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

Apple Announces AirPods Pro 3

Apple Announces AirPods Pro 3

Apple announced its new AirPods Pro 3 earbuds, offering what it claims is the best…

Patch Tuesday Arrives with New Features for Windows 11

Patch Tuesday Arrives with New Features for Windows 11

It’s Patch Tuesday, and those on Windows 11 can look forward to a long list…

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Google: Open Web is in “Rapid Decline”

In a filing tied to U.S. v. Google (advertising), Google admitted something it had publicly…

Paul’s Pixel 10 Diaries: Daily Hub Takes a Breather

Paul’s Pixel 10 Diaries: Daily Hub Takes a Breather

Google revealed today that it is “pausing” the Daily Hub feature that debuted in preview…

Firefox for iPhone to Use Apple Intelligence for Webpage Summaries

Firefox for iPhone to Use Apple Intelligence for Webpage Summaries

Firefox for iPhone is getting a Summarize Page feature that uses Apple Intelligence and works…

Intel Reorg Puts 40-Year Vet in Charge of PC Group

Intel announced a corporate reorganization that puts Jim Johnson, a 40-year veteran of the company,…

Proton Brings Emergency Access to its Accounts

Proton Brings Emergency Access to its Accounts

Proton recently announced that customers with paid plans can give up to five contacts emergency…

Anthropic

Judge Rejects Anthropic Settlement with Book Authors

A U.S. federal judge rejected a blockbuster $1.5 billion settlement that Anthropic reached with book…

RunAsRadio #1000: Episode 1000!

RunAsRadio #1000: Episode 1000!

Episode 1000! Richard Campbell invites Paul Thurrott to join him to celebrate the milestone episode…

Microsoft to Pay Nearly $20 Billion Over 6 Years for Third-Party AI Infrastructure

Unable to meet its own needs for AI infrastructure, Microsoft has agreed to pay Nebius…

Microsoft Releases New Windows 11 Pre-Release Build to Canary

Microsoft Releases New Windows 11 Pre-Release Build to Canary

No one has any idea what the Windows Insider Program’s Canary channel is for, but…

Google Adds Several New Features to NotebookLM

Google Adds Several New Features to NotebookLM

NotebookLM is getting several new features and more public notebooks as part of an ongoing…

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Google Details Gemini Usage Limits for Free and Paid Users

For the first time, Google has explicitly documented what individuals get with Gemini for free…

From the Editor's Desk: Math
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From the Editor’s Desk: Math ⭐

Despite almost failing math throughout my school years, I trained to be a developer and…

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Paul’s Pixel 10 Diaries: The Magic of Pixelsnap ⭐

Google’s adoption of the Qi2.2/MPP wireless standards is inarguably one of the best new features…

HP EliteBook X G1i 14 Review

The EliteBook X G1i is an Intel-powered version of the EliteBook X G1a, but there…

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