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

Lenovo Tab Plus

Lenovo Tab Plus First Impressions

The Lenovo Tab Plus is an affordable entertainment focused Android tablet with surprisingly strong Dolby…

Proton Mail and Calendar

Proton Posts New Roadmaps for Calendar, Drive, and Mail

Proton today released product roadmaps for Proton Calendar, Drive, and Mail that highlight new features…

CHIPS Act

Intel’s CHIPS Funding Reportedly Reduced

A new report claims that Intel will receive less funding from the CHIPS Act than…

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Androids, Chromebooks, and Tablets, Oh My (Premium)

It shouldn't be this difficult. But then Android has always been a fast follower, a…

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 (AMD)

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 (AMD) First Impressions

This past summer, I reviewed the Snapdragon X version of the ThinkPad T14s Gen 6,…

Amazon + Anthropic

Amazon Expands Partnership with Anthropic

Amazon revealed Friday that it is investing another $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic, which…

New Plex experience on mobile

Plex is Getting a UI Overhaul

Plex is completely overhauling its media stream app, and you can preview the new look…

Microsoft Edge Game Assist

Microsoft is Adding a Mini Edge Browser to Game Bar

Because so many gamers use a web browser to get help while playing games, Microsoft…

Recall Goes to the Theater
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Recall Goes to the Theater (Premium)

I've been using Recall on my Surface Laptop 7 since Friday afternoon and the world…

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 gameplay

Microsoft Issues Flight Simulator 2024 Fix

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is off to a rough start, with the firm acknowledging technical…

"Too soon"
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Ask Paul: November 22 (Premium)

Happy Friday! We're back in the US and exhausted, but here's a particularly lengthy installment…

Google Store Black Friday Sale is Live

Google Store and Google Fi Black Friday Sales are Live

The Google Store is hosting a Black Friday sale through December 2, and you can…

Opera GX mods

Opera GX Update Brings New Design, Mods, Additional Features

Opera this week announced the biggest-ever refresh of its Opera GX web browser for gamers,…

Chat mode in Brave Search

Brave Search Adds Chat Mode to Answer with AI

Building on its Answer with AI feature, Brave today announced a new Chat mode for…

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Modernizing .NETpad: WTF, WPF (Premium)

I discovered another small but useful improvement to WPF in the final version of .NET…

DOJ, States Formally Recommend a Google Breakup

The DOJ and several US states feel that the only way to fix Google's abuses…

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