OpenAI Brings ChatGPT and Codex to Linux

I bet you didn't see this one coming: OpenAI today released a ChatGPT desktop app…

Google Gemini Now Has Over 1 Billion Users

Google Gemini Now Has Over 1 Billion Users

Google announced today that its Gemini AI assistant now has over 1 billion monthly users,…

Books and Bundles

Books and Bundles

With a major Windows 11 Field Guide update finally complete, it's time to turn my…

Proton Drive CLI Updated for Businesses

Proton Drive CLI Updated for Businesses

Proton introduced its Proton Drive command line interface (CLI) back in June and now it…

HP OmniBook X Flip 14 Review

HP OmniBook X Flip 14 Review

The HP OmniBook X Flip 14 is a premium convertible laptop aimed at anyone who…

Google Play Now Offers Third-Party App Stores in the U.S.

Google Play Now Offers Third-Party App Stores in the U.S.

In a stunning example of the power of antitrust to right wrongs, the Google Play…

Meta Releases Open Source, Open Weight Version of its Most Powerful AI Model

Meta Releases Open Source, Open Weight Version of its Most Powerful AI Model

Meta today announced Glimmer, an open source and open weight AI model that's optimized for…

Google Play Now Accepts Venmo as a Payment Option

Google Play Now Accepts Venmo as a Payment Option

The Google Play Store on Android and elsewhere now accepts Venmo as a payment option…

Valve Steam Machine

Valve Warns European Customers of Hack

Videogame platform maker Valve warned customers in Europe that one of its hardware partners was…

An Inconvenient Truth: Four Themes, Few Answers
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An Inconvenient Truth: Four Themes, Few Answers ⭐

I've cut my subscription fees dramatically, but I'm still trying to find that balance between…

There's an x64 Port of Microsoft Word 1.1a for Windows

There’s an x64 Port of Microsoft Word 1.1a for Windows

A developer named John Marshall has ported Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a to x64 so…

Microsoft Edge is Transitioning to Manifest Version 3 This Year

Microsoft Edge is Transitioning to Manifest Version 3 This Year

Microsoft Edge will soon transition to Manifest Version 3 (MV3), the Chromium browser extension platform.

Ask Paul: August 7
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Ask Paul: August 7 ⭐

Happy Friday! And welcome to another epic installment of Ask Paul after a very quick…

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