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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Windows 11 Version 26H1

Microsoft Explains Windows 11 Version 26H1 and Only Confuses Us More

Microsoft may be trying to improve the quality of Windows 11, but communication remains a…

Something Happened
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Something Happened ⭐

Microsoft has treated Windows poorly for decades. But something positive is happening, and I see…

Spotify Has Over 750 Million Users

Spotify Has Over 750 Million Users

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Spotify revealed that it now has over 750…

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De-Enshittify Windows 11: OneDrive ⭐

Windows 11 often auto-enables a OneDrive feature called Folder Backup without telling users that it…

Microsoft Announces Windows Baseline Security Mode and User Transparency and Consent

Microsoft Announces Windows Baseline Security Mode and User Transparency and Consent

Microsoft today announced two transparent, consent-first initiatives that it says will help restore user trust…

Windows Insider Program

Microsoft Releases Dev and Beta Builds to Insiders With a Few New Features

Microsoft issued identical pre-release builds of Windows 11 version 25H2 to the Dev and Beta…

DuckDuckGo Brings Real-Time AI Voice Chat to Duck.ai

DuckDuckGo quietly unveiled a new opt-in feature for its Duck.ai AI chatbot, real-time voice chat.

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De-Enshittify Windows 11: Microsoft Edge ⭐

Microsoft Edge is the modern successor to Internet Explorer, but it's also a key vector…

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Gurman: iPhone 17e is Imminent

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported this morning that Apple will kick off a big 2026 with…

Ask Paul: February 6
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Ask Paul: February 6 ⭐️

Happy Friday! Let's kick off the weekend with some great reader questions. After all, I…

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Amazon Revenues Up 14 Percent to $213.4 Billion

Amazon reported that it earned a net income of $21.2 billion on revenues of $213.4…

OpenAI Releases GPT-5.3-Codex

OpenAI Releases GPT-5.3-Codex

OpenAI announced the release of GPT-5.3-Codex, its most capable agentic AI coding model to date.

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Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4.6

We were expecting a Claude Opus 5.0 release this week, but Anthropic delivered Claude Opus…

Vivaldi 7.8 is Here for Android, iPhone, and iPad

Vivaldi 7.8 is Here for Android, iPhone, and iPad

Vivaldi announced the release of its Vivaldi 7.8 mobile web browser for Android, iPhone, and…

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Sony Earnings Rise Slightly but PlayStation 5 Sales Fall 4.1 Percent

Sony's results beat expectations, largely because of its entertainment businesses. But PlayStation sales fell 16…

LibreOffice 26.2 Arrives for Windows, Mac, and Linux

LibreOffice 26.2 Arrives for Windows, Mac, and Linux

The Document Foundation announced the release of LibreOffice 26.2, the latest version of the popular…

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