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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Apple Quietly Reveals MM1, a Multimodal LLM

Researchers from Apple quietly published a paper describing the company's work on MM1, a set…

Leak: PS5 Pro Arrives This Holiday Season

Leaked Sony documentation suggests that the company is planning a holiday 2024 launch for the…

Steam Spring Sale 2024

Steam Spring Sale Runs Through March 21

Attention, PC gamers: Steam is holding its annual spring sale through March 21 and there…

"El Popo" gave us a proper send-off
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Ask Paul: March 15 (Premium)

Well, we're back in Pennsylvania and feeling lost. Hopefully, another great set of reader questions…

White iPhone 12 Pro
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Good Enough (Premium)

Some recent experiences with older devices served as a healthy reminder that the leading edge…

Google I/O 2024

Google I/O 2024 to be Held May 14

Google announced today that it will hold its next I/O developer event on May 14,…

Chrome Safe Browsing

Google is Adding Real-Time Threat Protection to Chrome

Google announced today that it is improving Safe Browsing in Chrome to include real-time threat…

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Digital Decluttering: 2024 Reset (Premium)

I accomplished a lot in last year’s big digital decluttering push, but it’s time to…

Exiting a cloud

Microsoft Finally Kills Azure Egress Fees

Bowing to pressure from AWS and Google, Microsoft announced that it would finally eliminate Azure…

Proton Mail desktop app

Proton Releases Mail App on Windows and Mac

10 years after it released Proton Mail on the web, Proton has released Windows and…

Microsoft Copilot on the web

Microsoft Brings GPT-4 Turbo to Free Version of Copilot

Microsoft confirmed today that non-paying Copilot will now use the GPT-4 Turbo LLM instead of…

Apple MacBook Air 15-Inch M3

Apple MacBook Air 15-Inch M3 Preview

Last week, Apple updated its 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air notebooks with the M3 chip.…

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Some Thoughts About Copilot Pro Custom GPT Builder and the Future (Premium)

Custom GPT Builder for Copilot Pro is pretty limited for now, but I have some…

Google for Games Developer Summit

Google Play Announces Improvements for Developers, Gamers

At its Google for Games Developer Summit this week, Google announced improvements for its games…

Mexico is always a good idea
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What I Use: Mexico City (February/March 2024) (Premium)

Today is our last day in Mexico City after five weeks here, our longest continuous…

Mark and Kelly, France 2012
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From the Editor’s Desk: Kids (Premium)

After a week-long visit, our kids boarded a flight home to Charlotte on Saturday, leaving…

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