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

What's Next for Xbox?
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What’s Next for Xbox? ⭐

Playing games on Windows PCs recently has provided an interesting peek at the future of…

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Bitwarden Enhances Premium Plan, Doubles Price

Bitwarden revealed a big price increase in an announcement about enhancements to its Premium and…

Ask Paul: January 30
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Ask Paul: January 30 ⭐

Happy Friday! It's been another crazy week, in my case complicated by a wonderful bout…

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Microsoft Belatedly Delivers First Week D Update of 2026

Microsoft issued a Week D Preview Update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 today,…

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Apple Reports Record Revenues of $143.8 Billion

As promised, Apple hit one out of the park with a net income of $42…

Microsoft Earnings Analysis: You Can't Spell ROI With AI
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Microsoft Earnings Analysis: You Can’t Spell ROI With AI ⭐

Microsoft delivered another blockbuster financial quarter, but investors remain unconvinced about the ROI on AI.

Vivaldi 7.8 "Extends the Middle Finger" to AI

Vivaldi 7.8 “Extends the Middle Finger” to AI

The latest Vivaldi release adds features that solve real problems for users instead of just…

Windows 11 Now Has Over One Billion Users

Windows 11 Now Has Over One Billion Users

It took Windows 11 less time to reach one billion users than it did for…

Microsoft Revenues Up 17 Percent to $81.3 Billion

Microsoft announced that it earned a net income of $38.5 billion on revenues of $81.3…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Reasons ⭐

I often write that important decisions are like a matrix of smaller decisions, each weighted…

Google Issues Major Updates to Gemini in Chrome

Chrome for Windows, macOS, and Chromebook Plus is getting a powerful set of new Gemini…

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Microsoft Issues Several Windows Insider Preview Builds

It had been a slow start to 2026 for the Windows Insider Program, but that…

Adobe Photoshop Gets a Major Update

Adobe Photoshop Gets a Major Update

Adobe has issued a major update to its flagship Photoshop desktop app, adding new non-destructive…

Behind Thurrott.com: We Have a New Comments System

Behind Thurrott.com: We Have a New Comments System

As you may have noticed, we started updating the comments system to a new custom-built…

EU Gives Google Six Months to Open Up Android and Search to Rivals

EU Gives Google Six Months to Open Up Android and Search to Rivals

The European Commission (EC) announced today that Google has six months to open up Android…

Microsoft is Refreshing the Xbox Cloud Gaming Web Experience

Microsoft is Refreshing the Xbox Cloud Gaming Web Experience

Microsoft is testing a refresh of the Xbox Cloud Gaming web experience in public preview.

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