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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Refreshed Link to Windows app for Android

Microsoft Previews Improved Link to Windows App for Android

Microsoft's Link to Windows app is how you connect your Android smartphone to your Windows…

The Full Pixel 10 Family Lineup Has Leaked

Google has now given us a peek at all the phones in the coming new…

Google Earnings Report Shows Resilience Against ChatGPT

Google Earnings Report Shows Resilience Against ChatGPT

Google delivered stronger than expected quarterly earnings yesterday, upending the narrative that AI rivals were…

Visual Studio 2022

Report: Visual Studio 18 to Be a Major Upgrade

Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship IDE for software developers of all kinds, but it hasn't…

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Amazon Announces Two Cheaper Kindle Colorsoft Models

Amazon now offers two less expensive Kindle Colorsoft models, one for kids, with pricing starting…

Google Photos

Google Brings Veo Image-to-Video Capability to Google Photos

Google Photos now offers the Veo-based image-to-video capability that Google previously added to Gemini, and…

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Google Revenues Up 14 Percent to $96.4 Billion

Alphabet/Google reported that it earned a net income of $28.2 billion on revenues of $96.4…

Microsoft, Consumers, and AI: A Comedy
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From the Editor’s Desk: Microsoft, Consumers, and AI, a Comedy (Premium)

Microsoft is failing with AI and it's failed with consumers. So now it's going to…

Sonos CEO Thomas Conrad

Sonos Names Tom Conrad as CEO

6 months ago, Sonos parted ways with Patrick Spence and appointed board member Tom Conrad…

Proton Lumo

Proton Announces Lumo, a Private AI Chatbot

Proton today announced Lumo, a confidential AI chatbot built around privacy, security, and transparency. It's…

Brave Will Block Recall in Windows 11 by Default

Brave Will Block Recall in Windows 11 by Default

Brave revealed today that a coming update to its flagship browser will block Recall in…

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Apple Issues 4th Betas for ’26 OS Releases

Just ahead of the expected public betas, Apple has refreshed its '26 OS developer betas…

It’s Week D, So Microsoft (Re)Announces New Features Coming to Windows 11

Microsoft is highlighting several new features that are coming to Windows 11 and Copilot+ PCs,…

Big Tech vs. Little Tech
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Little Tech (Premium)

I often highlight the changes I make to the apps and services I rely on.…

Samsung Brings One UI 8 Watch to Galaxy Watch Ultra

Samsung Brings One UI 8 Watch to Galaxy Watch Ultra

Today, Samsung announced the availability of One UI 8 Watch for the one wearable it's…

DuckDuckGo Makes It Easier to Customize Duck.ai

DuckDuckGo Makes It Easier to Customize Duck.ai

DuckDuckGo has made major changes to the way users can customize its its private and…

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