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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Report: Microsoft is Partnering with AMD on Athena AI Chipset (UPDATED)

Bloomberg reports that Microsoft is partnering with microprocessor maker AMD to bring its Athena AI…

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Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga G3 First Impressions

I've reviewed several different ThinkBook designs over the years, but the ThinkBook 14s Yoga G3…

Google Teases Pixel Fold as Pixel 7a Leaks in Full

Google today issued a short teaser video of its upcoming Pixel Fold smartphone, while its…

.NET Upgrade Assistant Now Helps Developers Move Off of Xamarin, UWP

Microsoft announced that its .NET Upgrade Assistant extension for Visual Studio now supports migrating apps…

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Redfall Proves that Microsoft’s Xbox Strategy Works (Premium)

It's the story of an eagerly awaited video game that was so poorly made that…

With Bing Chatbot Now Open to All, Microsoft to Redesign Microsoft Edge

Microsoft announced this morning that its AI-powered Bing chatbot is now available in open preview,…

Qualcomm Revenues Fell 17 Percent

Qualcomm reported a net income of $1.7 billion on revenues of $9.28 billion in the…

RunAsRadio 878: Large Language Models and Windows

Richard chats with Paul Thurrott about the role of LLMs in the Windows ecosystem. Paul…

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Google Brings Passkeys to Google Accounts

Google announced this morning that it has added support for passkeys to consumer Google accounts…

Computex 2016: AMD A-Series Processors, AMD Radeon RX Graphics, and Zen

AMD Revenues Tumble 9 Percent on PC Market Downturn

Microprocessor maker AMD reported that it earned a net loss of $139 million on revenues…

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We’re All Beta Testers Now (Premium)

With Windows 11, Microsoft is using a technology called Controlled Feature Rollout (CFR) to turn…

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Google Pixel Watch Preview

Well, I said I wasn’t going to do this. But I have decided to move…

Microsoft is Redesigning OneDrive for Work and School on the Web

Microsoft today announced a major visual and functional redesign of OneDrive for work and school…

Apple and Google Partner on Location Tracking Protection

I know, it reads like an April Fools, but Apple and Google announced today that…

Tip: Use WingetUI if Command Lines Aren’t Your Thing

I recently wrote about the wonders of the Windows Package Manager (winget), but command-line tools…

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Microsoft Finally Gave Us What We Wanted … But With Windows 10 (Premium)

Ever wonder what the opposite of continuous innovation might look like? Well, it would look…

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