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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## Bill Gates Celebrates Microsoft's 50th by Releasing Altair BASIC Source Code

Bill Gates Celebrates Microsoft’s 50th by Releasing Altair BASIC Source Code

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company in the most…

## Tim O'Reilly Says Open AI Stole His Company's Paywalled Book Content

Tim O’Reilly Says Open AI Stole His Company’s Paywalled Book Content

Echoing a legal complaint by The New York Times, publisher Tim O'Reilly says that Open…

Proton Drive is Now Available on Windows 11 on Arm

Proton Drive is Now Available on Windows 11 on Arm

Proton has expanded its Drive client with a native version for Windows 11 on Arm…

Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla Announces Thundermail and Thunderbird Pro Services

Every few years, it seems there's news about yet another plan to reimagine the ancient…

If I Were a Normal Windows User ...
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If Only I Were a Normal Windows User … (Premium)

I need to keep up on the Windows 11 defaults because of the Windows 11…

Wintoys for Windows 11

Tip: Use Wintoys to Customize Windows 11

There are an almost uncountable number of Windows 11 "tweak"-type utilities out there. But Wintoys…

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Samsung Announces Leadership Changes

Samsung co-CEO Han Jong-Hee recently passed away after playing an instrumental role in making the…

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan

Intel to Spin Off Non-Core Assets

In his first public appearance as Intel CEO, Lip-Bu Tan said Monday that the once-dominant…

Ask ChatGPT

Open AI Just Raised a Record $40 Billion

Open AI has secured $40 billion in funding, the most money--by far--ever raised by a…

Speech recap in the Windows 11 Narrator app

Microsoft Issues New 23H2 Build to the Beta Channel

Microsoft has issued a new prerelease build of Windows 11 version 23H2 for those with…

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France Regulator Fines Apple €150 Million for App Tracking Transparency

In a bizarre ruling, the French antitrust regulatory body Autorité de la Concurrence fined Apple…

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Vibe Coding Is Not What You Think It Is (Premium)

Ignore the "vibe coding" nonsense. AI is incredible as a software coding assistant, but you…

AMD + ZT Systems

AMD Acquires ZT Systems in $4.9 Billion AI Play

AMD has completed its $4.9 billion acquisition of ZT Systems, giving the chipmaker an expanded…

Apple Watch Healthcare

Gurman: Apple to Combine its Healthcare and AI Dreams

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported today that Apple will update its Health app with an AI…

People Matters
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From the Editor’s Desktop: People Matters (Premium)

This is the longest time we've spent outside the U.S. I was hoping it would…

Microsoft Excel to Get Value Tokens for Rich Data Formats

Microsoft Excel to Get Value Tokens for Rich Data Formats

Microsoft Excel has long supported richer data types than just text and numbers, but it…

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