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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Proton Drive file sharing

Proton Drive Gets Simpler File and Folder Sharing

Proton today announced an update to its secure cloud storage service, Proton Drive, that enables…

Artifact-powered Yahoo News

Artifact Lives On in the New Yahoo News App

I can't believe I'm writing this, but I may move to the new Yahoo News…

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Details, Details (Premium)

We all have our specific complaints about Windows. But many of my complaints are tied…

Chromebook Plus AI features

Google is Bringing Key Parts of the Android Stack to ChromeOS to Speed AI Additions

Google announced today that it will bring key parts of the Android software stack to…

Google is Killing the Fitbit.com Web Dashboard

Google is Killing the Fitbit.com Web Dashboard

Google announced that it will kill the Fitbit.com web dashboard on July 8, 2025, giving…

Hot Reload with the .NET MAUI Extension for Visual Studio Code

Microsoft Releases the .NET MAUI Extension for Visual Studio Code

Microsoft announced today that its .NET MAUI extension for Visual Studio Code is generally available,…

Cocreator in Microsoft Paint
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Just a PC (Premium)

Microsoft and its PC maker partners are curiously quiet, one might say purposefully quiet, about…

Firefox 127

Firefox 127 Can Auto-Start When You Sign in to Windows

Mozilla delivered Firefox version 127 this week, allowing users to configure the browser to auto-start…

MediaTek chip

Report: MediaTek Will Release an Arm Chip for PCs in 2025

Reuters reported today that MediaTek is among those companies that will deliver an Arm chip…

Google Pixel Feature Drop

June Feature Drop Brings Upgrades Across the Pixel Family

Google is starting to roll out its June Feature Drop for Pixel, with Gemini Nano…

Outlook.com

Microsoft is Killing Several Outlook.com Features to Improve Security

Microsoft announced today that it will improve the security of its consumer Outlook.com service in…

Raspberry Pi Goes Public

Raspberry Pi Soars in IPO

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has publicly listed its commercial subsidiary in an Initial Public Offering…

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Arm v. Qualcomm Looms Over Snapdragon X Launch

Microsoft and several PC makers are set to ship new Qualcomm Snapdragon X-based laptops next…

2001: An Xbox Odyssey
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Feeling Xboxed In (Premium)

Microsoft announced three lackluster Xbox Series X|S refreshes this past week. But when will it…

Apple XCode

Apple Announces XCode 16, Swift 6, More for Developers

With all the interesting end-user features that Apple announced today, it's easy to forget that…

Pro apps on iPad Pro
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Apple Refuses to Set iPad Pro Free (Premium)

I had hoped that today's WWDC keynote would signal a shift in strategy for the…

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