Paul Thurrott

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Personal technology, with a focus on productivity, mostly Microsoft.

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đş Mexico City: Top things to see and do in CoyoacĂĄn and San Ăngel

6 days ago | eternalspringcdmx.com | Stephanie Thurrott |Paul Thurrott

CoyoacĂĄn and San Ăngel are gorgeous, leafy, and walkable neighborhoods in south central Mexico City with cobblestone streets, terrific parks, outdoor markets, and dining options. Because they are further away and separated from most of the areas we recommend in central Mexico City, you can expect a 20- to 30-minute Uber ride from đłCondesa or đ Roma Norte, or even longer from other places. But this trek is worth the time and effort.
The Eaglet Has Landed

1 week ago | twit.tv | Leo Laporte |Paul Thurrott |Richard Campbell

Category: News Microsoft announces big changes to Windows 11: New Start menu, Phone Companion on Start, AI actions in File Explorer, Notepad and other updates. Plus, new Copilot+ PC features: Click to Do actions, AI agent in Search for some reason, new Photos, Paint, and Snipping Tool features, and more.
Microsoft Issues New Pre-Release 24H2 Builds to Dev and Beta Channels

1 week ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

Those with Windows 11 version 24H2-based PCs enrolled in the Dev or Beta channels of the Windows Insider Program have new builds to download. As has been the case recently, they appear to be identical. Cumulative update KB5055651 is available now in the Dev channel. Installing this update will upgrade the PC to build number to 26200.5581. The Beta channel gets cumulative update KB5055653, which upgrades the PC to build number 26120.3950.
Open AI Steps Back from the For-Profit Cliff

1 week ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

Open AI announced today that it would no longer seek to restructure itself as a for-profit company after discussions with civic leaders. “OpenAI was founded as a non-profit, is today a non-profit that oversees and controls the for-profit, and going forward will remain a non-profit that oversees and controls the for-profit,” Open AI CEO Sam Altman writes in a letter to employees.
Apple iPad Air M3 First (and Last) Impressions

1 week ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

It is personally embarrassing to me to admit that I’ve purchased three iPads in less than a year, but I will rationalize this waste of money by telling myself that you sometimes need to make mistakes to learn. And in this case, I learned something that maybe should have been obvious. The 13-inch iPad Air M2 I purchased last summer was too big, the iPad Mini I got in January was too small, and an 11-inch iPad of whatever pedigree is just right. The Goldilocks of iPads, if you will.
From the Editor's Desk: The Best Laid Plans (Premium)

1 week ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

Before returning to Pennsylvania after almost four months abroad, I made to-do and to-buy lists along with schedules for each. And then I made sure to schedule the purchases and some other items for delivery, like review laptops, so that they would arrive after we got home. Everything arrived before we flew home. All of it. And that can be a nightmare. Some of the items required a signature. Some were valuable enough that I didn't want them sitting out on our front porch, unattended.
Samsung Galaxy S25+ First Impressions

1 week ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

My Samsung Galaxy S25+ arrived earlier than expected–or wanted–but that wasn’t the biggest surprise I got with this device. It’s dramatically lighter than the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL that I’ve been using for the past three weeks after having belated switched over to that from the iPhone 16 Pro Max as described in The Perfect Phone (Premium). And I do mean dramatically: Though the difference on paper seems relatively minor, in real-world use it’s delightfully noticeable.
Android 16 Might Bring Major Changes to the Platform

1 week ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

If you’ve been following along with the truncated development of Android 16 as I have, you’ll likely been underwhelmed. As I have: There’s almost nothing new or interesting happening here from an end user perspective. In some ways, this makes sense, as Android 16 is the first release to be shifted to a mid-year release, from later in the year, and so it’s had less time in the oven, so to speak. But what if something else were going on?
Microsoft Surface Teases a New Copilot+ PC

1 week ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

Microsoft’s Surface team teased a new Surface-branded Copilot+ PC that it will announce next Tuesday, May 6, 2025. “Something new is coming,” the Surface team tweeted under an image with the Copilot+ PC and Microsoft Surface logos and the date, 5.6.25.
U.S. v. Google (Advertising) Remedy Hearings Set for September

1 week ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

Google is most of the way through the remedy hearing in U.S. v. Google, but that’s for the search monopoly case. It also has a second major antitrust remedy hearing ahead of it, this time for U.S. v. Google, the advertising monopoly case. Those hearings are now set for September. All signs are that this will go as poorly for the recidivist monopolist, as Google is referred to now, as its search-based remedy hearings.