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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# What Edge Copilot Mode Says About the AI-Powered Future of Web Browsing
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What Edge Copilot Mode Says About the AI-Powered Future of Web Browsing (Premium)

How does Microsoft Edge in Copilot Mode compare with Perplexity Comet and other AI-powered web…

Dia Now Has a Pro Subscription for $20 Per Month

Dia Now Has a Pro Subscription for $20 Per Month

The Browser Company's AI-powered Dia web browser is still in preview and only on the…

Raven Releases Remastered Versions of Heretic and Hexen

Raven Releases Remastered Versions of Heretic and Hexen

Raven delivered a fun surprise at QuakeCon this week: The original 1990s versions of Heretic…

DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro

DuckDuckGo Offers a 7-Day Trial of Privacy Pro

DuckDuckGo has offered its Privacy Pro subscription for $9.99 per month/$99.99 per year since April…

Blender is Native on Windows 11 on Arm

Blender is Native on Windows 11 on Arm

With all the major applications now available natively on Windows 11 on Arm, Qualcomm is…

OpenAI Unleashes GPT-5 and Microsoft Adopts It Immediately

OpenAI Unleashes GPT-5 and Microsoft Adopts It Immediately

OpenAI today announced GPT-5, its latest and most powerful family of AI large language models…

PlayStation 5 "Slim"

Sony Revenues Up 2 Percent to $17.8 Billion, 2.5 Million PS5s Sold

Games & Network Services was again Sony's standout, with Sony selling 2.5 million PlayStation 5…

The iPad May Be the Perfect Computer
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The iPad May Be the Perfect Computer (Premium)

With iPadOS 26, Apple has instantly erased over a decade of neglect of the product…

Microsoft Begins Outlining Its Vision for Windows in 2030

Microsoft Begins Outlining Its Vision for Windows in 2030

In the first of a series of videos, Microsoft is beginning the discussion about the…

AMD Revenues Up 32 Percent to $7.7 Billion

AMD Revenues Up 32 Percent to $7.7 Billion

AMD announced that it earned a net income of $872 million on revenues of $7.7…

Disney to Combine Hulu, Disney+, Launch ESPN Streaming App

Disney to Combine Hulu, Disney+, Launch ESPN Streaming App

The Walt Disney Company said it will combine Hulu into Disney+ to create a unified…

.NETpad 2025: Rebuilding .NETpad in WASDK/WinUI 3
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.NETpad 2025: First Steps in Rebuilding .NETpad in WASDK/WinUI 3 (Premium)

I've made significant progress on WinUIpad, the Windows App SDK (WASDK)/WinUI 3 version of .NETpad,…

HP OmniBook X Flip 14 Review

HP OmniBook X Flip 14 Review

The HP OmniBook X Flip 14 is a terrific convertible laptop that makes a compelling…

Report: Amazon is Merging Wondery into Audible, Amazon Music

Bloomberg reports that Amazon is closing the Wondery podcast network and will roll much of…

Reliability Matters
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Reliability Matters (Premium)

I've spent the past several weeks using two nearly identical x86-based laptops side-by-side. And I…

What I Use: Mexico (July 2025)
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What I Use: Mexico (July 2025) (Premium)

Well, it's been an interesting month-long visit in Mexico, which was supposed to be a…

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