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

Opera Files Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft in Brazil

Opera Files Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft in Brazil

Alternative web browser maker Opera has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft in Brazil for…

OpenAI Brings Study Mode to ChatGPT

OpenAI Brings Study Mode to ChatGPT

OpenAI today announced a new study mode feature for ChatGPT that lets all users learn…

Google NotebookLM Gets Video Overviews and Studio Upgrades

Google NotebookLM Gets Video Overviews and Studio Upgrades

Google's NotebookLM has emerged as one of the most impressive and capable AI tools we…

Windows 10's legacy is complicated
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Windows 10’s Legacy? It’s Complicated (Premium)

Windows 10 has a complicated legacy that's undermined by the enshittification that Microsoft built into…

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Windows 10 Turns 10

Microsoft released Windows 10 ten years ago today. To celebrate, I'm giving away the Windows…

Spotify Delivers a Loss as Subscriber Base Hits 696 Million

Spotify Delivers a Loss as Subscriber Base Hits 696 Million

Spotify reported a net loss of €86 million on revenues of €4.2 billion in the…

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Adobe Adds Several AI Enhancements to Photoshop

Adobe's most iconic product is getting several new AI-powered features across the desktop, web, and…

Newsletters Changes at Thurrott.com

Newsletter Changes at Thurrott.com

If you subscribe to the newsletters created by our partners at The Intelligence, you have…

Windows 11 SCOOBE

Microsoft Releases New Windows 11 Pre-Release Builds to Dev and Beta Channels

If you have a PC enrolled in the Dev or Beta channel in the Windows…

July Update for Xbox Delivers Two Major New Features for PC Gamers

July Update for Xbox Delivers Two Major New Features for PC Gamers

The July Xbox update is here, and it delivers two major new features for PC…

You Can Now Test Copilot Mode for Microsoft Edge

You Can Now Test Copilot Mode for Microsoft Edge

Not to be outdone by Comet, Opera Neon, and other AI web browsers, Microsoft announced…

Apple in China

Review: Apple in China by Patrick McGee

"Apple in China" by Patrick McGee is the best and most important book about the…

Xbox is Coming to Gamescom 2025 and it's Bringing the ROG Xbox Ally

Xbox is Coming to Gamescom 2025 and it’s Bringing the ROG Xbox Ally

Microsoft announced that Xbox will show off the ROG Xbox Ally gaming handhelds and over…

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Perplexity Comet and the AI-Powered Future of Web Browsing (Premium)

Perplexity Comet provides a peek at a future in which we no longer browse the…

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood
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Ask Paul: July 25 (Premium)

Happy Friday! This week's Ask Paul is a contender for the longest of all time,…

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Intel Reports Flat Revenues and Deep Cuts to Employees, Manufacturing

Intel reported a net loss of $2.9 billion on revenues of $12.8 billion in the…

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