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.

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Google Workspace Extends Office Editing to Attachments

In the wake of adding native Microsoft Office editing capabilities to its Workspace services, Google…

Brave Adds an Integrated News Reader

Brave announced today that it is integrating a privacy-preserving news reader called Brave Today into…

Microsoft Improves the Xbox Family Settings App

Microsoft announced today that it has added two new features---screen time pausing and purchase requests---to…

U.S. Government, Most States Seek to Break Up Facebook

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam have joined…

Amazon Announces New UI for Fire TV

Amazon today announced that it will soon roll out what it calls its most significant…

Google Play Billing is Coming to Progressive Web Apps

The Chrome team announced today that it is bringing Play Billing to Progressive Web Apps…

HBO Max Usage Surged This Quarter

AT&T announced today that its HBO Max streaming service saw explosive usage and engagement gains…

Microsoft Claims Record Year for Xbox

Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, Xbox saw record levels of engagement in 2020, a year…

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I’ve been writing about Microsoft for over 25 years, and not since Longhorn has the…

Adobe Lightroom is Now Available on M1 Macs and Windows 10 on ARM

Adobe announced today that it has released Lightroom as a native app on M1-based Macs…

Apple’s M-Series Mac Roadmap Leaks

A report citing multiple sources says that Apple’s next-generation M-series Mac chips are due in…

Google Opens Up Fuchsia to Public Contributions

Google rarely talks about Fuchsia, an open-source operating system that may eventually replace Android and…

Apple Fitness+ Launches Next Week

Apple originally announced that its Fitness+ subscription service would launch by the end of 2020,…

Google Nest to Integrate with Samsung SmartThings

Google announced today that it will enable integration between its Nest-branded smart home products and…

Apple Announces AirPods Max

Apple today announced the long-rumored AirPods Max, which despite the name are not earbuds but…

Stadia Can Now Stream Directly to YouTube

When Google announced Stadia over one year ago, it promised that the game streaming service…

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