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.

Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts

Mozilla Releases Firefox 152, Introduces a New Roadmap

Mozilla Releases Firefox 152, Introduces a New Roadmap

Mozilla released Firefox 152 with a new settings interface, improvements to Private Browsing, and other…

An Inconvenient Truth: Music
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An Inconvenient Truth: Music ⭐

The week of reckoning has arrived for my subscription services. We're in Nashville with the…

Google Releases Wear OS 7

Google Releases Wear OS 7

Google released Wear OS 7 for supported smartwatches today alongside Android 17 and the June…

Google Releases the June 2026 Pixel Drop

Google Releases the June 2026 Pixel Drop

In addition to today's release of Android 17, Pixel users are getting the June 2026…

Google Releases Android 17

Google has finalized the initial release of Android 17, and it's rolling out first on…

Lenovo Announces Tab Plus Gen 2 Tablet

Lenovo Announces Tab Plus Gen 2 Tablet

The Lenovo Tab Plus Gen 2 is a striking and versatile Android tablet that expands…

XBOX Reportedly Closing Studio Behind Hellblade Games

XBOX Reportedly Closing Studio Behind Hellblade Games

XBOX is reportedly closing Ninja Theory, the studio behind the Hellblade series of games after…

Windows Insider Program

Windows Insiders Are Getting Big Windows 11 In-Box App Updates

Microsoft is now documenting the Windows 11 in-box app updates it's making through the Windows…

From the Editor’s Desk: Lifers
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From the Editor’s Desk: Lifers ⭐

There are few certainties in life, among them death, taxes, and my tech feed turning…

Maybe Anthropic Mythos can take care of these bugs, too
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Ask Paul: June 12 ⭐

Happy Friday! With the annual developer season finally winding down, we can turn our attention…

Learnscrolling
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From the Editor’s Desk: Learnscrolling ⭐

Technology gives us so much, but it can also distract, confuse, and lessen the quality…

PowerToys 0.1 Arrives With Improvements to Several Utilities

PowerToys 0.1 Arrives With Improvements to Several Utilities

Microsoft this week released PowerToys 0.1 with nice improvements across several of its utilities and…

Switcher 2026: The What, Why, and How of Brave Origin
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Switcher 2026: The What, Why, and How of Brave Origin ⭐

Web browsers are the most important apps we use every day. But with so many…

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen-11 Review

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen-11 Review

Thanks to its Snapdragon X2 Elite underpinnings, Lenovo has hit another one out of the…

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Vibe Coding in the Apple Ecosystem is Everything You Need to Know About AI ⭐️

2026 will be remembered for all kinds of reasons. Key among them is that vibe…

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Google Fi Updated with Significant Network Improvements

Google announced a nice set of functional updates to its Google Fi wireless service.

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