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

Copilot on Windows 11 Update is Rolling Out Across All Insider Channels

Copilot on Windows 11 Update is Rolling Out Across All Insider Channels

Microsoft is rolling out an update to the Copilot app on Windows 11 across all…

Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 2026 Are Now Available

Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 2026 Are Now Available

Adobe recently announced the release of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 2026, its latest standalone…

Vivaldi 7.6 is Here on Android, iPhone, and iPad

Vivaldi 7.6 is Here on Android, iPhone, and iPad

Vivaldi announced the latest release of its mobile web browser, with a notably major update…

Google Announces Gemini Enterprise

Google Announces Gemini Enterprise

Gemini Enterprise is a new agentic AI platform for large businesses that’s separate from Google…

Intel Says Panther Lake is in Production on 18A Process Node

Intel Says Panther Lake is in Production on 18A Process Node

Intel announced today that its Core Ultra Series 3 (“Panther Lake”) processor family for laptops…

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IDC: PC Sales Jumped 9.4 Percent in Q3

IDC reports that worldwide PC sales jumped 9.4 percent year-over-year (YOY) in the previous quarter…

Opera Neon First Impressions

Opera Neon First Impressions

Opera Neon is the first agentic web browser from a company I explicitly trust, though…

Synology Reverses Drive Validation Policy

Synology Reverses Drive Validation Policy

Synology announced the release of DiskStation Manager (DSM) 7.3, adding several useful new features to…

Will AI Finally Make the Smart Home ... Smart?
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From the Editor’s Desk: Will AI Finally Make the Smart Home … Smart? ⭐

Smart home tech is a rat’s nest of incompatibility, complexity, and cost, and now it’s…

In Defense of Requiring an Online Account in Windows 11
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In Defense of Requiring a Windows 11 Online Account Sign-In ⭐

Microsoft has been pushing customers to sign into Windows with an online account for years.…

Microsoft Issues Three Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds

Microsoft Issues Three Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds

Microsoft today issued new Windows 11 builds to the Canary, Dev, and Beta channels in…

Total Victory for Epic Games as Supreme Court Declines to Intervene for Google

Total Victory for Epic Games as Supreme Court Declines to Intervene for Google

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in Epic v. Google, delivering yet…

Judge in U.S. v. Google (Advertising) Recommends Settlement as Remedy Hearings End

Judge in U.S. v. Google (Advertising) Recommends Settlement as Remedy Hearings End

After two weeks of remedy hearings, Judge Leonie Brinkema recommended a settlement in U.S. v.…

AMD and OpenAI Announce Strategic Partnership

AMD and OpenAI Announce Strategic Partnership

AMD and OpenAI announced a strategic partnership in which the latter will deploy 6 gigawatts…

Paul’s Pixel 10 Diaries: Configuration Tips and Tricks
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Paul’s Pixel 10 Diaries: Configuration Tips and Tricks ⭐

The Pixel 10 series phones are stocked full of options, many well hidden, and many…

Lenovo Legion Go 2 First Impressions

Lenovo Legion Go 2 First Impressions

My early experiences with the Legion Go 2 suggest that a Windows 11-powered gaming handle…

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