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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Google Gemini Gets a Major Image Editing Upgrade, and It’s Bananas

Google Gemini Gets a Major Image Editing Upgrade, and It’s Bananas

Google announced a major upgrade to the native image editing features in its Gemini app…

25H2 Feature Focus: Administrator Protection
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25H2 Feature Focus: Administrator Protection (Premium)

Windows 11 version 25H2 will ship with a major security advance called Administrator Protection. It…

30 Percent
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30 Percent (Premium)

Nintendo invented the 30 percent fee structure for its NES videogame cartridges. But unlike Apple,…

Google Expands NotebookLM Video Overviews to Over 80 Languages

Google Expands NotebookLM Video Overviews to Over 80 Languages

Google announced today that its Video Overviews feature in NotebookLM is now available in over…

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Microsoft Provides a Small Update on the Windows App SDK

Microsoft says it has made some progress in its plan to fix the Windows App…

Perplexity to Offer Comet Plus Subscription for $5 Per Month

Perplexity to Offer Comet Plus Subscription for $5 Per Month

Comet Plus is tied to Perplexity's web browser, costs $5 per month, and will provide…

What Norton Neo Says About the AI-Powered Future of Web Browsing
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What Norton Neo Says About the AI-Powered Future of Web Browsing (Premium)

Back in May, Norton announced Neo, which it describes as the world’s first safe AI-native…

Microsoft Reminds Customers of OneNote for Windows 10 EOL

Microsoft Reminds Customers of OneNote for Windows 10 EOL

This week, Microsoft reminded customers that the end is near for OneNote for Windows 10.…

YouTube Music Turns 10 This Year

YouTube Music Turns 10 This Year, Adds New Features

The YouTube Music we know and love today didn't launch until 2018, but its predecessor…

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Intel Announces U.S. Government Investment

Intel announced that the U.S. government will invest $8.9 billion in the struggling chipmaker.

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Apple is Reportedly Working with Google on a Siri AI Model

A new report in Bloomberg suggests that a Apple/Google AI partnership could result in a…

Ask Paul: August 22
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Ask Paul: August 22 (Premium)

Happy Friday! We're moving from the slowness of summer into a far busier period with…

Visual Studio and GitHub Copilot

Microsoft Scales Back the GitHub Copilot Interruptions in Visual Studio

Anyone who has used GitHub Copilot will tell you that it’s incredibly useful. But they’ll…

Google: Pixel Will Never Be a Major Player in the Smartphone Market

Google: Pixel Will Never Be a Major Player in the Smartphone Market

Pixel is “a good business” and important to the future of Google. But AI is…

Pixel Matters
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Pixel Matters (Premium)

The Pixel 10 Pro XL is one of the least enticing upgrades I’ve experienced in…

Proton Lumo 1.1 Amps Up the Performance, Reliability, and Accuracy

Proton Lumo 1.1 Amps Up the Performance, Reliability, and Accuracy

Proton has issued a major upgrade for its Lumo privacy-first AI assistant that provides significant…

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