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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Ask Paul: February 16 (Premium)

It's been a crazy, busy, and stressful week, and I suspect no one is looking…

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OpenAI Announces Sora, a Futuristic Text-to-Video AI Model

Today, OpenAI announced Sora, a new generative AI model that can create realistic one-minute videos…

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Feeling Better About Xbox? (Premium)

Today, Microsoft came clean on its strategy for Xbox in the wake of its Activision…

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Microsoft Kills Publisher

Microsoft announced to Microsoft 365 commercial customers that Microsoft Publisher will reach the end of…

Windows Insider Program needs an offramp
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Off-Ramp (Premium)

In the good old days, Microsoft would release a new Windows version, and Windows Insiders…

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Google Releases Gemini Pro 1.5

Just two months after its initial release of the Gemini AI models, Google today released…

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Chrome OS Flex is One Answer for Those Unsupported Windows 10 PCs

Microsoft doesn't have an answer for the owners of the hundreds of millions of PCs…

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Improving My Winget Bulk App Installer Script (Premium)

I've been automating app installs using the Windows Package Manager for the past year or…

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A Discussion on Neurodiversity

Stephen Rose and Paul Thurrott discuss their neurodiversity journeys and the importance of understanding and…

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PlayStation 5 Sales Slip, Sony Lowers Fiscal Year Sales Estimate

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Sony said that it sold fewer PlayStation 5…

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DuckDuckGo Browser Adds Private Bookmark and Password Sync

DuckDuckGo is taking a major step forward with its web browser by adding private bookmarks,…

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Mozilla Scales Back Dramatically, Will Focus on Trustworthy AI in Firefox

Mozilla announced a reorganization that will result in layoffs, fewer products, and a new focus…

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Google Adds Google Photos to the Android Photo Picker

I've long wondered why we don't have a more modern "File Open" capability that supports…

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Microsoft Releases First Preview of .NET 9

Microsoft announced the release of .NET 9 Preview 1 today and revealed its two big…

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Google Brings Companion Mode to Meet on Mobile

Previously available in Google Meet on PCs and Chromebooks, Companion mode is now available on…

Thanks to AI, Azure is Closing the Gap with AWS

Microsoft's embrace of AI is closing the revenue gap between Azure and Amazon AWS as…

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