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.

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Adobe Fresco is Now Completely Free

Adobe announced today that it is making its Fresco pro painting and drawing app available…

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Windows 11 Version 24H2 Delivers Smaller, Faster, and More Efficient Updates

Windows 11 version 24H2 is a big upgrade, but Microsoft says it will save you…

What's the matter, Colonel Sanders? Chicken?
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Chicken (Premium)

Arm Holdings and Qualcomm are playing a high stakes version of chicken, but there's no…

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Raspberry Pi Launches SSDs and SSD Kits

Raspberry Pi now sells SSD storage and SSD kits for its Raspberry Pi 5 single…

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Opera One R2 is Now Available

Opera today announced the immediate availability of Opera One R2 for Windows, Mac, and Linux…

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Eero Brings Wi-Fi 7 Outdoors

Amazon's Eero today announced Eero Outdoor 7, a mesh Wi-Fi 7 solution for those who…

Quick Hands-On: Super Resolution in the Windows 11 Photos App

Microsoft began testing a new Windows 11 Photos feature with the Windows Insider Program, but…

iPhone 16 Pro Max

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Review

The iPhone 16 Pro Max is terrific, but it's also an incremental update to its…

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Microsoft, Qualcomm Close the Gap on Windows 11 on Arm Software and Hardware Issues

This week's Snapdragon Summit has already given us the Snapdragon 8 Elite and Qualcomm's retort…

Tim Cook speaks to the WSJ

Tim Cook: Apple is Best, Not First

Apple CEO Tim Cook addressed ongoing concerns about the firm being behind in AI in…

Snapdragon 8 Elite

Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 8 Elite for Smartphones

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform, which it describes as the fastest-ever mobile…

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

Qualcomm: Lunar Lake is a Lie

Qualcomm came out swinging on the opening day of its Snapdragon Summit. And it did…

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Apple “Two Years Behind” on AI

A new report from Mark Gurman confirms the widespread belief that Apple is well behind…

Google Store New York

Google Gets a Stay of Execution in Epic Case

As expected, US District Judge James Donato granted Google a stay of the injunction imposed…

Ask Paul
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Ask Paul: October 18 (Premium)

This month is already half over and there's so much left to do. But let's…

Netflix Q3 2024 earnings

Netflix Revenues Up 7.8 Percent to $8.5 Billion

With 282.72 million paid subscribers, Netflix earned a net income of $2.4 billion on revenues…

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