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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Copilot on Windows 11 Gets Text Editing Actions in Preview

If you have a PC enrolled in any Windows Insider Program channel, you have a…

Ask Paul: December 19
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Ask Paul: December 19 ⭐

Happy Friday! And where did this month go? While we sort that one out, let’s…

Duck.ai Adds Image Generation

Duck.ai Adds Image Generation

Duck.ai, the anonymous AI chatbot from DuckDuckGo, how has image generation capabilities, a highly requested…

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 is Here

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 is Here

Google quietly released the first beta of the next major Android 16 update, called Quarterly…

Google Rolls Out Gemini 3 Flash Across the Stack

Google Rolls Out Gemini 3 Flash Across the Stack

Gemini 3 Flash is Google’s new performance-optimized frontier AI model and it’s rolling out globally…

With Smartphone Photography, Size Matters
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With Smartphone Photography, Size Matters ⭐

I’ve been researching smartphone photography and video capabilities and I keep running into the same…

Half-Life 3 Rumored as Steam Machine Launch Title

Half-Life 3 Rumored as Steam Machine Launch Title

We’ve suffered through two decades of *Half-Life 3* rumors, but it appears that we may…

Google Labs Announces CC, a New AI Experiment for Email

Google Labs Announces CC, a New AI Experiment for Email

Google Labs announced a new AI productivity experiment called CC that provides a sort of…

Xbox December Update Arrives With Mobile and Audio Improvements

Xbox December Update Arrives With Mobile and Audio Improvements

The Xbox December Update is here with improvements to the Xbox mobile app and the…

OpenAI Rolls Out New ChatGPT Images

OpenAI Rolls Out New ChatGPT Images

OpenAI has issued a major update to ChatGPT image generation that’s powered by its latest…

Mozilla Has a New CEO

Mozilla Has a New CEO

Mozilla announced today that the former lead of Firefox, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, is its new CEO.

Windows 11 on Arm + Snapdragon X: Gaming, the Final Frontier
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Windows 11 on Arm + Snapdragon X: Gaming, the Final Frontier ⭐

Windows 11 on Arm has come a long way, baby, thanks largely to Qualcomm and…

Adobe Firefly Gets New AI Video Creation Tools and Models

Adobe Firefly Gets New AI Video Creation Tools and Models

Adobe announced a major update to its Firefly AI platform, with new tools and other…

Microsoft AI Chief Succeeds Where Copilot Does Not
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Microsoft AI Chief Succeeds Where Copilot Does Not ⭐

Copilot may be the least respected AI in Big Tech, but Microsoft AI chief Mustafa…

Ask Paul: December 12
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Ask Paul: December 12 ⭐

Happy Friday! We can enjoy a predictably AI-centric installment of Ask Paul before kicking off…

Fortnite is Back in the Google Play Store in the U.S.

Fortnite is Back in the Google Play Store in the U.S.

Thanks to a settlement agreement in Epic v. Google, Fortnite is back in the Google…

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