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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Also-Ran (Premium)

Google published a reasonable comparison of its Pixel 9a to Apple's iPhone 16e, and I…

Made with Gemini

Google is Giving Gemini Advanced to U.S. College Students for Free

Google revealed today that it is making Gemini Advanced free for U.S. college students through…

From the Editor's Desk: Healthy Living at 7300 Feet
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From the Editor’s Desk: Healthy Living at 7300 Feet (Premium)

It's been a while since my last health and fitness check-in, but after three months…

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Google Loses Second U.S. Antitrust Case, Advertising is Illegal Monopoly

For the second time in less than a year, a U.S. federal judge has ruled…

Designed by Microsoft

Incase Now Has a More Complete Family of Designed by Microsoft Peripherals

It's not clear when this happened, but a nearly complete family of Designed by Microsoft…

Proton Pass now allows paid customers to save files with the items in their vaults

Proton Pass Updated as Proton Issues New Product Roadmaps

Proton Pass now allows paid customers to save files with the items in their vaults,…

Opera One Updated

Opera One Updated, Opera Mini Gets Aria AI

Opera issued major updates to its Opera One web browser on desktop and Opera Mini…

Android battery life

Google Has “Multi-Year Plan” to Improve Android, Starting with Battery Life

Google has a "multi-year plan" to improve Android, but it has more to do with…

Snipping Tool with Text extractor button

Microsoft Issues New Windows 11 23H2 Build, Snipping Tool Update in Preview

Those with a Windows 11 23H2-based PC enrolled in the Insider Program's Release Preview channel…

Fonus

Fonus Offers Global Wireless Service with No Time Limits

Fonus is an AT&T-based mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) with global service, great pricing, and…

Anthropic Announces Claude Research, Integration with Google Workspace

Anthropic Announces Claude Research, Integration with Google Workspace

Anthropic announced two huge updates to its Claude AI models: A new Research capability and…

Notion Mail

Notion Mail is Now Available

Notion Mail is now available, but in limited form: It's just a front-end for Gmail…

FTC and Meta Face Off in Antitrust Case

U.S. v. Meta opened yesterday in a federal court, with the FTC calling Meta CEO…

Pixel 9 Pro XL with Android 16

Android to Reboot, Require PIN After 3 Days of Unuse

Google is quietly rolling out a major security update for all supported Android versions in…

The Perfect Phone
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The Perfect Phone (Premium)

The perfect phone doesn't exist. If it did, I would use it. But for now,…

Intel/Altera

Intel Sells a 51 Percent Stake in Altera for $4.46 Billion

In its first major move under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan, Intel is selling a 51…

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