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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Switching regularly between the Mac and Windows 11 over the past few weeks, I'm struck…

iOS 18.2 Apple Intelligence

Report: Apple May Use Anthropic or OpenAI to Fix Siri

In a major reversal, Apple is looking into using Anthropic or OpenAI models to get…

Cursor Comes to the Web and Mobile

Cursor Comes to the Web and Mobile

Cursor is an AI-powered code editor based on Visual Studio Code that is by some…

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What I Use: Feed Reader (Premium)

Like most Google Reader users, I was at a loss when Google shut the RSS/Atom…

Microsoft Announces Windows 11 Version 25H2

Those hoping for a Windows 12 release will need to wait at least another year:…

Windows 11 passkey integration

Microsoft Starts Testing Third Party Passkey Integration in Windows 11 … 25H2!

Insiders with PCs enrolled in the Dev and Beta channels can install a new Windows…

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Ask Paul: June 27 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Let's kick off the final weekend of June a bit early with another…

Swift is coming for Android

Swift is Coming for Android

The Swift Programming language was originally created for Apple's platforms, but it's open source and…

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Microsoft Belatedly Delivers Windows 11 Preview Updates

It's Week D, but Tuesday came and went without a single preview update for Windows…

Google Photos "Ask Photos" Feature Exits Early Preview

Google Photos “Ask Photos” Feature Exits Early Preview

Google announced today that its AI-powered Ask Photos feature in Google Photos has improved and…

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Apple Changes App Store to (Try to) Meet EU’s DMA Demands

Apple today announced major changes to its mobile App Store to meet its legal requirements…

You Use Windows. Be Resilient
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You Use Windows. Be Resilient (Premium)

Microsoft has a Windows Resiliency Initiative to help better secure the platform. But what about…

Proton Pass Can Now Securely Store Any Personal Information

Proton Pass Can Now Securely Store Any Personal Information

Proton announced a major upgrade for Proton Pass that it says transforms the password manager…

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Google Fi Finally Supports iPhone Voicemail

Google Fi is rolling out a big update on the iPhone that allows customers to…

Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga is Getting a Big Update Along with PS5 Port

Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga is Getting a Big Update Along with PS5 Port

Back in May, Microsoft revealed that a port of Xbox exclusive Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga…

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Proton Mail Helps You Manage Email Newsletters

Proton is now rolling out a new Newsletters view in Proton Mail that will help…

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