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

Microsoft Details the New Windows 11 Start Design

Microsoft Details the New Windows 11 Start Design

Windows 11 was accompanied by a new Start menu design, but like the rest of…

Ask Paul: May 9
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Ask Paul: May 9 (Premium)

Happy Friday! We're back in Pennsylvania after almost four months, and the transition is going…

Online Accounts 2025: The First NAS is on the Way
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Online Accounts 2025: The First NAS is on the Way (Premium)

After going back and forth on this more times than I can count, I finally…

Nintendo Switch 2 launches soon

Nintendo Annual Revenues Nosedive 30 Percent Ahead of Switch 2 Launch

Nintendo continues to struggle financially as it ramps up to launch the eagerly awaited Switch…

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FTC Loses Yet Another Bid to Block Microsoft Acquisition of Activision Blizzard

A federal appeals court has rejected a ridiculous FTC legal challenge of Microsoft's 2023 acquisition…

Arm Revenues Up 34 Percent to $1.24 Billion

Arm Revenues Up 34 Percent to $1.24 Billion

Arm Holding reported quarterly revenues of over $1 billion for the first time, but it…

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AMD Revenues Leap 36 Percent to $7.4 Billion

AMD posted a net income of $709 million on revenues of $7.4 billion in the…

Windows 11 Enterprise/Windows Server 2025 hotpatch schedule

Windows 11 Enterprise to Get First Hotpatch Next Week

At Ignite 2024, Microsoft revealed that it would bring a “revolutionary” new Hotpatch feature to…

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Sonos and IKEA Break Up

Sonos and IKEA have quietly ended their partnership and will not release any new smart…

And the Walls Come Tumbling Down
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And the Walls Come Tumbling Down (Premium)

Last year, I described the overdue antitrust action against Big Tech as breathtaking. But that…

Future of Surface
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What’s Next for Surface? (Premium)

Today, Microsoft announced new Surface Laptop and Pro models that are additive instead of upgrades…

Brave for Android Lets You Block Site Elements

Brave for Android Lets You Block Site Elements

Brave for Android has added a key feature from the desktop version of this web…

Backbone Pro

Backbone Pro works with Phones, Tablets, PCs, and More

Backbone is well established in mobile gaming, but the new Backbone Pro also works wirelessly…

## Opera for Android Gets a Big Tab Management Update

Opera for Android Gets a Big Tab Management Update

Opera for Android 89 offers a completely new tab management system with new features for…

HDR settings improvements coming to Windows 11

Microsoft Issues New Pre-Release 24H2 Builds to Dev and Beta Channels

Those with Windows 11 version 24H2-based PCs enrolled in the Dev or Beta channels of…

Open AI announced today that it would no longer seek to restructure itself as a for-profit company after discussions with civic leaders.

Open AI Steps Back from the For-Profit Cliff

Open AI announced today that it would no longer seek to restructure itself as a…

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