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

OpenAI announced a new custom instructions feature for ChatGPT so customers can customize how the chatbot responds and behaves

OpenAI is Bringing Custom Instructions to ChatGPT

OpenAI announced a new custom instructions feature for ChatGPT so customers can customize how the…

FTC Warns on Big Tech Partnerships with AI Startups

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Friday issued a report outlining concerns with major Big…

Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" is a long-term support release of the popular Linux distribution that will be supported until 2029.

Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” is Now Available

Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" is a long-term support release of the popular Linux distribution that…

A custom MessageBox dialog
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.NETpad 2025: A Custom MessageBox Dialog (Premium)

Taking a break from the brutally difficult session state management and tabs work, I checked…

ThinkPad X1 Carbon 13th gen

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition Review

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon retains its sheen despite initial concerns about its Intel innards…

PC sales over the past years

PC Sales Grew Just 1.3 Percent in 2024 to 254 Million Units

PC makers sold 254 million PCs in 2024, a meager 1.3 percent increase over the…

Microsoft Expands Rollout of Windows 11 Version 24H2

Despite the constant drone of new issues with the upgrade, Microsoft this week expanded its…

AI summary for the win!
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Ask Paul: January 17 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Welcome to the end of a needlessly contentious week. We have AI, we…

And for my next trick ...

Well, That Was Quite the Week

Well, it's been an interesting week. It was just days ago, but I'm already having…

Basic tabs with WPF
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.NETpad 2025: Tabs First Steps (Premium)

.NETpad will require some complex coding for tabs and state management. This is just the…

Opera Developer now integrates with Slack, Discord, and Bluesky

Opera is Adding Bluesky, Discord, and Slack to Sidebar

Opera announced today that it will add Bluesky, Discord, and Slack to its web browser's…

Competing AI business models
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2025 is the Year of Competing AI Business Models (Premium)

Microsoft and Google have both made major changes to their respective AI business models. But…

Gemini AI in Google Workspace

Google Adds AI to All Workspace Plans with Small Price Hike

Google is killing its Gemini AI-based Workspace add-ons, adding those features to the base Workspace…

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.NETpad 2025: .NET 9.0.1 Fixes the App Crashing Bug (Premium)

Microsoft released .NET 9.0.1 today, and it includes the hoped-for fix for the bug that…

Windows 10 S at 6 (Months)

Microsoft Will Not Support Office on Windows 10 After October 14

If you were looking for a sign that Microsoft is serious about its October 14…

ChatGPT Tasks

OpenAI Brings Tasks to ChatGPT in Beta

OpenAI today announced a new beta feature for ChatGPT called Tasks that helps the AI…

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