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

Canonical Releases Chiseled Ubuntu Containers for .NET

Canonical and Microsoft today announced the general availability of chiseled Ubuntu containers for .NET 6,…

iMessage is evil
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The Great iMessage Debacle (Premium)

For the most part, moving between smartphone platforms is a straightforward process. But I keep…

Pixel 8 Pro camera bar
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Loving the Google Pixel 8 Pro Camera Upgrade (Premium)

The Pixel 8 Pro features uniquely powerful camera hardware and some new software and services…

Music night
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Improvisation: A Troubleshooting Story (Premium)

In an empty apartment with no Wi-Fi and little in the way of electronics, we…

My third home office this year
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From the Editor’s Desk: Running in Reverse (Premium)

This year has been … interesting. I've started work travel again, haltingly. And we moved,…

Half-Life 25th Anniversary

Original Half-Life is Free This Weekend to Celebrate 25th Anniversary

Valve has issued a 25th Anniversary Update for the original Half-Life alongside a new hour-long…

Apple, ByteDance, and Meta Contest Their DMA Gatekeeper Designations

The European Court of Justice confirmed that Apple, ByteDance, and Meta have each contested their…

Sam Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Sam Altman Ousted from OpenAI

In a shocking surprise, AI wunderkind and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was ousted from the…

Paul's colorful Windows 11 bloom
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Will the Windows I Want Only Be Available in the EEA? (Premium)

Will the Windows 11 I want, and the Windows 11 we all deserve, only be…

Paul with Gaurav Seth

Gaurav Seth Interview: .NET 8 (Audio)

Gaurav Seth is the Partner Director of Product, Developer Platforms at Microsoft and I was…

Windows 11 Fall Update - it's Windows 11 version 23H2 ... mostly

Microsoft is Testing Copilot, DMA Compliance, More in Windows 11

Microsoft today released Windows 11 builds 22631/22621.2787 to the Release Preview Channel with some major…

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Amanda Silver Interview: Platform Engineering in the Age of AI (Audio)

I was delighted to speak to Amanda Silver, the corporate vice president and head of…

Apple iPhone 15 Pro

Hell Freezes Over, Apple to Support RCS on iPhone

Apple today confirmed that it will add RCS support to the iPhone in 2024 to…

Morning flight
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Travel Lightly (Premium)

My trip to Seattle for Microsoft Ignite is interesting on a few different levels, but…

Lenovo ThinkPads

Lenovo Stumbles Again But Sees Imminent Industry Recovery

Lenovo, the world's largest maker of PCs, reported its fifth-straight quarter of sales decline, but…

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AI is Our Copilot (Premium)

In writing about Microsoft and the technology industry in which it competes for almost 30…

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