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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Google Details How it Will Comply with the EU DMA

With the Digital Markets Act (DMA) deadline looming, Google has detailed how it will make…

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Windows Insider Beta Channel Gets a New Copilot Hover Experience

Microsoft issued a new Windows 11 build to Windows Insiders in the Beta channel today,…

Windows 11 Field Guide Update: 100 More Pages, Organizational Changes, and More

I wasn't expecting to provide another update on the book so soon, but as Baldrick…

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Anthropic Announces Claude 3 LLM Family

Anthropic today unveiled its Claude 3 family of large language models (LLMs), offering improved performance…

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Google Announces a New Pixel Feature Drop

Pixel fans have already received two Pixel Feature Drops in the past three months, but…

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Epic Games, Spotify, Many Others Formally Complain to EU About Apple’s Lack of DMA Compliance

Epic Games, Proton, Spotify, and over 30 other companies have formally complained to the EU…

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Ask Paul: March 1 (Premium)

Happy Friday! The first Ask Paul of March takes us far and wide, so it's…

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Dell Records Double-Digit Revenue Declines in Latest Quarter, Fiscal Year

Dell announced the financial results for its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter and full year, and…

Microsoft Details More New Features in Copilot for Microsoft 365

As it long did for Microsoft 365, Microsoft will now document the many changes it's…

Copilot in Microsoft Edge Adds Two New AI Features

Microsoft today outlined two new AI-powered features in Copilot in Microsoft Edge: Video highlights and…

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Windows 11 Tip: Hide the Widgets Feed

It's not always clear where individual Windows 11 updates come from, but a recent change…

Brave Leo AI on Android

Brave Brings Leo AI to Android

Brave today released a new version of its web browser on Android that includes the…

Microsoft Copilot for Finance

Microsoft Announces Copilot for Finance

Microsoft today announced Copilot for Finance, a superset of Copilot for Microsoft 365 for finance…

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AI Stole My Content and I Don’t Feel Good About It (Premium)

As a content creator, I see both sides of the AI content theft debate. I…

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Microsoft Announces DirectSR for Video Game Scaling

Microsoft is partnering with AMD and Nvidia to bring a new video game API to…

Browser extension support in Vivaldi 6.6

Vivaldi 6.6 Adds Extension Support to Web Panels, More

Vivaldi today announced a major upgrade to the desktop versions of its web browser with…

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