Paul Thurrott

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Technology Journalist and Blogger at Thurrott

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

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When Will Then Be Now?

3 days ago | twit.tv | Leo Laporte |Paul Thurrott |Richard Campbell

Category: News Windows 10 EOL updateMicrosoft confirms that Windows 10 EOL is a go for October. But...
Vexed by Perturbations

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

Category: News No, it’s not you. Windows Hello doesn’t work in the dark anymore. For reasons.
Liquid Aero

2 weeks ago | twit.tv | Leo Laporte |Paul Thurrott |Richard Campbell

Category: News Get to know Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday updates and new features in Windows 11, such as improvements to the Start menu, File Explorer, and Copilot integration. They also cover new AI features coming to the Photos app for Copilot+ PCs and updates to the Microsoft Store. The discussion then shifts to developer conferences like Google I/O and Apple's WWDC, with a focus on their respective AI advancements and product strategies.
Microsoft Issues New Prerelease 24H2 Builds to Dev and Beta Channels

2 weeks ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

If you have a PC enrolled in the Windows Insider Program’s Dev and Beta channels, you’ve got a big update to install for Windows 11 version 24H2. The features appear largely identical in both. Cumulative update KB5060824 is available now for Insiders in the Dev channel, and it will upgrade your PC to Windows 11 version 24H2 build 26200.5641. On the Beta channel, you’re looking at cumulative update KB5060820 and an upgrade to build 26120.4250.
Game Changer? (Premium)

2 weeks ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

Heading into today's WWDC 2025 keynote, world renowned Apple leaker Mark Gurman had escalated his bizarre tirade against Apple Intelligence amidst leaks about a cross-platform design shift called Liquid Glass that he claimed was a calculated distraction from the company's AI problems. But that's not what I saw today. Yes, Apple announced Liquid Glass. And yes, this design will be applied to every Apple platform with a display, from the Mac to iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV.
What If the Next Xbox Console Was a NUC? (Premium)

2 weeks ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

As an Xbox fan, I'm still trying to digest Microsoft's push into handheld gaming PCs and what that means to the platform. But a thought occurred to me this morning as I was hashing out the ramifications of the news with Laurent. What if this new generation of third-party gaming handhelds points the way to the future of Xbox consoles? That is, what if the next Xbox consoles were simply PCs? And not just PCs, but appliance-like PCs? What if the next Xbox console was a NUC?
.NETpad 2025: Recent Documents (Premium)

2 weeks ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

Temporarily putting tabs aside has been delightfully freeing, and I spent much of the weekend making progress in other areas of the app. All the changes I describe here are in GitHub, so if you are following along, you can pull those down or just clone the DotNetPad3.2 repository again. Remember, this is work in progress, so the code is not as clean as it should be yet. As per the title of this post, most of the work I will discuss here is related to the new File > Recent submenu.
đ´Mexico City: Top places to eat in Roma Norte

2 weeks ago | eternalspringcdmx.com | Stephanie Thurrott |Paul Thurrott

Roma Norte is bursting at the seams with an incredible array of restaurants and bars of all kinds, and more are opening every month. And while we donât list individual street food stands here, this neighborhood also has more than its share of these options, too. Taken together, this makes Roma Norte the epicenter of Mexico City culinary scene. It has more of our favorite places than anywhere else in the city. OK, yes, we live in Roma Norte.
The Future of Xbox is ... The PC? (Premium)

2 weeks ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

The ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds that Microsoft revealed today are more PC than console. They're also yet another gut-check moment for Xbox fans. How much more are we expected to endure? I guess it depends on what being an Xbox fan means to you. To some, Microsoft has betrayed their loyalty by ignoring the Xbox console to focus on PCs, mobile, and even competing consoles and promoting this shift through its This is an Xbox ads.
Tech Nostalgia: Bill Atkinson

2 weeks ago | thurrott.com | Paul Thurrott

I woke this morning to the sad news that GUI pioneer Bill Atkinson has passed away at age 74 from cancer. He is most well-known as a key member of the original Macintosh team alongside Steve Capps, Andy Hertzfeld, Burrell Smith, Bud Tribble, and others. But Atkinson’s work on GUIs predated the Mac: He was the lead developer and designer of the Apple Lisa, the first personal computer to offer a native GUI. And he is deservedly a legend.