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

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i Review
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Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i Review ⭐

The component crisis has not been kind to the PC industry. And while the IdeaPad…

HP Announces Wildcat Lake Laptops for Consumers and Businesses

HP Announces Wildcat Lake Laptops for Consumers and Businesses

HP announced new affordable OmniBook 5 and ProBook 5 laptops powered by Intel Core Series…

Microsoft AI Releases Impressive Transcription and Voice Models

Microsoft AI Releases Impressive Transcription and Voice Models

Microsoft AI announced the availability of its latest MAI-Transcribe and MAI-Voice AI models for building…

Ask Paul: October 2
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Ask Paul: October 2 ⭐

Happy Friday! Windows 11 version 26H2 is out, and we all have questions. So let's…

Audible Introduces Three Interactive New Features

Audible Introduces Three Interactive New Features

Audible is adding three new features--Character Guide, Interactive Story, and Visual Explorer--to its audiobook platform…

TCL NXTPAPER 14 Review

TCL NXTPAPER 14 Review

Through a combination of hardware and software-based innovation, the NXTPAPER 14 delivers a magical display…

Windows 11 version 26H2

Tip: Download the Windows 11 Version 26H2 ISO

Now that the initial stable release of Windows 11 version 26H2 is available, you can…

Microsoft Releases WSL Containers for Windows 11

Microsoft Releases WSL Containers for Windows 11

Microsoft announced today that WSL Containers are generally available in Windows 11 for developers.

What Qualcomm's Pivots Mean for Desktop Computing
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What Qualcomm’s Pivots Mean for Desktop Computing ⭐

Qualcomm faced an uphill battle in the PC market, but Snapdragon X/X2 is an astonishing…

Mozilla Rolls Out the Modern UI Refresh for Firefox

Mozilla Rolls Out the Modern UI Refresh for Firefox

It's been a big year for Firefox, which Mozilla hopes to turn around with major…

OpenAI Announces Massive Set of ChatGPT Upgrades

OpenAI Announces Massive Set of ChatGPT Upgrades

OpenAI is hosting its DevDay 2026 event today, it's a big one with over 20…

Legendary UX Expert Says Microsoft Gave Up on Windows
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Legendary UX Expert Says Microsoft Gave Up on Windows ⭐

What happened when legendary user experience (UX) expert and Apple and Google veteran Scott Jenson…

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Lying With Charts, AI Edition ⭐

Most are familiar with the notion of lying with statistics and that you can contort…

Sony and Warner Sue Anthropic for Intellectual Property Theft

Report: Anthropic Lost $42 Billion in 2025, Will Spend $518 Billion in Coming Years

Anthropic is barreling towards an initial public offering (IPO) that will value the AI giant…

Google Appeals EU Demand to Open Up AI and Search on Android

Google Appeals EU Demand to Open Up AI and Search on Android

Google is appealing a set of EU measures requiring it to open up Android to…

Opera Adds a Free 3 GB eSIM to Its Android Web Browser

Opera Adds a Free 3 GB eSIM to Its Android Web Browser

Opera has added eSIM capabilities to its web browser on Android, and there's a free…

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