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

Azure Maia 100 and Azure Cobalt 100 chips

Ignite 2023: Microsoft Announces Two Custom AI Chipsets for the Cloud

Microsoft announced Azure Maia and Azure Cobalt, its first two custom chipsets that will power…

Windows AI Studio

Ignite 2023: Microsoft Announces Windows AI Studio, Updates Dev Home and WSL

Microsoft today announced Windows AI Studio for local AI development and deployment, plus updates for…

Google Photos - Photo Stacks

Google Photos Gets New AI-Based Organizational Features

Google Photos is adding a new Photo Stacks feature today that should make organizing similar…

Keyboard accelerators in .NET MAUI

Here’s What’s New in .NET MAUI in .NET 8

With the release today of .NET 8, .NET MAUI---Microsoft's cross-platform app development platform---takes another step…

Halo map: High ground

Halo Infinite Gets a “Halo 3 Refueled” Playlist

It looks like Call of Duty isn't the only franchise remaking its best maps from…

Raspberry Pi Code Editor

Raspberry Pi Code Editor Now Supports HTML/CSS and Mobile Devices

The Raspberry Pi Foundation today announced two big updates for its free, online, open source,…

Microsoft Campus

Microsoft and Google Will Not Challenge EU Gatekeeper Designation

Microsoft and Google have both said that they will not challenge their respective designations as…

.NET 8

Microsoft Releases .NET 8

Microsoft today announced the immediate availability of .NET 8, the latest LTS version of its…

Copilot in Microsoft Shopping

Copilot in Microsoft Shopping, AI Review Summaries are Rolling Out to Bing, Edge

Buried in a puff piece about using Edge to shop online, Microsoft said it is…

Google Store Black Friday sale

Google’s Black Friday Sale Starts Thursday

The Google Store is hosting a Black Friday sale really early this year, and anyone…

Google, please don't kill Fitbit
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Google, Please Don’t Kill Fitbit (Premium)

Last week, Google confirmed that it has stopped selling Fitbit trackers in dozens of countries…

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Digital Decluttering: Photo Collection Successes and Defeats (Premium)

I've spent much of the past month and a half working on specific digital decluttering…

Pixel 8 Pro

Google Pixel 8 Pro: Transition Complete

I wanted to get up and running with the Pixel 8 Pro and, ideally, the…

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 4 First Impressions

The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 4 is a premium business-class Ultrabook with exceptional looks, connectivity,…

Veteran's Day flags
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Ask Paul: November 11 (Premium)

Happy Friday! I'm back in Pennsylvania for just a few days, so here's one last…

Backing up photos to Google Photos
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Digital Decluttering: Online Accounts, Again (Premium)

Back in September, I stepped back from my grand plans to declutter my online accounts.…

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