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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Amazon Revenues Surge 13 Percent to $143.3 Billion

Amazon reported that it earned a net income of $10.4 billion on revenues of $143.3…

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Microsoft Highlights New Features in Copilot for Microsoft 365

This month, Copilot for Microsoft 365 is getting several notable improvements across the core desktop…

Tiny11 Builder is Updated to Disable Telemetry

NTDEV has delivered an important update to his Tiny11 Builder utility that disables forced Windows…

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Samsung Earnings Beat Expectations on Strong Phone Sales

Samsung reported that it earned an operating profit of $4.77 billion on revenues of $52…

ChromeOS Flex: First Steps

ChromeOS Flex: First Steps

ChromeOS Flex is a simpler alternative to Linux for those with an older PC, especially…

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Arc Browser is Now Available for Windows 11

The Browser Company announced today that its Arc browser is now available for Windows 11…

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Amazon Q is Generally Available for Businesses and Developers

Amazon announced today that its Q AI-powered assistant is now generally available in versions for…

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The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle (Premium)

Using the MacBook Air as much as I did over the previous five or six…

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Microsoft Shows Off 19 New Indie Titles Coming to Xbox

At its IGN x ID@Xbox Digital Showcase today, Microsoft highlighted 19 new indie video game…

Copilot for Microsoft 365 Now Supports 16 Additional Languages

Copilot for Microsoft 365 Now Supports 16 Additional Languages

Microsoft announced today that it has dramatically expanded the list of languages supported by Copilot…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Not So Social (Premium)

I've noted before that the more you get to know most people, the more they…

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GitHub Announces Copilot Workspace

GitHub today announced a technical preview of Copilot Workspace, a task-centric, Copilot-native developer environment based…

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Review: Fallout TV Series

Video games are the source of some of the best stories I've ever encountered, and…

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Report: Apple Resumes Talks with OpenAI

Bloomberg reports that Apple has resumed talks with OpenAI to bring generative AI features to…

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Ask Paul: April 26 (Premium)

It's Suntory time! By which I mean, Happy Friday! And welcome to another far-reaching set…

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Microsoft Open Sources MS-DOS 4.0

Well, this came out of nowhere: Microsoft and IBM have open-sourced MS-DOS 4.0, a legacy…

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