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

Copilot in Windows to Launch in a Wider Sidebar Pane by Default

The Copilot sidebar in Windows 10 and 11 will soon launch in a wider, resizable,…

Mozilla Rebrands Personal Information Monitoring Service, Adds Paid Tier

Mozilla has renamed its free personal information monitoring service to Mozilla Monitor, and it's launching…

Spotify Q4 2023 results

Spotify Now Has 602 Million Active Users, 236 Million Paid Subscribers

As part of its latest quarterly earnings report, Spotify reported that it now has 602…

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Nintendo Surges with Nearly 140 Million Switch Consoles

Nintendo reported that it earned a net profit of $919 million on revenues of $4…

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Clipchamp Adds New Audio Features, And More Are On the Way

Microsoft announced the availability of two new audio features in its Clipchamp video editor and…

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Xbox to Provide Clarity on its Strategy Next Week

Microsoft Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has heard the grousing and says the team will…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Here and There (Premium)

Explaining a love of travel is like explaining a love of chocolate, you just do.…

Xbox para todos
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How Do We Still Not Understand Xbox? (Premium)

Losing the console wars was the best thing that ever happened to Xbox and its…

The AI newsroom of the future

Microsoft Partners to Bring Responsible AI to News Organizations

Following The New York Times's copyright infringement lawsuit, Microsoft has announced a new effort to…

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Google is Rebranding Bard as Gemini

Google appears to be having its Copilot moment and will rebrand its Bard generative AI…

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Tilt Shift: Mozilla Shines a Harsh Light on Enshittification in the Smartphone Era (Premium)

Since the dawn of the smartphone era, platform makers have engaged in ever-escalating enshittification tactics…

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

A Few More Thoughts About the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

I've been using the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra for a few days now and will…

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 16

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 16 First Impressions

Lenovo shipped the first foldable PC in 2020, and now it's back with the ThinkPad…

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Ask Paul: February 2 (Premium)

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

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Amazon Revenues Up 14 Percent to $170 Billion

Amazon reported a net income of $10.6 billion on revenues of $170 billion in the…

Meta Revenues Soar 25 Percent to $40.1 Billion

Facebook parent Meta earned a net income of $14 billion on revenues of $40.1 billion…

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