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

New AI features on Pixel

Google Details New Gemini and AI Features for Pixel

In addition to the new AI features that are coming to the new Galaxy S25…

Vivaldi 7.1

Vivaldi 7.1 Arrives on Desktop with Even More Personalization

Vivaldi today announced a major update to its desktop web browser that adds new Dashboard…

Google Education updates at BETT 2025

Google Announces Major Hardware and Software Updates for the Education Market

At BETT 2024 in London this week, Google announced major updates across Google Education, Google…

Netflix

Netflix Subscriber Base Surges, So It’s Raising Prices Again

Netflix will stop reporting its quarterly subscriber numbers, but it went out with a bang,…

What I Use: January 2025
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What I Use: January 2025 (Premium)

It's a new year and a good time to take stock: Here or abroad, I…

Apple Intelligence Siri

Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.3, iOS 18.3, and iPadOS 18.3 Release Candidates, Makes Apple Intelligence Opt-Out

Apple today delivered Release Candidate (RC) builds of the next versions of its biggest platforms,…

Opera hygge desk

Apply Now for the Opera Hygge Desk Experience

Browser maker Opera launched a promotion that will bring 10 users to Norway to browse…

Baby Steps
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Baby Steps (Premium)

With the dust settling on last week's announcements about changes to Microsoft 365 and Copilot…

OpenAI announced a new custom instructions feature for ChatGPT so customers can customize how the chatbot responds and behaves

OpenAI is Bringing Custom Instructions to ChatGPT

OpenAI announced a new custom instructions feature for ChatGPT so customers can customize how the…

FTC Warns on Big Tech Partnerships with AI Startups

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Friday issued a report outlining concerns with major Big…

Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" is a long-term support release of the popular Linux distribution that will be supported until 2029.

Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” is Now Available

Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" is a long-term support release of the popular Linux distribution that…

A custom MessageBox dialog
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.NETpad 2025: A Custom MessageBox Dialog (Premium)

Taking a break from the brutally difficult session state management and tabs work, I checked…

ThinkPad X1 Carbon 13th gen

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition Review

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon retains its sheen despite initial concerns about its Intel innards…

PC sales over the past years

PC Sales Grew Just 1.3 Percent in 2024 to 254 Million Units

PC makers sold 254 million PCs in 2024, a meager 1.3 percent increase over the…

Microsoft Expands Rollout of Windows 11 Version 24H2

Despite the constant drone of new issues with the upgrade, Microsoft this week expanded its…

AI summary for the win!
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Ask Paul: January 17 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Welcome to the end of a needlessly contentious week. We have AI, we…

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