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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Android 17 Beta 4 is Here

Android 17 Beta 4 is Here

Today, Google announced the release of Android 17 Beta 4, the final beta of this…

OpenAI Releases a Major Update to Codex

OpenAI Releases a Major Update to Codex

Codex is OpenAI's agentic experience for software developers and it's getting a major update today.

Google Upgrades AI Mode in Chrome

Google Upgrades AI Mode in Chrome

Google announced a major upgrade to AI Mode in Chrome that includes a new user…

Perplexity Releases Personal Computer for Mac

Perplexity Releases Personal Computer for Mac

Perplexity today released a new expansion of Perplexity Computer for the Mac called Personal Computer.

Anthropic Announces Claude Opus 4.7

Anthropic Announces Claude Opus 4.7

Anthropic's latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.7, is a "notable" improvement over its predecessor for…

Google Announces Revitalized Android CLI for Agentic Development

Google Announces Revitalized Android CLI for Agentic Development

Google today announced a suite of Android tools and resources for agentic software development workflows.

Microsoft Denies a New Recall Security Vulnerability Claim

A security researcher claims to have found a security vulnerability in Recall, but Microsoft correctly…

Opera Will Let Users Integrate Claude and ChatGPT Into Its Browser

Opera Will Let Users Integrate Claude and ChatGPT Into Its Browser

Opera today announced a new feature called Browser Connector that lets you connect to AI…

WinUIpad: Wrapping Up ⭐
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WinUIpad: Wrapping Up ⭐

Today, I fixed the two major outstanding bugs in WinUIpad, so it's time to wrap…

Google One 2 TB+ Subscribers Can Get 50 Percent Off YouTube Premium For 1 Year

Google One 2 TB+ Subscribers Can Get 50 Percent Off YouTube Premium For 1 Year

New and existing Google One 2 TB and up subscribers can get 50 percent off…

Zorin OS 18.1 Arrives With Fit and Finish Improvements Throughout

Zorin OS 18.1 Arrives With Fit and Finish Improvements Throughout

Zorin OS 18 has been incredibly successful, with over 3.3 million downloads of the Linux…

Google Brings Gemini App to the Mac

Google Brings Gemini App to the Mac

Google has released a native Gemini app on the Mac so you can access its…

Adobe Announces Firefly AI Assistant

Adobe Announces Firefly AI Assistant

Adobe's new Firefly AI Assistant helps customers orchestrate and execute multi-step tasks across Creative Cloud.

IDC: Smartphone Sales Declined 4.1 Percent in Q1

IDC: Smartphone Sales Declined 4.1 Percent in Q1

The market researchers at IDC reported that hardware makers sold 290 million smartphones in the…

Scott Hanselman Brings a macOS Feature to Windows

Scott Hanselman Brings a macOS Feature to Windows

Microsoft vice president Scott Hanselman has brought a semi-useful Mac feature to Windows 11.

Google Delivers Personal Intelligence in Gemini (Mostly) Worldwide

Google Delivers Personal Intelligence in Gemini (Mostly) Worldwide

Google's Personal Intelligence for Gemini is now available worldwide, sort of.

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