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

Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5

Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5

Anthropic announced the availability of Claude Opus 5, a "thoughtful and proactive" AI model that…

My first bear sighting in Mexico City
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Ask Paul: July 24 ⭐

Happy Friday! This is an incredible grab bag of reader questions and the ideal way…

Halo: Campaign Evolved: Initial Screenshots

Laurent will be reviewing Halo: Campaign Evolved as soon as possible but I played the first…

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Intel Revenues Jump 25 Percent

Intel announced that it earned a net loss of $11 million on revenues of $16.1…

Microsoft AI Announces New Model Variants, Minor Shift Away from OpenAI

Microsoft AI Announces New Model Variants, Minor Shift Away from OpenAI

Microsoft AI today announced two new variants of its in-house AI models and a minor…

An Inconvenient Truth: Music Deep Dive
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An Inconvenient Truth: Music Deep Dive ⭐

I still pay for two music services, but I've spent a lot of time over…

Opera One Gets Vertical Tabs, Upgraded Google Lens Experience

Opera One Gets Vertical Tabs, Upgraded Google Lens Experience

Opera announced a big upgrade for its flagship Opera One web browser, with vertical tabs…

EU Fines Google €890 Million for DMA Violations

The European Commission fined Google €890 million for two violations of the Digital Markets Act…

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Alphabet/Google Revenues Jump 24 Percent to $120 Billion

Google's parent company reported that it earned a net income of $28 billion on revenues…

Microsoft Brings XBOX Backward Compatibility to PC

Microsoft Brings XBOX Backward Compatibility to PC

The day we've long dreamed of has arrived: Microsoft is bringing XBOX Backward Compatibility to…

Working Towards a Do Less, Automate More Workflow
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Working Towards a Do Less, Automate More Workflow ⭐

While this won't solve my NAS issues, I have been working on simplifying some related…

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Microsoft Issues a New Windows 11 Insider Experimental (26H1) Build

Following yesterday's massive set of Insider builds, Microsoft has released another new build today, this…

Microsoft is Retiring Copilot Deep Research and Podcasts

Microsoft is Retiring Copilot Deep Research and Podcasts

Microsoft revealed on its Support site that it is retiring Deep Research and Podcasts in…

Microsoft Expands Mistral Partnership for European AI

Microsoft Expands Mistral Partnership for European AI

Microsoft announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with France-based AI firm Mistral to expand…

Gurman: Apple Set to Announce a Device Upgrade Leasing Program

Gurman: Apple Set to Announce a Device Upgrade Leasing Program

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple will soon announce Apple Upgrade, a device leasing program.

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U.S. Judge Approves Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Settlement with Book Authors

U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin today approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with book authors whose…

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