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

Tech Nostalgia: Amiga Forever and C64 Forever Turn 11

Amiga Forever and C64 Forever are the official Commodore/Amiga preservation, emulation, and support suites for…

Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition Review

Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition Review

The Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition is a convertible Copilot+PC laptop with premium build…

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Ask Paul: July 4 (Premium)

Happy 4th of July if you're celebrating, and happy Friday regardless. Let's kick off this…

Hands-On: Apple Magic Keyboard for iPad Air 11-Inch (M3)

I finally decided to get an Apple Magic Keyboard to see the iPadOS 26 changes…

Sony Brings Helldivers 2 to Xbox Series X|S

Sony Brings Helldivers 2 to Xbox Series X|S

For the first time, Sony is bringing a PlayStation-exclusive game to Microsoft's Xbox videogame consoles.

Opera One Gets Language Translation, Improved Split Screen

Opera One Gets Language Translation, Improved Split Screen

The latest version of Opera arrives with integrated language translation capabilities and a major upgrade…

Vivaldi 7.5 Arrives on Desktop

Vivaldi 7.5 Arrives on Desktop

Vivaldi 7.5 for desktop delivers improvements to Tab Stacks and tab context menus, plus several…

.NETpad 2025: More Data Binding, GitHub, File Operations, More
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.NETpad 2025: More Data Binding, GitHub, File Operations, More (Premium)

If only there were a term that meant doing the same thing over and over…

Grammarly + Superhuman

Grammarly Acquires Superhuman for AI-Native Productivity Suite

In late May, Grammarly raised $1 billion in financing to help expand its business into…

iOS 17.4 Safari App Store EU DMA changes

Proton Joins Class Action Lawsuit Against Apple for App Store Antitrust Violations

Proton has joined a class action lawsuit against Apple in the United States for its…

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Apple Denied Dismissal Motion in U.S. v. Apple

The U.S. Department of Justice can continue to pursue its historic antitrust case against Apple…

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Full Screen (Premium)

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:…

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