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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Microsoft Announces a New Default Font, Aptos

Microsoft announced today that it is replacing its current default font, Calibri, with a more…

Bill Gates Chimes in on the Dangers of AI

In a new GatesNote, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates says that our concerns about AI are…

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FTC is Investigating OpenAI and the Impact of its AI Hallucinations

The U.S. FTC has opened an investigation of OpenAI to determine whether its AI "hallucinations"…

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Passkeys Come to GitHub in Public Beta

GitHub announced the availability of passkey authentication in public beta as a more seamless alternative…

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This Time, Common Sense Prevailed (Premium)

U.S. District Court Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed Microsoft a stunning legal victory yesterday. She…

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Raspberry Pi Open-Sources its Code Editor

Raspberry Pi announced this week that it is open-sourcing its free web-based Code Editor, which…

Karateka with an Apple II

Interactive Classic Video Game Documentaries are Coming to Xbox

Digital Eclipse will release a series of interactive classic video game documentaries on the Xbox…

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Google Releases Android 14 Beta 4

Google today announced the release of Android 14 Beta 4, which expands this pre-release system…

.NET MAUI + Visual Studio Code

Now, .NET MAUI is Coming to Visual Studio Code Too

One month after announcing new C# capabilities in Visual Studio Code, Microsoft revealed that it…

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft is Renaming Azure AD to Entra ID

Microsoft revealed today that it will rebrand Azure Active Directory (AD) to Entra ID. It's…

Intel NUC

Intel Kills the NUC, Will Stop Selling PCs

Intel has confirmed that it has killed its NUC tiny PC product lineup and will…

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IDC: PC Sales Fell 13.4 Percent in Q2

The market researchers at IDC reported today that PC sales fell 13.4 percent in Q2…

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UK CMA Agrees to Renegotiate with Microsoft

In the wake of Microsoft’s stunning legal victory against the FTC, the UK CMA has…

Amazon Files Legal Challenge to EU Digital Services Act

The EU went after Big Tech, and now Big Tech is starting to fight back.…

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Mark Lucovsky Leaves Google, Calls Company “Unstable”

Mark Lucovsky, a former key member of the original Microsoft NT team, has left Google…

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Tech Nostalgia: Intelligent Television (Premium)

When Atari announced its VCS video game machine in 1977, established game makers rushed to…

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