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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Just Another Sunday (Premium)

This past Sunday provided an interesting reminder of why we love Mexico City so much,…

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Web Browsers, Innovation, and the Future (Premium)

Web browsers are the most popular and important app that we use, and yet they…

Notion and Skiff

Notion Acquires Skiff

When Notion released its Calendar app, I quipped that it should buy an email app…

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 12) First Impressions

Thinner, lighter, and more powerful than its nearly-perfect predecessors, the latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon packs…

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Google One Surpasses 100 Million Subscribers

Well, it's official: Google One now has over 100 million paying subscribers, a milestone that…

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Arc Sync Comes to Arc Browser for Mac

The Arc web browser now supports Arc Sync, a new sidebar sync feature that replaces…

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Grammarly Lays Off 230 Employees

Grammarly announced that it will lay off 230 employees as part of a business restructuring…

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Brave Releases Arm Version of its Browser

Brave announced that its flagship desktop web browser is now available natively for Windows on…

Now that's a vinyl collection!
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Ask Paul: February 9 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Let's put this incredibly busy and contentious week behind us, and I know…

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Mitchell Baker Steps Down as Mozilla CEO

Mitchell Baker announced today that she is stepping down as Mozilla's CEO after 3 years…

Microsoft Responds to Latest Spurious FTC Complaint

Microsoft has responded to a baseless FTC legal complaint related to recent layoffs in its…

Windows 11's AI moment
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Windows 11 is About to Get Its AI Moment (Premium)

As Windows 11 lurches into 2024 with rumors of a Moment 5 update, there are…

Baby FTC crying because Microsoft is right again
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The FTC Believes Microsoft Isn’t Allowed to Lay Anyone Off (Premium)

The U.S. Futile Trade Commission (FTC), er, Federal Trade Commission, is at it again: And…

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Arm Revenues Jump 14 Percent to a Record $761 Million in Quarter

Arm Holdings reported that it earned a net income of $87 million on revenues of…

Microsoft PC Manager

Microsoft’s Insane PC Manager App Comes to the Microsoft Store

Microsoft's PC Manager app is out of beta and available in the Microsoft Store for…

Microsoft Entra Verified ID Face Check

Microsoft Brings AI-Based Face Recognition to Entra ID in Preview

The Verified ID service for Microsoft Entra ID is getting a new Azure AI-powered feature…

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