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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Amazon Revenues Up 13 Percent to $180 Billion

Amazon reported that it earned a net income of $21.2 billion on revenues of $180…

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Apple Revenues Up 8 Percent to $102.5 Billion

Apple reported that it earned a net income of $27.5 billion on revenues of $102.5…

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Affinity is Back and Now It’s Free

After weeks of silence, Affinity announced that it has replaced its paid app suite with…

Microsoft Earnings Analysis: FY26 Q1 is All About a Fungible, Planet-Scale Fleet
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Microsoft Earnings Analysis: FY26 Q1 is All About a Fungible, Planet-Scale Fleet for the AI Bubble ⭐

Microsoft’s earnings this quarter are astronomical. But Microsoft’s earnings conference call was more like astrology.

Google NotebookLM Gets Goals, Updated Chat, and Improved Performance

Google NotebookLM Gets Goals, Updated Chat, and Improved Performance

Google NotebookLM is getting a significant update to its chat functionality along with the ability…

Alphabet/Google Earnings Jump 16 Percent to $102.3 Billion

Alphabet/Google reported that it earned a net income of $35 billion on revenues of $102.3…

Microsoft Revenues Up 18 Percent to $77.7 Billion as AI Costs Soar Out of Control

Microsoft announced that it earned a net income of $30.8 billion on revenues of $77.7…

Cursor 2.0 Arrives with Multi-Agent Interface

Cursor 2.0 Arrives with Multi-Agent Interface

Cursor announced version 2.0 of its AI-powered coding editor today, adding a multi-agent interface and…

Microsoft Issues Week D Preview Updates for Windows 11

Microsoft Issues Week D Preview Updates for Windows 11

Microsoft today issued the Week D preview updates for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2,…

Copilot Vision with Text Input/Output is Rolling Out to All Insider Channels

Copilot Vision with Text Input/Output is Rolling Out to All Insider Channels

Those with a PC enrolled in any Windows Insider Preview channel can download a new…

Microsoft 365 Copilot is Introducing App and Workflow Agents

Microsoft 365 Copilot is Introducing App and Workflow Agents

Microsoft 365 Copilot customers in the Frontier program now have access to two major new…

GitHub Opens Up to Multiple Third Party Agents

GitHub Opens Up to Multiple Third Party Agents

On the opening day of GitHub Universe 2025, GitHub announced Agent HQ, its vision for…

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Tiny11 Builder 2025 Next Steps ⭐

It's still early days, but Tiny11 Builder appears to deliver the de-enshittification capabilities I was…

OpenAI Goes For-Profit and Microsoft Owns 27 Percent

OpenAI Goes For-Profit and Microsoft Owns 27 Percent

OpenAI announced today that its "recapitalization" is complete, with a non-profit controlling a new for-profit…

Adobe Announces AI Assistants, Firefly Models, More

Adobe Announces AI Assistants, Firefly Models, More

Adobe announced sweeping new AI capabilities across its professional creative apps that include new AI…

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Transparency ⭐

I’m fascinated to see others in my industry finally wake up to the lack of…

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