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.

Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts

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EU Launches “In-Depth” Investigation of Amazon’s iRobot Acquisition

The European Commission (EC) announced today that it has launched an "in-depth" investigation of Amazon's…

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Samsung to Hold Next Galaxy Unpacked Event on July 26

Samsung announced that it will host its next live event, Galaxy Unpacked 2023, on July…

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AdDuplex is Shutting Down

AdDuplex announced today that it is shutting down after over 12 years of serving the…

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Tech Nostalgia: Bill Gates, Jack Tramiel, and BASIC (Premium)

The personal technology industry is rife with mythical stories about famous personalities and companies. But…

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Firefox 115 is the Last to Support Windows 7/8.x

Mozilla announced Firefox 115, the latest version of its flagship web browser, and the last…

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Tidal is Raising Prices

Following Amazon and Apple, music service Tidal has alerted subscribers of its HiFi tier that…

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EU Labels Microsoft, Other Big Tech Firms as Gatekeepers

EU commissioner Thierry Breton said that Microsoft and 6 other Big Tech firms are gatekeepers…

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Google Pixel Fold Mini-Review

I've only used the Pixel Fold for a week, but we're going away soon and…

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HP ZBook Firefly G10 16-Inch Review

HP's terrific ZBook Firefly 16-inch is a portable workstation aimed at productivity, photography, 2D, and…

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Google’s New Privacy Policy Confirms AI Data Scraping

Google has quietly updated its privacy policy to explain how it will use public data…

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Actionable Data (Premium)

There's data and then there's actionable data, and if you're going to try and improve…

Report: Microsoft to Face EU Antitrust Investigation of Office

Reuters reports that EU antitrust regulators will soon launch a formal antitrust investigation of Microsoft…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Lightening the Load (Premium)

After a solid three months in this apartment, I'm still sort of surprised that we…

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Hybrid (Premium)

Folding smartphones are the hybrid devices that shatter my "right tool for the job" theory…

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Tech Nostalgia: VCS (Premium)

The Atari VCS wasn't the first home video game machine, and it wasn't even the…

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Spotify Now Hosts Over 100,000 Video Podcasts

Spotify announced today that there are now over 100,000 video podcasts available via its mobile…

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