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

Microsoft Dev Box

Microsoft Dev Box is Now Generally Available

Microsoft announced today that Dev Box, its cloud-based developer workstation service, has exited preview and…

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From the Editor’s Desk for Monday: We Don’t Need Another Hero (Premium)

As you may have seen, Meta last week released Threads, which is logically described as yet…

Amazon Appstore on Windows 11

Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 is Now Generally Available

Amazon announced that its Appstore for Android in Windows 11 has exited preview and is…

Evernote and Bending Spoons

Evernote Lays Off Most of Staff, Triggering Fears of Closure

In a shocking development, Evernote's new corporate parent has laid off most of the company's…

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Clipchamp Saved the Day, and Now I’m Going to Keep Using It (Premium)

We interrupt our regular programming for something completely unexpected: this weekend, I became a Clipchamp…

Meta's new Threads service

Threads Barrels to 70 Million Sign-Ups in Just 2 Days

Meta co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed today that his firm's new service has had…

Pulling up to our apartment in an Uber
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Ask Paul: July 7 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and welcome to what has to be the longest Ask Paul I have…

Microsoft Edge Now Blocks Spam Notifications

Microsoft Edge Now Blocks Spam Web Notifications

Microsoft announced today that its Edge web browser now blocks spam notifications, including those that…

iRobot Zoomba

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…

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023

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…

AdDuplex 2011-2023

AdDuplex is Shutting Down

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

Bill Gates in the Commodore booth at Winter CES 1979
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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…

Mozilla Firefox 115

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…

Tidal

Tidal is Raising Prices

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

EU commissioner Thierry Breton

EU Labels Microsoft, Other Big Tech Firms as Gatekeepers

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

Google Pixel Fold

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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