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

Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky

Review: Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky

Hardcore Software is an insider’s account of the events that drove Windows and the PC…

Epic Games

Epic Asks U.S. Court to Require Google to Open Up Android’s Play Store

In the wake of its antitrust victory over Google, Epic Games has proposed how the…

Spring finally comes to Pennsylvania
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Ask Paul: April 12 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Let’s kick off the weekend a bit early with a great set of…

Android 15 Beta 1

Google Delivers the First Android 15 Beta

Google today issued the first beta release of Android 15 for developers and early adopters.…

Big Tech and AI

UK CMA Issues Warning on Big Tech Dominance of AI

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today warned that Big Tech’s dominance of the…

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Amazon CEO Talks AI, Cost Cutting, and Prime Video

Amazon today published its annual letter to shareholders, with CEO Andy Jassy highlighting why he's…

DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro

DuckDuckGo Announces Privacy Pro Subscription

DuckDuckGo is bundling three new privacy services into a single subscription called Privacy Pro that…

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Google Adds Two New Models to the Gemma Family

Google today released two new members of its Gemma family of lightweight, open AI models…

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Brave Adds Leo AI to Brave Talk

Brave announced today that it has integrated its Leo privacy-preserving AI assistant with the premium…

Three competing AIs
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A Tale of Three AIs (Premium)

Part of the hurdle with generative AI is that it works differently than familiar tools,…

The soul of a different machine
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The Soul of a Different Machine (Premium)

Windows and macOS may seem only subtly different, but each is informed by the culture,…

Proton Acquires Standard Notes

Proton Acquires Standard Notes

Proton announced this morning that it has acquired Standard Notes, an end-to-end encrypted note-taking app…

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Intel Claims Big AI Performance Gains in Next Core Ultra Chips

At its Vision 2024 event today, Intel talked up AI acceleration for the enterprise. But…

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Automattic Acquires Beeper

Automattic, the company behind WordPress and Akismet, announced today that it has acquired Beeper, makers…

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U.S. Hands $11 Billion in Loans and Grants to TSMC

Chipmaking giant TSMC will receive $11.6 billion in loans and grants from the U.S. government…

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Google Rebrands Studio Bot to Gemini in Android Studio

Google announced today that it has rebranded Studio Bot to Gemini in Android Studio and…

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