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

Apple Watch Series 9

Apple Removes Apple Watch Pulse Oximetry Feature to Avoid Ban

Apple can likely continue selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2…

Young, full of life, and with a lifetime of promise in front of her.
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From the Editor’s Desk: Everything Changes, Nothing Changes (Premium)

I've been confronting the past and trying to reconcile it with the present, and all…

Windows 11 Weather card on the Lock screen

Windows 11 Gets Weather Card on the Lock Screen Just Days After Limited Public Tests

This week's Patch Tuesday update delivered a secret surprise for Windows 11 users, the Weather…

How I Configure Brave

Brave is free and open source, it blocks ads and trackers automatically, and it's safer,…

Microsoft's EU Data Boundary

Microsoft Cloud Now Lets European Customers Keep All Personal Data Within the EU

Microsoft has updated all of its major cloud services to support European customers who wish…

Linux Mint 21.3

Linux Mint 21.3 is Now Available

Linux Mint 21.3, the popular Linux distribution's latest long-term support release, is now available for…

First (real) snow of the year
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Ask Paul: January 12 (Premium)

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

Bitwarden Adds Passkey Support … But Only to Its Web Vault

No, this isn't what I've been looking for. But Bitwarden advanced its support for passkeys…

Google Cloud: The new way to cloud

Google Cloud Eliminates Exit Fees, Hits at Microsoft’s Licensing Tactics

Google announced today that it has eliminated Google Cloud exit fees for customers wishing to…

Google repairability

Google Supports Right to Repair, Hits at Apple’s Parts Pairing Tactics

Google today reaffirmed its support for the right to repair movement, but it also added…

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Passwordless Password Manager Problems (Premium)

The problem with security products and technologies is that they're often too difficult to use,…

Fitbit co-founder James Park

Google Reorgs Hardware Group, Fitbit Co-Founders Are Leaving

Google has confirmed reports of layoffs in its core engineering and hardware divisions as it…

Brave Search Adds CodeLLM for Programming-Related Queries

Brave announced today that it has integrated CodeLLM into Brave Search to help developers with…

OpenAI ChatGPT Enterprise

Pennsylvania is First U.S. State to Use ChatGPT Enterprise

Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order making Pennsylvania the first state to pilot OpenAI…

Tip: The Windows File Share Workaround

Like other personal computing platforms, Windows 11 offers modern ways to share files between devices.…

Samsung Galaxy Book4

Samsung Galaxy Book4 Arrives with Exclusive Microsoft Copilot Features

Samsung's new Galaxy Book4 series laptops offer unique Copilot features in a continuation of this…

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