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.

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Disney+ Now Has Over 152 Million Subscribers

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Disney said that its Disney+ streaming service now…

Halo Infinite Winter Update is Now Available

Described as the biggest feature update to Halo Infinite yet, the Winter Update adds Campaign…

.NET 7 is Now Available

At its .NET Conf 2022 virtual event today, Microsoft announced that .NET 7 is now…

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More Mobile: Problems in Paradise (Premium)

After many months of successfully using a More Mobile setup at home and on the…

Nintendo Lowers Switch Sales Forecast for 2022

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Nintendo said that it expects to sell 19…

Google Previews its Black Friday Sale

If you’ve been holding off on a new Pixel smartphone, Chromecast with Google TV, Nest…

New Windows 11 Beta Channel Build Adds Three New Features

Microsoft has issued Windows 11 builds 22623.885 and 22621.885 to testers in the Windows Insider…

Apple Has Two iPhone Supply Problems

Amid reports of the poorly-selling iPhone 14 Plus, Apple announced today that it will have…

HP Envy x360 13 (2022) First Impressions

The mid-market Envy lineup has long been the sweet spot in HP’s family of PC…

Google Expands Availability of Steam on ChromeOS

Several months after its initial alpha release, Google is expanding the availability of the pre-release…

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Ask Paul: November 4 (Premium)

Happy Friday! It’s been a frustrating morning of technical issues, so let’s kick off the…

Amazon to Roll Out Matter Support on Alexa-Powered Devices by December

Amazon today announced that it will roll out support for Matter across the Alexa ecosystem…

Roku Posts Strong Earnings But Warns on Future

Roku posted a net loss of $122 million on revenues of $761 million for the…

Lenovo Reports First Revenue Decline in 2.5 Years

Lenovo, the world’s largest maker of PCs, reported a 4 percent revenue decline in the…

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Windows 11 Usage Share is Struggling. Thanks, Microsoft! (Premium)

One year later, Microsoft’s decision to arbitrarily prevent most Windows 10 users from upgrading to…

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Qualcomm Earnings Miss Expectations

Qualcomm reported that it earned a net income of $2.9 billion on revenues of $11.4…

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