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

FTC Launches Investigation Into Microsoft/OpenAI, Other Cloud/AI Partnerships

The U.S. FTC announced investigations into Microsoft and OpenAI and other related partnerships between cloud…

Google Pixel 8 Pro

Google Pixel 8 Pro Review: Finally, the Perfect Pixel

With the Pixel 8 Pro, Google has finally delivered the no-compromises Android alternative to the…

Pixel 8 in Mint

Google Surprises With Extra Pixel Feature Drop, Mint Green Pixel 8 and 8 Pro

Pixel fans are waking up to a couple of surprises, one quite unexpected: An extra…

MSFT $3 trillion market cap

$3 TRILLION

In an early sign that its AI investments are already paying off, Microsoft's market capitalization…

Google Classroom and Chromebook interop

Google Brings AI to the Classroom

Today, Google announced a set of updates in education that span Google Classroom, Workspace, and…

Netflix Now Has 260.8 Million Paid Subscribers

Netflix Now Has 260.8 Million Paid Subscribers

Netflix added 13.1 million subscribers in the quarter ending December 31, up 12.8 percent YOY…

Arc Web Browser for Windows

Arc Browser for Windows Review

While most are familiar with at least a few Google Chrome alternatives, some lesser known…

Opera Tabfulness Guru

Opera is Offering the Coolest Job in the World, Literally

Web browser maker Opera today announced a promotion in which it will pay someone $10,000…

Firefox 122

Mozilla Releases Firefox 122

Mozilla has released Firefox 122, the latest version of its web browser, across Windows, Mac,…

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Preview

I ordered a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra largely because of an expanded Google partnership and…

Microsoft Copilot is magical
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Surprise! Microsoft Copilot Pro is Magical (Premium)

With Microsoft Copilot Pro, I have waded into an unfamiliar new world of AI-based productivity…

Brave - the better browser

Brave is Simplifying Its Fingerprinting Protections

Brave announced it will simplify the fingerprinting protections in its desktop and Android web browsers…

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Digital Decluttering: Tagging, Deduping, and Replicating the Photo Collection (Premium)

With my photo collection fully consolidated, it's time to clean up the meta-data, de-dup, and…

Halo's last supper
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Halo Infinite, Game Updates, and the Future of Xbox (Premium)

Is a change in Halo Infinite support another clue that the golden age of unlimited…

Small Language Model (SLM) representation

Stability AI Announces Compact New SLM

Stability AI announced a smaller and faster version of its open source Stability SLM that…

Hacker in a datacenter

State-Sponsored Russian Hacking Group Attacked Microsoft Over Two Months

Last night, Microsoft announced that it recently detected an ongoing attack on its corporate computing…

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