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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Ask Paul: April 3
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Ask Paul: April 3 ⭐️

Happy Friday! Let's kick off the weekend a bit early with some great reader questions.

Anthropic Brings Claude Computer Use to Windows

Anthropic Brings Claude Computer Use to Windows

One week after [it launched this feature on the Mac, Anthropic has brought computer use…

Microsoft Provides a Secure Boot Certificate Update

Microsoft Provides a Secure Boot Certificate Update

The Windows Security app now displays additional information about the status of Secure Boot certificate…

Native Apps? It's a Trap!
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Native Apps? It’s a Trap! ⭐️

Microsoft is forming a new team that will work on "100 percent native" in-box apps…

Switcher 2026: So, I Bought a Chromebook

It provides Android app compatibility, Phone Hub for Android smartphone integration, Quick Share, and other…

Google Dramatically Upgrades Storage in Google AI Pro

Google Dramatically Upgrades Storage in Google AI Pro

This is no April Fools: Those who subscribe to Google AI Pro now get 5…

Raspberry Pi Raises Prices, Introduces New 3 GB Raspberry Pi 4 for $83.75

Raspberry Pi Raises Prices, Introduces New 3 GB Raspberry Pi 4 for $83.75

The component crisis has come for Raspberry Pi, as it must, with the low-priced board…

Ajit Varma on the Future of Firefox and the Open Web

Ajit Varma on the Future of Firefox and the Open Web

I recently spoke with Mozilla's Head of Firefox Ajit Varma about the future of the…

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Switcher 2026: Chrome OS Flex is Probably Not Flexible Enough ⭐

Chrome OS Flex is free version of Chrome OS that's designed to be installed on…

Google Now Lets You Change Your Gmail Address in the U.S.

Google Now Lets You Change Your Gmail Address in the U.S.

In a long-awaited update, Google now lets you change your Google account username, or the…

Opera Neon Adds MCP Support

Opera Neon Adds MCP Support

Opera's agentic web browser, Opera Neon, now fully supports Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing it…

Proton is Going After Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace

Proton is Going After Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace

Proton today announced Proton Workspace with Meet as an alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google…

Google Begins Rolling Out Android Developer Verification

Google Begins Rolling Out Android Developer Verification

Google has begun rolling out Android developer verification to all developers via the Android Developer…

Microsoft Issues New Canary, Dev, and Beta Builds to the Windows Insider Program

Microsoft Issues New Canary, Dev, and Beta Builds to the Windows Insider Program

Microsoft today issued two Canary builds and new Dev and Beta builds for PC enrolled…

Mozilla Has a Plan to Save the Internet from Big Tech
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Mozilla Has a Plan to Save the Internet from Big Tech ⭐️

Mozilla has been fighting the good fight since it was first created in 1998, but…

WinUIpad: Now Available on GitHub
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WinUIpad: Now Available on GitHub ⭐

The multiple tab/document version of WinUIpad is still incomplete, but its codebase is now available…

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