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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Google today highlighted the progress it's made to improve the repairability of its Pixel devices…

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All-In on Pixel (Premium)

Thanks to a variety of factors, I've dived more deeply into the Pixel and broader…

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DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection for Android is Now Available

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Proton Launches Native Mail App on Desktop in Limited Beta

Privacy-focused Proton has finally launched a native Proton Mail app on Windows and Mac in…

Chrome Tracking Protection

Google to Push Forward with Chrome Tracking Protection in 2024

Google announced that it will begin testing its controversial new Tracking Protection feature in the…

Vivaldi 6.5

Vivaldi Launches Big Browser Updates on Desktop, iPad, and iPhone

Vivaldi launched major updates to its flagship web browsers on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, and…

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Amazon Your Books

Amazon Launches Your Books, Its Goodreads Competitor

Amazon today announced Your Books, a hub for all of your print, Kindle, and Audible…

Google Pixel Watch

Google Brings Do Not Disturb and Bedtime Mode to OG Pixel Watch

Google today released the December 2023 Software Update for the Pixel Watch, which adds two…

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Epic beats Google
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Why Epic Games Really Prevailed Against Google (Premium)

Epic Games has thus far come up short against Apple, but it had little problem…

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A federal jury needed just four hours to hand Epic Games a stunning legal victory…

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Apple today released iOS 17.2, which includes a new Journal app and updates for the…

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 4

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 4 Review

The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 4 lands at the sweet spot of the business-class laptop…

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