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

Commodore 64 Ultimate

Tech Nostalgia: Commodore is Back, and so is the C64!

Commodore announced its first new computer in over 30 years, the Commodore 64 Ultimate. You…

Yes, AI is to Blame for the Microsoft Layoffs

Yes, AI is to Blame for the Microsoft Layoffs

Microsoft has laid off over 15,000 employees in the past two months, but its rationale…

Windsurf coding editor

Thanks, Microsoft! Google Snags Top Windsurf Talent After Nixed OpenAI Deal

OpenAI was set to acquire AI coding startup Windsurf in May for $3 billion, but…

Ask Paul: July 11
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Ask Paul: July 11 (Premium)

Happy Friday! We're back in Mexico, the weather is cool and wet, and I'm exhausted…

HMD Global

HMD Quietly Pulls Nokia Out of the U.S.

8 years after HMD licensed the Nokia brand for a new family of smartphones, feature…

Android Canary

Google Adds a Canary Channel to Android

Google is adding a Canary release channel to its Android pre-release program so developers can…

Microsoft Delivers New 24H2 Builds to Dev and Beta Channels

New Windows 11 24H2 and 23H2 (and Windows 10) Builds Head to the Release Preview Channel

Microsoft has issued new Windows 11 version 23H2 and 24H2 builds to the Windows Insider…

Google Brings Veo 3 Image-to-Video Generation Capabilities to Flow and Gemini AI Pro/Ultra

Google is making its Veo 3-based image-to-video generation capabilities available in Flow and Gemini AI…

Vivaldi 7.5 for mobile

Vivaldi 7.5 Arrives on Mobile

One week after its release on desktop, Vivaldi 7.5 is available on Android, iPhone, and…

Point of meeting ... in the event of an earthquake
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From the Editor’s Desk: Interstitial (Premium)

We split our time between Mexico and the U.S., but I feel like I spend…

Perplexity Launches an AI Web Browser

Perplexity Launches an AI Web Browser

Perplexity announced today that its Comet AI-powered web browser is now available to those who…

Microsoft Quietly Pulled a Call of Duty Game from the Microsoft Store

Microsoft Pulls Call of Duty: WWII from Store After Hacks

Microsoft belatedly added Call of Duty: WWII to Game Pass in June, but it had…

Google Issues a Surprise Pixel Drop That's All About AI

Google Issues a Surprise Pixel Drop That’s All About AI

Google usually releases one Pixel Drop each quarter, but the online giant has a nice…

Google Brings Subscription Management to Gmail

Google Brings Subscription Management to Gmail

Google has started rolling out a new Manage Subscriptions feature for Gmail that does exactly…

Apple CFO Jeff Williams is Retiring

Apple COO Jeff Williams is Retiring

Once considered a top contender to succeed Tim Cook as CEO, Apple COO Jeff Williams…

What is Xbox now?
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What Exactly is Xbox Now? (Premium)

Microsoft markets Xbox through the buckets of Game Pass, games, and devices. But is it…

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