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

EA Play Lands on Xbox Game Pass for PC Tomorrow

After a delay of three months, the day has finally arrived: Over 60 EA Play…

Microsoft Releases Windows Community Toolkit 7

Microsoft today announced the availability of the Windows Community Toolkit 7, the latest version of…

Intel Releases 11th-Generation Core Desktop Processors

Intel today announced the availability of its 11th-generation “Rocket Lake” Core S-series processors for desktop…

Xbox Wireless Headset is Now Available

Microsoft’s eagerly awaited Xbox Wireless Headset is now available for purchase in 30 markets worldwide…

Here are the Titles Coming to Xbox Game Pass in Late March

Microsoft today announced several new games that are coming to Xbox Game Pass across all…

AMD Launches Ryzen Pro 5000 Series Mobile Processors

AMD announced today that its business-class Ryzen Pro 5000 series mobile processors are now available…

IDC: Wearables Market Grew 28.4 Percent in 2020

The market researchers at IDC claim that the wearables market grew by 28.4 percent last…

Google Play Store

Google to Halve its Developer Fees (UPDATED)

Google will reduce its fees to mobile app developers from 30 percent to 15 percent,…

Huawei Demands 5G Royalties from Apple, Samsung, Others

With its smartphone business crippled by its place on the U.S. Entity List, Huawei this…

Google Launches New Nest Hub

Google announced today that its second-generation Nest Hub is available for preorder. It costs $99.99…

5 Bethesda Games Get FPS Boost on Xbox Series X|S

Microsoft announced today that it has added FPS Boost to five “legendary” Bethesda games on…

HP EliteBook 840 G7 Review

The 7th-generation HP EliteBook 840 is smaller and lighter than its predecessor, and it adopts…

Tip: Switch to Microsoft for Password Management and Autofill

Last month, Microsoft announced the availability of Microsoft account-based password autofill capabilities across platforms.

Skype Desktop App Now Supports Noise Cancelation

Microsoft has brought its AI-enhanced and Teams-based noise cancelation functionality to the desktop versions of…

Apple Discontinues the HomePod

Apple announced that it has discontinued the original HomePod and will focus its smart speaker…

Microsoft Edge to Adopt New Chrome Release Cycle Too

With Google Chrome moving to a new four-week release cadence, Microsoft says it will offer…

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