Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with over 25 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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Google appears to be having its Copilot moment and will rebrand its Bard generative AI…

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Tilt Shift: Mozilla Shines a Harsh Light on Enshittification in the Smartphone Era (Premium)

The power of defaults is still real, but since the dawn of the smartphone era,…

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A Few More Thoughts About the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

I've been using the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra for a few days now and will…

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 16 First Impressions

Lenovo shipped the first foldable PC in 2020, and now it's back with the ThinkPad…

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Ask Paul: February 2 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Let's kick off the weekend a bit early with another great set of…

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Amazon Revenues Up 14 Percent to $170 Billion

Amazon reported a net income of $10.6 billion on revenues of $170 billion in the…

Meta Revenues Soar 25 Percent to $40.1 Billion

Facebook parent Meta earned a net income of $14 billion on revenues of $40.1 billion…

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Apple Earnings Disappoint, So It’s Finally Talking About AI

Apple reported net income of $39.9 billion on revenues of $119.6 billion in its most…

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Tip: Use Your Microsoft Account Properly

Fans of the Microsoft ecosystem will typically stick to the software giant's platforms, apps, and…

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Arc Browser is Adding Instant Links, Live Folders, and Arc Explorer on Desktop

The Browser Company is launching what it calls "Act II" for its Arc web browser…

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Google is Bringing Generative AI to Maps

Google announced today that it is bringing a generative AI-based location suggestion feature to its…

YouTube and YouTube Music Premium surpass 100 million paying subscribers

YouTube and YouTube Music Have Over 100 Million Paying Subscribers

YouTube and YouTube Premium added 20 million paying subscribers in the past year, bringing the…

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Google Brings Circle to Search to Pixel 8 and 8 Pro

Google announced today that its new Circle to Search feature is rolling out to Pixel…

Google Eases Passkey Adoption for Pixel Users

Google announced an unexpected out-of-band Pixel Feature Drop last week, but it glossed over one…

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Analysis of Microsoft’s FY24 Q2: You Can’t Spell Activision Without AI (Premium)

Yesterday, Microsoft reported a net income of $21.9 billion on revenues of $62 billion for…

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AMD Revenues Rose 6 Percent in Quarter to $6.2 Billion

Microprocessor maker AMD reported that it earned a net income of $667 million on revenues…

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