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

Gemini on Pixel

Google Improves Gemini on Android and iPhone

Google has recently made separate but related updates to its Gemini AI app on Android…

## Microsoft Brings More Local DeepSeek Models to Copilot+ PCs

Microsoft Brings More Local DeepSeek Models to Copilot+ PCs

Microsoft has made two more powerful and efficient versions of DeepSeek's distilled local AI models…

## Lenovo ThinkPad X9 14 Aura Edition First Impressions

Lenovo ThinkPad X9 14 Aura Edition First Impressions

Lenovo's new ThinkPad X9 line is in many ways the anti-ThinkPad, with no TrackPoint and…

## Microsoft is Updating Copilot in Windows 11 Again. Yes, Really

Microsoft is Updating Copilot in Windows 11 Again. Yes, Really

If you've lost count of how many times Microsoft has updated the Copilot app in…

Stability AI + Arm

MWC 2025: Stability AI Partners with Arm on Generative AI Audio for Mobile

Stability AI announced today that it partnered with Arm Holdings on Stable Audio Open, a…

MWC 2025: Qualcomm X85 5G Modem Hits 12.5 Gbps

MWC 2025: Qualcomm X85 5G Modem Hits 12.5 Gbps

Qualcomm is announcing a faster 5G modem for Android smartphones at MWC 2025 along with…

MWC 2025: Lenovo Announces New AI Laptops, Plus Concept PCs and External NPUs

MWC 2025: Lenovo Announces New AI Laptops, Plus Concept PCs and External NPUs

MWC 2025 is underway this week in Barcelona, and Lenovo is on hand with new…

Opera Browser Operator

Opera Previews a Web Browser AI Agent

Opera today announced Browser Operator, an AI agent that will do things on your behalf…

RIP, Skype
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Throwback: 22 Years of Skype (Premium)

Last week, Microsoft revealed the inevitable and announced it would finally kill Skype. So let's…

Rust in Windows and Azure
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Russinovich: Microsoft is “All-in” on Rust (Premium)

Rust may be controversial in Linux, but there's no such controversy at Microsoft, which has…

Intel fab in Ohio under construction

Intel Delays Ohio Fab Openings to at Least 2030-2032

Intel said today that it has delayed the opening of two new Ohio-based fabs that…

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Ask Paul: February 28 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here's a quick update on this week's site update, in addition to another…

Finally, widgets personalization

Microsoft Issues New Builds for Windows Insider Program Dev and Beta Channels

There are two new builds for those testing pre-release Windows 11 functionality in the Windows…

Dell earings

Dell Revenues Up 7 Percent to $23.9 Billion

Dell reported that it earned a net income of $1.5 billion on revenues of $23.9…

HP querterly results

HP Revenues Up 2.4 Percent to $13.5 Billion

HP reported an operating profit of $984 million on revenues of $13.5 billion in the…

OpenAI GPT-4.5

OpenAI Releases GPT-4.5 Preview

OpenAI today announced a research preview of GPT-4.5, which it describes as its largest and…

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