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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Proton Drive is Now a Lot Faster and it's Coming Soon to Linux

Proton Drive is Now a Lot Faster and it’s Coming Soon to Linux

Proton announced this week that it has completed a major rewrite of Proton Drive that…

Ask Paul: June 5
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Ask Paul: June 5 ⭐

Happy Friday! This was a particularly eventful week, especially for those interested in the future…

C++ Documentary is Now Available

C++ Documentary is Now Available

The Story of C++: The World's Most Consequential Programming Language is now available for free…

Dell Sells a Windows Hello ESS-Compatible Mouse

Dell Sells a Windows Hello ESS-Compatible Mouse

Back in February, Microsoft added support for external Windows Hello ESS-compatible fingerprint readers to Windows…

Developers, Developers, Developers!
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Developers, Developers, Developers! ⭐

Microsoft is taking steps to truly modernize Windows app development, and these changes will impact…

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European Union Proposes Tech Sovereignty Measures to Escape Big Tech and the U.S.

The EU has proposed new policies to help it escape from the abuses of Big…

And Now I've Vibe-Coded a Native Windows 11 App
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And Now I’ve Vibe-Coded a Native Windows 11 App ⭐

The Build 2026 keynote was overly-long, in keeping with tradition. But there was some good…

Android Drop

Google Begins Rolling Out the June 2026 Android Drop

Just ahead of the release of Android 17, Google has delivered several new Android features…

Build 2026: Microsoft Project Solara Envisions a Future of Agent-First Devices

Build 2026: Microsoft Project Solara Envisions a Future of Agent-First Devices

During the Build 2026 keynote, Microsoft technical fellow Stevie Bathiche introduced Project Solara, a new…

Build 2026: Microsoft Announces GitHub Copilot App

Build 2026: Microsoft Announces GitHub Copilot App

The GitHub Copilot desktop app is like a central dashboard for managing AI agents and…

Build 2026: Microsoft Brings More On-Device AI to Edge

Build 2026: Microsoft Brings More On-Device AI to Edge

Tied to the earlier Windows 11 developer news, Microsoft is also bringing more local AI…

Build 2026: Microsoft Optimizes Windows 11 for Developers

Build 2026: Microsoft Optimizes Windows 11 for Developers

Microsoft has been pushing Windows 11 for developers for years, but it's making its best…

Hands-On: The New Windows 11 Taskbar

Hands-On: The New Windows 11 Taskbar

It's not just the Start menu: Microsoft is also testing a major update to another…

Canonical Takes the Lead on Flutter for Desktop

Canonical Takes the Lead on Flutter Desktop

Four years after Google released its first implementation of Flutter for desktop, on Windows, there…

Dell Announces an Affordable XPS 13 Laptop for Students

Dell Announces an Affordable XPS 13 Laptop for Students

Dell explicitly called out the Apple MacBook Neo in announcing a $599 XPS 13 laptop…

Anthropic Files for an IPO

Anthropic Files for an IPO

Just days after receiving a stunning new valuation of $965 billion, Anthropic announced it will…

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