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 Announces Several Android Updates

Google this morning announced several new Android updates across phones, tablets, WearOS smartwatches, and Android…

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Meltdown (Premium)

Every once in a while, I encounter a problem I just can't solve in the…

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Brave Leo Integrates with PDF and Google Drive Files

Brave announced that Leo, its privacy-focused, browser-based AI assistant, now integrates with PDF and Google…

Age of Empires 2024

2024 is Going to be a Big Year for Age of Empires Fans

The Age of Empires team previewed Age of Mythology: Retold and Age of Empires Mobile…

Google Gemini image generation

Google Pauses Gemini Image Generation

Google paused its Gemini image generation capabilities after users complained of its inaccurate and offensive…

Help me write in Google Chrome

“Help Me Write” Comes to Google Chrome

With the release of Google Chrome version 122, users in the U.S. can now access…

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Ask Paul: February 23 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Let's kick off the weekend a little earlier with another set of great…

Google Wallet

Google is Replacing Google Pay App with Google Wallet in the U.S.

Google will retire its standalone Google Pay app in the U.S. on June 4, 2004…

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Arrives on March 13

Digital Eclipse revealed that its second interactive game and documentary, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story,…

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Framework Announces a $499 Laptop

Sustainable laptop maker Framework announced a barebones $499 configuration that leverages its outlet store's parts…

Lenovo earnings

Lenovo Returns to Growth as Revenues Beat Estimates

The world's biggest maker of PCs reported a net income of $357 million on revenues…

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Nvidia Revenues Surged 265 Percent in Q4

Nvidia reported that it earned a net income of $12.3 billion on revenues of $22.1…

Intel SoC

Microsoft to Use Intel for In-House Custom AI Chip

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed that the software giant will use Intel's 18A process to…

Apple Sports for iPhone

Apple Launches Sports App for iPhone

Apple today announced Apple Sports, a free new iPhone app that delivers real-time scores, stats,…

Gemini for Google Workspace

Gemini is Now Available to All Google Workspace Customers

Google announced today that Gemini for Google Workspace, formerly named Duet AI for Google Workspace,…

Bonjourr with improved Quick links

Bonjourr 19 Arrives with Improved Quick Links

The makers of the free browser start page that I use and recommend have issued…

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