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

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan

Intel to Spin Off Non-Core Assets

In his first public appearance as Intel CEO, Lip-Bu Tan said Monday that the once-dominant…

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Open AI Just Raised a Record $40 Billion

Open AI has secured $40 billion in funding, the most money--by far--ever raised by a…

Speech recap in the Windows 11 Narrator app

Microsoft Issues New 23H2 Build to the Beta Channel

Microsoft has issued a new prerelease build of Windows 11 version 23H2 for those with…

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France Regulator Fines Apple €150 Million for App Tracking Transparency

In a bizarre ruling, the French antitrust regulatory body Autorité de la Concurrence fined Apple…

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Vibe Coding Is Not What You Think It Is (Premium)

Ignore the "vibe coding" nonsense. AI is incredible as a software coding assistant, but you…

AMD + ZT Systems

AMD Acquires ZT Systems in $4.9 Billion AI Play

AMD has completed its $4.9 billion acquisition of ZT Systems, giving the chipmaker an expanded…

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Gurman: Apple to Combine its Healthcare and AI Dreams

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported today that Apple will update its Health app with an AI…

People Matters
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From the Editor’s Desktop: People Matters (Premium)

This is the longest time we've spent outside the U.S. I was hoping it would…

Microsoft Excel to Get Value Tokens for Rich Data Formats

Microsoft Excel to Get Value Tokens for Rich Data Formats

Microsoft Excel has long supported richer data types than just text and numbers, but it…

Windows Quick Recovery in the Windows 11 Recovery Environment

Microsoft Details Windows Quick Recovery

The PC recovery options that Microsoft provides in Windows 11 have expanded this past year,…

Google Pixel 9a Arrives April 10 in the U.S., Canada, and UK

After a short delay, Google has announced when customers can get their hands on the…

Sunset on March: Ask Paul March 28
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Ask Paul: March 28 (Premium)

Happy Friday! The last Ask Paul of March 2025 is a monster, thanks to an…

There's a Windows roadmap now

Microsoft Posts a Windows 11 Feature Roadmap

And I literally just wrote a 6,000 word post detailing all the features Microsoft is…

Report Claims Major Change to Android Development

Report Claims Major Change to Android Development

Android Authority claims that Google has "confirmed" it is streamlining how it develops Android, but…

Judge Rejects Bid to to Dismiss New York Times Lawsuit Against Open AI, Microsoft

Judge Rejects Bid to to Dismiss New York Times Lawsuit Against Open AI, Microsoft

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that a New York Times copyright infringement lawsuit against…

Designed for Xbox: Backbone One Xbox Edition

Microsoft Announces an Xbox Backbone Controller for Phones

The Designed for Xbox: Backbone One Xbox Edition will transform your iPhone or Android phone…

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