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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Google is Rolling Out Motion Assist on Android

Google is Rolling Out Motion Assist on Android

For the past few years, Apple has offered a motion sickness solution called Motion Cues…

PowerToys 0.101 Arrives With Window Hopper, Numerous Updates

PowerToys 0.101 Arrives With Window Hopper, Numerous Updates

Microsoft released PowerToys 0.101 today, and it's a big update with a new Window Hopper…

Commodore Announces Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection for PC, Consoles

Commodore Announces Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection for PC, Consoles

The new Commodore is bringing one of the most highly acclaimed Amiga games series to…

The Pixel Promise is Also the Pixel Problem
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The Pixel Promise is Also the Pixel Problem ⭐

Say what you will about Google, but it's always delivered on its promise of a…

Microsoft Issues Three New Windows Builds to Windows Insider Program

Microsoft Issues Three New Windows Builds to Windows Insider Program

If you have a PC enrolled in the Windows Insider Program's Beta, Experimental, or Experimental…

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Ask Paul: August 21 ⭐

Happy Friday! We're in upstate New York for a long weekend, so let's get this…

Proton Mail Gets Customizable Categories

Proton Mail Gets Customizable Categories

Proton announced a new Categories feature for Proton Mail that automatically sorts your inbox into…

Adobe Firefly Now Generates Production-Quality Music, Speech, and Sound Effects

Adobe Firefly Now Generates Production-Quality Music, Speech, and Sound Effects

Adobe announced a major update to its Firefly AI assistant that dramatically expands its audio…

Pixel Camera Looks: Google Sticks the Landing
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Pixel Camera Looks: Google Sticks the Landing ⭐

When Google announced a new Pixel Camera app feature called Camera Looks, I was both…

Google Pixel 11 Pro First Impressions

Google Pixel 11 Pro First Impressions

My Google Pixel 11 Pro arrived a day earlier than expected, sparing me the ship-day…

The Amiga is Back, Too!

The Amiga is Back, Too!

The newly reconstituted Amiga Corporation has reached licensing agreements with several major intellectual property stakeholders…

Apple Makes Major Concessions on Third Party App Stores in the EU

Apple Makes Major Concessions on Third Party App Store Fees in the EU

And the wall comes tumbling down: Apple today agreed to replace its anticompetitive Core Technology…

Mozilla Evolves Smart Window in Firefox

Mozilla Evolves Smart Window in Firefox Ahead of General Release

Mozilla announced several new features for Smart Windows in Firefox today and it has even…

Microsoft Ships Five New Insider Builds With a Major File Explorer Update

The Windows Insider Program shipped new Windows 11 pre-release builds across five channels today, with…

Sonos Adds Live Activities Support on iPhone

Sonos Adds Live Activities Support on iPhone

Live Activities is one of the best features in iOS, and it's supported now by…

Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Aura Edition First Impressions

Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Aura Edition First Impressions

The ThinkPad X9 retains key elements of what makes ThinkPad special, like its quality and…

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