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

A galaxy of AI in apps
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I Will Not Pay for AI (Premium)

Close your eyes and imagine it's the 1990s. Microsoft has transitioned its productivity apps into…

Visual Studio

Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.11 is Now Available, Next Version is in Preview

Microsoft just announced the back-to-back releases of two versions of Visual Studio: Version 17.11 is…

Apple Pay

Apple Will Open NFC to Developers in iOS 18.1

In July, Apple announced it would open up NFC on the iPhone to third-party developers…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Bagged (Premium)

I am curiously fascinated by bags of all kinds, from laptop bags to carry-on luggage,…

U.S. Department of Justice at night

U.S. Considers a Google Breakup

For the first time since Microsoft about 25 years ago, the U.S. government is considering…

Spotify gets a win in the EU

Apple Finally Relents on Spotify In-App Pricing Communications … But Only in Europe

Five long years after it complained to EU regulators about Apple's anticompetitive business practices, Spotify…

Compact Mode for the Game Bar in Windows 11

Microsoft is Testing a Compact Mode for the Windows 11 Game Bar

The Xbox app isn't the only gaming feature in Windows 11 that's being optimized for…

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Microsoft Issues Patch Tuesday Updates for All Windows 11 Versions

Microsoft today issued its Patch Tuesday cumulative updates for all three supported Windows 11 versions.

Google Pixel 9 Pro XL in hazel
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Once More Unto the Pixel, Dear Friends, Once More (Premium)

Thanks in part to the rise of generative AI, 2024 has emerged as a critical…

Google Pixel 9 Pro XL

Google Announces Expanded Pixel 9 Series Family (Updated)

As expected, Google today announced an expanded family of Pixel 9 series smartphones that includes…

Proton Duo

Proton Now Offers a Duo Plan for Couples

Proton today announced a new Proton Duo plan that offers all the features in Proton…

Passkeys (Dashlane)

These are the Sites Driving Passkey Adoption

Dashlane recently revealed which websites and services are driving passkey adoption as a more modern…

Google Wallet

Google Wallet is Adding Support for “Everything Else”

With the world going fully digital, Google is adapting its Wallet app for Android to…

Opera One for iOS

Opera One Launches on iPhone and iPad

Opera announced today that its AI-native flagship web browser, Opera One, is now available for…

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Modernizing .NETpad: Project Update (Premium)

Last week, a reader asked me why I wasn't posting the source code for the…

iPhone 16 to be Minor Update, Gurman Says

We're about a month out from Apple's iPhone 16 series launch, and everyone is a…

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