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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Ask Paul: January 31 (Premium)

Happy Friday! January was a slog that somehow went by in a breeze, but I'm…

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Microsoft’s Improved Text Rendering Comes to All Chromium Browsers

Microsoft said today that the text rendering improvements it created for Edge are now available…

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Intel Revenues Fall 7 Percent to $14.3 Billion

Microprocessor giant Intel posted a loss of $100 million on revenues of $14.3 billion in…

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Apple Revenues Rise 4 Percent to a Record $124.3 Billion

Apple reported that it earned a net income of $36.3 billion on revenues of $124.3…

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Microsoft Earnings Analysis: FY25 Q2 (Premium)

And now, for something completely different. This quarter, an almost exclusive focus on AI and…

Microsoft Revenues Up 12 Percent to $69.6 Billion

Microsoft reported that it earned a net income of $24.1 billion on revenues of $69.6…

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Microsoft is Now the Biggest Video Game Publisher

According to Amphere, Microsoft was by far the biggest video game publisher in the world…

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Judge Denies Apple Request in Google Antitrust Case

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta today denied Apple's last-minute request to allow it to represent…

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Microsoft Delivers January Preview Updates for Windows 10, 11

Windows 10 and 11 users interested in a peek at the new features coming to…

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PowerToys 0.88 Adds (Not So) New Zoomit Utility

The latest addition to PowerToys is also one of the oldest in this suite of…

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Google Now Verifies Trusted VPN Apps on Play Store

Google said today it will recognize trusted VPN apps for consumers on Android with a…

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Spotify Paid the Music Industry $10 Billion in 2024

Spotify said today that it paid out a record $10 billion to the music industry…

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Google Launches Final Appeal of EU Antitrust Ruling Against Android

Google is squaring off against regulators from the European Commissions today in the EU Court…

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Microsoft Previews Edge Scareware Blocker

Microsoft said today that its recently announced Scareware blocker in Edge is now available in…

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Google Open Sources Pebble Smartwatch Source Code

8 years after Pebble shut down, Google announced that it has open sourced the Pebble…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Online Accounts, a Cautionary Tale (Premium)

It was a tale that grew in the telling. Except that it really was this…

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