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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Arc Maker The Browser Company Raises Another $50 Million

The Browser Company, makers of the innovative Arc web browser, has raised another $50 million…

2024 Apple MacBook Air M3 15-inch

Apple MacBook Air 15-Inch M3 First Impressions

2024 is the year that I switch to Arm, and it starts with the Apple…

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Notion is So Sticky It’s Hard to Walk Away (Premium)

In this age of enshittification, Notion stands out as an exception to the rule, a…

New Era of Work with Copilot

Tune In to Microsoft’s New Era of Work Announcement Today

Microsoft will stream a New Era of Work presentation today involving Copilot, Surface for Business,…

Proton Pass

Proton Pass Now Supports Passkeys

Proton announced today that its Proton Pass password manager now supports passkeys on all devices…

Gaming for Everyone Product Inclusion Framework

Microsoft Makes Its Framework for Inclusive Game Development Available to the Public

Furthering its efforts to make gaming more accessible and inclusive, Microsoft announced a new framework…

Epic Games Store on mobile

Epic Games Store Fees to Undercut Apple and Google on Mobile

Epic Games said today that its games store on iPhone and Android will offer developers…

Stardock ObjectDock 3

Stardock Releases ObjectDock 3 for Windows 10 and 11

Stardock today released a major upgrade to ObjectDock, which is now part of the ObjectDesktop…

Fitbit Labs

Google is Bringing Generative AI to Fitbit

Google revealed that it will bring generative AI features to Fitbit at its annual health…

Microsoft AI

Microsoft Creates New Microsoft AI Organization, Led by Outsiders

Microsoft announced today that it has created a new Microsoft AI organization that will be…

Firefox 124

Mozilla Releases Firefox 124 with Windows Jump List Improvements

Mozilla issued Firefox version 124 across Windows, Mac, Linux, adding several new features and improvements,…

Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 5

Lenovo Launches New L and X Series ThinkPads

Lenovo today announced several new and more sustainable ThinkPad L and X series business-class laptops.

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Automate App Installs on the Mac with Homebrew (Premium)

I use the Windows Package Manager (winget) to automate app installs on Windows, but what…

Apple + Google = The AI iPhone!
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Apple + Google (Premium)

I have stories to tell. Stories of partnerships, betrayals, lawsuits, public bitterness, and then uncomfortable…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Fear (Premium)

We had an interesting conversation with a couple we met in Mexico City who were…

Fitbit rebranded to Google Fitbit

Google Rebrands Fitbit

Google continues to subsume Fitbit into its in-house hardware brands with a second, quiet rebranding…

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