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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Raspberry Pi 500+ Adds a Mechanical Keyboard, More for $200

Raspberry Pi 500+ Adds a Mechanical Keyboard, More for $200

Less than a year after it shipped its Pi 500 “computer in a keyboard,” Raspberry…

Proton Issues a Major Update to Mail App on Mobile

Proton Issues a Major Update to Mail App on Mobile

Proton today announced a complete overhaul of its Mail app on Android and iPhone built…

Snapdragon Summit 2025: Snapdragon X2 Mini PC Prototype Photo Gallery

Here are some mini PC prototypes that Qualcomm came up with to highlight what's possible…

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is Coming to PlayStation 5 on December 8

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is Coming to PlayStation 5 on December 8

Microsoft announced today that Flight Simulator 2024 will launch on the PlayStation 5 on December…

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When It Just Works ⭐

There's a lot that goes into this, but if you want personal computing to just…

Paul’s Pixel 10 Diaries: A Quick Look at QPR2

The Pixel 10 series phones shipped with Android 16 and QPR1 and its new Material…

Report: Microsoft to Compensate Publishers for Content Used by AI

Report: Microsoft to Compensate Publishers for Content Used by AI

Axios reported today that Microsoft is working on a system by which it will pay…

Windows ML is Generally Available with Windows App SDK 1.8.1

Windows ML is Generally Available with Windows App SDK 1.8.1

Microsoft today announced the first stable release of Windows ML, its AI inferencing runtime for…

Google AI Plus Comes to 40 More Countries

Low-Cost Google AI Plus Plan Comes to 40 More Countries

In early September, Google launched its Google AI Plus subscription as a low-cost alternative to…

WhatsApp Finally Gets Language Translation Capabilities

WhatsApp Finally Gets Language Translation Capabilities

WhatsApp announced today that it is rolling out language translation capabilities to its app on…

Google Play Updated for Users, Developers

Google Play Updated for Users, Developers

Google today announced two sets of updates to its Google Play Store for users and…

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Elementary OS 8.0.2 is Here

Elementary OS has been updated to version 8.0.2, with the user-friendly Linux distribution getting several…

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Apple Releases OS 26.1 Betas

One week after it released iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26,…

Nvidia Invests $100 Billion in OpenAI

Nvidia Invests $100 Billion in OpenAI

Nvidia announced that it will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as part of…

Paul and Jonathan after the Celtics won the NBA championship in 2008
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From the Editor’s Desk: One Story ⭐

What if you could tell just one story about a person you care about, a…

MediaTek Announces New Mobile Flagship Chip

MediaTek Announces New Mobile Flagship Chip

On the eve of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit, MediaTek has announced an impressive new competitor for…

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