Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with over 25 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

Huawei Grew in 2020 Despite U.S. Sanctions

Huawei reported overall growth in 2020, but its consumer business was hit particularly hard by…

Immersive Reader Comes to PowerPoint for the Web, OneDrive, More

Microsoft announced today that its Immersive Reader is now rolling out to PowerPoint for the…

Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for April

Today, Microsoft revealed the games that it will give away to those with Xbox Live…

Kensington Announces a Windows Hello Fingerprint Reader

Kensington today announced its VeriMark Desktop Fingerprint Key, which provides Windows Hello fingerprint recognition to…

Microsoft Expands Its Global Skills Initiative

Last year, Microsoft launched its global initiative aimed at digital skills learning. Since then, it…

Adobe Launches a Design Mobile Bundle for iPad

Adobe today announced its Design Mobile Bundle, a collection of its best iPad apps for…

WWDC Will Be Virtual Again This Year

Apple announced today that WWDC21, the coming rendition of its annual developer conference, will be…

DuckDuckGo: Web Browsers Don’t Prevent Tracking

Upstart search engine maker DuckDuckGo today is claiming that the tracking protection functionality built-in to…

Epic Games Files Complaint Against Apple in the UK

Epic Games today announced that it has filed a complaint to the UK Competition and…

Google is Adding Many New Features to Maps

Google announced today that it is adding over 100 AI-powered improvements to Google Maps throughout…

Project Reunion 0.5 is Now Available

Microsoft announced today that Project Reunion 0.5 is now available with a focus on making…

Windows 10 Version 20H2 Hits 30 Percent Usage Share

Well, just about: According to the latest AdDuplex report, Windows 10 version 20H2 now accounts…

OnePlus 9 vs. OnePlus 9 Pro

You can save hundreds of dollars by choosing the OnePlus 9 instead of the OnePlus…

Microsoft Highlights 60 Indie Games Coming to Xbox

At its /twitchgaming and ID@Xbox showcase, Microsoft highlighted over 60 games coming to Xbox, including…

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Ask Paul: March 26 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and welcome to the end of the month. Spring is in full bloom…

Microsoft Store Launches a Spring Sale

The Microsoft Store’s annual Spring Sale starts today, offering deals and discounts on Surface PCs,…

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