Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with over 25 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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PlayStation 5 Sales Slip, Sony Lowers Fiscal Year Sales Estimate

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Sony said that it sold fewer PlayStation 5…

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DuckDuckGo Browser Adds Private Bookmark and Password Sync

DuckDuckGo is taking a major step forward with its web browser by adding private bookmarks,…

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Mozilla Scales Back Dramatically, Will Focus on Trustworthy AI in Firefox

Mozilla announced a reorganization that will result in layoffs, fewer products, and a new focus…

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Google Adds Google Photos to the Android Photo Picker

I've long wondered why we don't have a more modern "File Open" capability that supports…

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Microsoft Releases First Preview of .NET 9

Microsoft announced the release of .NET 9 Preview 1 today and revealed its two big…

Google Meet Companion mode

Google Brings Companion Mode to Meet on Mobile

Previously available in Google Meet on PCs and Chromebooks, Companion mode is now available on…

Thanks to AI, Azure is Closing the Gap with AWS

Microsoft's embrace of AI is closing the revenue gap between Azure and Amazon AWS as…

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Just Another Sunday (Premium)

This past Sunday provided an interesting reminder of why we love Mexico City so much,…

Web browsers and innovation
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Web Browsers, Innovation, and the Future (Premium)

Decades ago, I made the argument that Microsoft popularizing the GUI was its own form…

Notion and Skiff

Notion Acquires Skiff

When Notion released its Calendar app, I quipped that it should buy an email app…

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 12) First Impressions

Thinner, lighter, and more powerful than its nearly-perfect predecessors, the latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon packs…

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Google One Surpasses 100 Million Subscribers

Well, it's official: Google One now has over 100 million paying subscribers, a milestone that…

Arc Sync for Mac

Arc Sync Comes to Arc Browser for Mac

The Arc web browser now supports Arc Sync, a new sidebar sync feature that replaces…

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Grammarly Lays Off 230 Employees

Grammarly announced that it will lay off 230 employees as part of a business restructuring…

Brave in stable on ARM64

Brave Releases Arm Version of its Browser

Brave announced that its flagship desktop web browser is now available natively for Windows on…

Now that's a vinyl collection!
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Ask Paul: February 9 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Let's put this incredibly busy and contentious week behind us, and I know…

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