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.

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Apple Takes Aim at Businesses, Again

Apple Takes Aim at Businesses, Again

Apple today announced Apple Business, a new service for businesses, alongside the rumored Maps advertising.

Nintendo Revenues Up 90 Percent YOY as Switch 2 Sales Surpass 10 Million Units

Nintendo Cuts Switch 2 Production by Over 30 Percent

Citing weaker than expected U.S. sales, Nintendo has cut quarterly Switch 2 production by 33…

Microsoft Releases TypeScript 6.0

Microsoft Releases TypeScript 6.0

Microsoft today released TypeScript 6.0, a major release of its open source superset of JavaScript.

Mozilla Firefox 149 is Now Available with Split View, More

Mozilla Firefox 149 is Now Available with Split View, More

Last week, Mozilla previewed some major new features coming to its Firefox web browser on…

Microsoft Updates Its Free Generative AI for Beginners .NET Course

Microsoft Updates Its Free Generative AI for Beginners .NET Course

Microsoft has released version 2 of its free online course, Generative AI for Beginners .NET.…

Switcher 2026: The Agony and Hoped-For Ecstasy of Linux
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Switcher 2026: The Agony and Hoped-For Ecstasy of Linux ⭐️

Linux is compelling because it's free and might work on a PC you already own.…

Trust But Verify
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Trust But Verify ⭐️

Microsoft has promised to fix Windows. But there's also a lot left unsaid, and it's…

Ask Paul: March 20
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Ask Paul: March 20 ⭐️

Happy Friday! We're on the cusp of spring; well, you are. It's always spring here…

? Thurrott Premium Members Now Get All My Books For Free!

? Thurrott Premium Members Now Get All My Books For Free!

I am excited to finally announce that Thurrott Premium members get all of my books,…

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How I Configure My Phone Camera Apps for Snapshots ⭐️

Like most of you, I take thousands of photos each year with my phones, most…

Microsoft AI Releases New MAI-Image-2 Image Model

Microsoft AI Releases New MAI-Image-2 Image Model

Microsoft AI today released its impressive new MAI-Image-2 AI model for creating photorealistic images.

Opera GX Comes to Linux

Opera GX Comes to Linux

Opera today released the first version of its Opera GX gaming web browser for Linux.

Adobe Firefly is Getting Personal

Adobe Firefly is Getting Personal

Adobe announced today that Firefly users can now train the AI on their own images…

Vivaldi 7.9 Delivers a Minimalist New Auto-Hide Mode

Vivaldi 7.9 Delivers a Minimalist New Auto-Hide Mode

Vivaldi 7.9 is a major update to the desktop web browser that delivers an excellent…

GNOME 50 is Now Available

GNOME 50 is Now Available

The GNOME Foundation today announced the release of GNOME 50, the latest version of its…

Opera for Android Gets a Reasoning AI Update

Opera for Android Gets a Reasoning AI Update

Opera announced today that its mobile web browser on Android now supports Think Deeper in…

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