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

Microsoft Tells Business to Uninstall Copilot, Remap the Copilot Key

The new Copilot for Windows app doesn't work with Entra ID accounts, so Microsoft now…

Microsoft Store Countdown Sale Arrives for Last-Minute Holiday Deals

Microsoft Store Countdown Sale Arrives for Last-Minute Holiday Deals

With less than two weeks to go before Christmas, the Microsoft Store has launched its…

Microsoft Issues a Major Firmware Update for Surface Laptop 7, Surface Pro 11

Those with a Snapdragon X-based Surface Laptop 7 or Surface Pro 11 will want to…

Broadcom Joins the $1 Trillion Club

Broadcom Joins the $1 Trillion Club

Thanks to better than expected earnings in its most recent financial quarter, chipmaker Broadcom is…

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Ask Paul: December 13 (Premium)

Happy Friday the 13th! It's time to kick off the weekend a bit early with…

Android XR

Google Announces Android XR

Google is bringing its Android and Gemini platforms to extended reality (XR) via Android XR,…

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Google’s DMA Search Test Ends with Predictable Results

Two weeks after it began testing a change to how Search works in the EU,…

My Favorite Books and Audiobooks of 2024
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My Favorite Books and Audiobooks of 2024 (Premium)

2024 was another big year for books and audiobooks. Here are my favorites, most of…

Android Bluetooth tracker detection

Google Adds More Bluetooth Tracker Protections to Android

Building on unknown tracker alerts, Google today revealed two new more Android features to help…

## iA Writer 2.0 for Windows is Now Available in Public Beta

iA Writer 2.0 for Windows is (Sort of) Now Available in Public Beta

I switched to Typora this past year, in part because iA Writer for Windows is…

Suggested actions in Windows 11

Microsoft Deprecates Suggested Actions in Windows 11

Microsoft has been aggressively deprecating underused Windows features for the past year or so, and…

Stardock Multiplicity 4

Stardock releases Multiplicity 4

Stardock today released Multiplicity 4, a major update to its software KVM solution that, among…

Native Copilot app for Windows 11

Microsoft is Updating Copilot for Windows … Again

A new native version of the Copilot for Windows app is heading out to all…

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2024 Winds Down with a Fresh Look at the Microsoft Client Stack (Premium)

Microsoft's strategy for moving customers to new versions of its client software products involves two…

OpenAI Sora generated video

OpenAI Delivers Sora AI Video Generator

Spurred no doubt by the recent preview of Google "Veo", OpenAI today took its Sora…

Here come more Apple Intelligence features

Not Yet, Apple Fans, Not Yet

Apple was expected to release iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS 15.2 today, but the…

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