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

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AMD to Launch Its Zen 5 AI Processors on July 31

HP just announced its first AI PC based on AMD's next-generation silicon, and now AMD…

Modernizing .NETpad: Design Progress
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Modernizing .NETpad: Unexpected Design Progress (Premium)

This past weekend, I got much further than expected, and more quickly than expected, in…

HP OmniBook Ultra 14-inch laptop

HP Announces AMD-Based AI PC with 55 TOPS NPU

We can't call it a Copilot+ PC yet, though it exceeds the necessary specifications: The…

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Modernizing .NETpad: Next Steps (Premium)

We’re still months away from the release of .NET 9, but there’s no reason not…

HP EliteBook 1040 G11

HP EliteBook 1040 G11 First Impressions

With HP transitioning to a new branding system for its PCs, the EliteBook 1040 G11…

Sunset over Macungie
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Ask Paul: July 12 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Another busy week, another terrific collection of reader questions to kick off the…

Proton Pass Secure Links

Proton Pass Adds Secure Links

Paying customers of Proton Pass can now securely share passwords with anyone using a new…

Master Chief in mourning
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Microsoft Turns Game Pass Into a Hard Pass (Premium)

Microsoft has made a mess of Xbox Game Pass, turning what should have been a…

Microsoft pays off CISPE

Microsoft Settles with CISPE on Cloud Licensing Issues in EU

Microsoft will pay €20 Million to settle an antitrust complaint about its cloud computing licensing…

Google Advanced Protection Program

Google Adds Passkeys to its Advanced Protection Program

Google today updated its Advanced Protection Program (APP) for Google accounts, giving high-risk users its…

Too many phone cases
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From the Editor’s Desk: In Any Case (Premium)

We all have our weird or unusual pretensions, things that are not so much interests…

Firefox 128

Firefox 128 Arrives with Built-In Language Translation Capabilities

Mozilla shipped Firefox 128 today for Windows, Mac, and Linux, adding language translation capabilities and…

Affinity apps for Mac, PC, and iPad

Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher are Free for 6 Months

Affinity announced that its award-winning Photo, Designer, and Publisher apps are now free for 6…

God hands AI to Eve

Report: AI PCs Won’t Help the PC Industry This Year

IDC and Bloomberg have tag-teamed to throw cold water on the impact that AI will…

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Modernizing .NETpad: .NET 9, Arm64, and More (Premium)

As part of my .NETpad modernization work, I'm investigating various ways one might update an…

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Xbox Cloud Gaming is Now Available on Amazon Fire TV

Microsoft announced that Xbox Cloud Gaming, a perk of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, is now…

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