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

Operation Elop

Review: Operation Elop

To Microsoft's biggest fans, there is no greater what-if than Windows Phone, the erstwhile smartphone…

Adobe accused by DOJ of deceptive business practices

U.S. DOJ Sues Adobe for Consumer Harm

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a federal lawsuit against Adobe today, accusing the…

Tip: Use classic File Explorer in Windows 11

Tip: Use the Classic File Explorer in Windows 11

Back in April, I wrote a tip documenting two methods by which you could replace…

Apple Intelligence on iPhone

Gurman: Apple Intelligence Feature Rollout to Stretch into 2025

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that most of the AI features Apple recently announced will ship…

YouTube is experimenting with viewer Notes

YouTube is Testing a Feature That Lets Viewers Add Notes to Videos

YouTube announced that it is testing an experimental new feature that will let viewers add…

Adobe AI Assistant in Acrobat

Adobe Brings Firefly, Improved AI Assistant to Acrobat

Starting tomorrow, Adobe Acrobat customers can use generative AI to create and edit images in…

Paul's Surface Laptop has shipped

My Surface Laptop Has Shipped

This morning, I received a shipping notification for the Surface Laptop I preordered, and it…

Initial stable build of Windows 11 version 24H2

Microsoft Belatedly Delivers Patch Tuesday Update for Windows 11 Version 24H2

Those who upgraded to Windows 11 version 24H2 using my tip will have noticed that…

Holy Moses! It's time for the AI upgrade cycle
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Boom or Bust? Thinking About the AI Hardware Upgrade Cycle (Premium)

Most understand that on-device AI requires a powerful NPU to function properly, but there is…

Apple Intelligence

Apple Details How It Trains Its AI

Apple promises that it will not use its customers' private personal data to train its…

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Ask Paul: June 14 (Updated) (Premium)

Happy Friday! This was another huge week, and we have another huge installment of Ask…

Windows 11 Recall feature

Microsoft Delays Recall

Microsoft announced that it will take the unprecedented step of actually testing software before it…

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Brave Leo Now Integrates with Live Data from Brave Search

Brave announced today that it has updated Leo, its in-browser AI assistant, to incorporate real-time…

Windows 11 24H2 Features are Coming to 23H2, 22H2 Too

It looks like Copilot as an app and the other Windows 11 24H2 features are…

Opera One is native on Windows on Arm

Opera One for Windows on Arm is Now Available

One month after announcing that it would deliver an Arm native version of its flagship…

Samsung Galaxy Watch FE

Samsung Announces $200 Galaxy Watch FE

Samsung has added a more affordable model to its Galaxy Watch family of smartwatches: The…

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