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

Hands-On with Win11Debloat

I've spent much of this past year seeking solutions to the creeping enshittification in Windows…

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 Snapdragon

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 Snapdragon Review

The ThinkPad T14s successfully blends Lenovo's most prestigious product line with the powerful and efficient…

Leaked: iPhone 16 Pro colors

Gurman Reveals Apple’s iPhone 16 Launch Plans

Mark Gurman says Apple will announce the iPhone 16 family of smartphones on September 10…

Great blue heron
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Ask Paul: August 23 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Well, it's another blockbuster week for questions, so thanks to everyone for that.…

Upgrading the Pixel 9 Pro XL to Android 15

Android 15 Beta 4.2 Comes to Pixel 9 Series

One of the oddities of the Pixel 9 series launch is that the timing required…

Brave BYOM

Brave Gets Major Privacy Updates on Desktop and Mobile

Brave for the iPhone and iPad now supports HTTPS by default, while Bring Your Own…

Google Essentials for Windows

Google Essentials is Coming to the PC

Google announced that HP will be the first PC maker to bundle a new Google…

LibreOffice 24.8

LibreOffice 24.8 is Now Available with Native Windows on Arm Support

The Document Foundation today announced the release of LibreOffice 24.8, the latest version of its…

Gemini says hi, on the Pixel 9 Pro XL
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Google Pixel 9 is at the Nexus of Hardware, Software, and AI (Premium)

When it comes to the Pixel 9 series, it's a bit cheap to write something…

Microsoft changes its financial reporting structure

Microsoft Reshuffles Financial Reporting Structure

Microsoft revealed in a regulatory filing that it will soon move numerous business segments into…

Microsoft Loop 2.0

Microsoft Announces Loop 2.0

Microsoft this week quietly announced the release of Loop 2.0, the first major update to…

Google Pixel 9 Pro XL

Google Pixel 9 Pro XL First Impressions

Well, I don't get to say this very often. But my Pixel 9 Pro XL…

Start11 v. 2.1

Start11 is Now Native on Arm

Stardock today released Start11 version 2.1 with native support for Windows on Arm and several…

.NETpad with customized title bar area
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Modernizing .NETpad: Title Bar Customization (Premium)

In addition to implementing a tab-based user interface, the modern Notepad also does something else…

Sonos AMA with Patrick Spence

Sonos Can’t Bring Back Its Old App

Sonos was secretly planning to bring back its old app, but now CEO Patrick Spence…

Google Pixel 9 Pro XL

Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Preview

Last week, Google for the first time announced four new Pixel smartphone models simultaneously. But…

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