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

Apple Discloses How Many Users It Has in Europe

Complying with the European Digital Services Act, Apple today disclosed the number of monthly active…

Microsoft Announces a Single Domain for Microsoft 365 Apps and Services

Anyone who uses Microsoft 365 apps or services, consumer or commercial, knows that the software…

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Roku Results Beat Estimates as User Base Hits 71.6 Million

Roku announced flat revenue growth for the quarter ending March 31, but the results beat…

Amazon Shuts Down its Halo Health Products

Amazon announced today that it is shutting down its line of Halo-branded health and fitness…

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Continuous Innovation (Premium)

When it comes to adding features to Windows 11, Microsoft is like Darth Vader and…

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Analysis: Microsoft’s F23Q3 (Premium)

Yesterday, Microsoft reported its financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal 2023. Here's…

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Alphabet Revenues Grow 3 Percent

Google's parent company announced that it earned a net income of $15 billion on revenues…

Microsoft Updates Shipping Versions of Windows 10 for Third Time This Month

Microsoft Revenues Are Up 7 Percent

Microsoft announced that it earned a net income of $18.3 billion on revenues of $52.9…

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Let’s Talk About Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Antitrust (Premium)

Last night, we learned that Microsoft will agree to stop bundling Teams with Office to…

Spotify Has 515 Million Active Users, Up 22 Percent

As part of its latest quarterly earnings announcement, Spotify reported that it now has 515…

Google Authenticator Gets Major Upgrade with Account Sync

Google has finally addressed one of the major issues with its Authenticator app on Android…

Tip: Use Winstall and Winget to Bulk Install Apps

Windows 11's Windows Package Manager is useful for a lot of reasons. Among them, it…

Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 Review

While Lenovo is perhaps best known for its well-regarded ThinkPad series of products, the firm…

Google Pixel Fold Leaks in Full

With just two and a half weeks to go until its formal announcement, the Google…

Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 Arrives with Azure AD Authentication

Canonical today announced the release of its latest flagship Linux distribution, Ubuntu Desktop 23.04, which…

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Ask Paul: April 21 (Premium)

Happy Friday! This has been a fairly normal week after a few months of uncertainty…

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