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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Vivaldi 8.0 is Here for Android, iPhone, and iPad

Vivaldi 8.0 is Here for Android, iPhone, and iPad

One week after the release of Vivaldi 8.0 for desktop, Vivaldi has released corresponding updates…

Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4.8, Surpasses Value of OpenAI

Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4.8, Surpasses Value of OpenAI

Anthropic logged two major milestones today: It released its latest AI model and it surpassed…

Smart Home 2026: First Steps With the IKEA KLIPPBOK Water Leak Sensor
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Smart Home 2026: First Steps With the IKEA KLIPPBOK Water Leak Sensor ⭐

After waiting for months for IKEA's new Matter-compatible smart home devices to arrive, that day…

Intel Announces Arc G-Series Processors for Gaming Handhelds

Intel Announces Arc G-Series Processors for Gaming Handhelds

Intel today announced a new family of Arc G-series processors aimed at Windows 11 gaming…

Acer Announces New Snapdragon Laptops, Intel-Powered Gaming Handheld

Acer Announces New Snapdragon Laptops, Intel-Powered Gaming Handheld

Acer announced new Swift and Aspire laptops powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processors alongside a Predator…

Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon C, Partners With PC Makers to Take On the MacBook Neo

Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon C, Partners With PC Makers to Take On the MacBook Neo

Well, that was quick: Qualcomm is expanding its Snapdragon chips for PCs with a new…

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Aura Edition First Impressions

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Aura Edition First Impressions

The ThinkPad X1 Carbon returns in 2026 with a completely redesigned internal chassis that dramatically…

Proton Eases the Transition From Gmail to Proton Mail

Proton Eases the Transition From Gmail to Proton Mail

Proton today announced that its users can now send Gmail-based email directly from Proton Mail…

HP Revenues Up 9 Percent to $14.4 Billion

HP Revenues Up 9 Percent to $14.4 Billion

HP announced that it earned a net income of $450 million on revenues of $14.4…

Dynabook Tecra A65-M First Impressions

Dynabook Tecra A65-M First Impressions

The Dynabook Tecra A65-M is an affordable AMD Ryzen 7-based business-class laptop with a 16-inch…

Switcher 2026: Zenclora Linux Tries to Make Sense of Debian
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Switcher 2026: Zenclora Linux Tries to Make Sense of Debian ⭐

Intrigued by its promises of Zen-like calm and simplicity, I first installed Zenclora Linux a…

Week D

Microsoft Issues the Week D Preview Updates for Windows 11

It's the Tuesday of Week D on the Windows Update schedule, and we all know…

DuckDuckGo Usage Surges Since Google I/O

DuckDuckGo Usage Surges Since Google I/O 26

Depending on your view of the promise of AI, last week's Google I/O tsunami of…

MAUI is Getting Android Material 3 Support in .NET 10

MAUI is Getting Android Material 3 Support in .NET 10

MAUI is shaping up to be the star of the .NET 10 wave, and now…

Review: Steve Jobs in Exile by Geoffrey Cain

Review: Steve Jobs in Exile by Geoffrey Cain

There's a new book about Steve Jobs that focuses mostly on his years at Next.…

Switcher 2026: The Zen of Linux
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Switcher 2026: The Zen of Linux ⭐

The Linux user experience is similar to that of Windows, but there are important conceptual…

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