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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Designer Comes to Photos App in Windows and Microsoft 365 Copilot App on Mobile

Microsoft Designer is a generative AI-powered graphic design solution that's available in web and mobile…

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Online Accounts 2025 (Premium)

In the wake of my recent YouTube issues, I've decided to take another stab at…

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Firefox 135 Arrives with AI Chatbot, More

Mozilla today announced the release of Firefox 135, the latest version of its flagship web…

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Opera Launches a More Mindful Web Browser

Opera today announced Opera Air, a free and minimalist new version of its web browser…

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Adobe Acrobat AI Gets Enhanced Contract Capabilities

Adobe today announced new generative AI features for its flagship Acrobat offering via the Acrobat…

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Nintendo Cuts Switch Forecast as Revenues Fall Again

In what is now a familiar story, Nintendo earnings fell over the holiday quarter, forcing…

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Spotify Surges to 675 Million Users, First Annual Profit

Spotify earned an operating income of €477 million on revenues of €4.2 billion in the…

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Apple Shot Down Again in US v. Google

A U.S. District Court Judge has once again denied an Apple request to delay the…

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Google Seeks to Overturn Epic Games Ruling

Google's appeal of Epic v. Google begins today, with lawyers from both companies appearing before…

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My recent YouTube "support" experience has made me question some online account behaviors I'd previously…

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Vivaldi 7.1 Comes to Android and iOS

Following its release on desktop, the Android, iPhone, and iPad versions of the Vivaldi 7.1…

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Sam Altman Discusses DeepSeek and its Impact on OpenAI

Altman admitted that OpenAI was "on the wrong side of history" when it came to…

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Microsoft Explains Deprecation

I mentioned to my wife that Microsoft was suddenly deprecating features more aggressively. She asked,…

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Samsung Revenues Up 12 Percent to $52.2 Billion

Samsung reported that it earned an operating profit of $4.48 billion on revenues of $52.2…

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Google Offers Voluntary Exit Program to Employees Working on Android and Pixel

This isn't as serious as it sounds, but Google this week confirmed that it is…

OpenAI Brings Latest Reasoning Model to ChatGPT Free

OpenAI Brings Latest Reasoning Model to ChatGPT Free

Today, OpenAI released o3-mini, the latest and most cost-effective AI model in its reasoning series,…

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