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

Disney+ Has 152 Million Subscribers, Ad-Supported Tier on the Way

In tandem with its quarterly earnings report, Disney announced that its Disney+ streaming service now…

Report: DOJ to File Antitrust Suit Against Google for Ads

A new report from Bloomberg claims that the U.S. Department of Justice will sue Google…

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Sorry, Google, but Apple Isn’t Listening (Premium)

Google’s “Get the Message” ad campaign is aimed at convincing Apple to adopt RCS. But…

Microsoft Finally Delivers Arm64EC for Windows 11

Over one year after Microsoft announced Arm64EC for Windows 11, Microsoft announced that this new…

Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2022 17.3

Microsoft has announced the release of Visual Studio 2022 17.3, which adds several new features…

Xbox is Returning to Gamescom

Microsoft today said that it would be appearing live at the Gamescom trade show in…

Acer TravelMate Spin P6 First Impressions

The TravelMate Spin P6 is Acer’s take on the business-class convertible PC, with a premium…

HP Pavilion Plus 14 Review

The HP Pavilion Plus 14 offers an interesting combination of functionality and value, with just…

Microsoft Announces the .NET MAUI Beautiful UI Challenge

In a bid to showcase some of the user interface work that’s being done with…

Google Countersues Sonos

Google apparently isn’t giving in to the inevitable. Instead, it is countersuing Sonos for allegedly…

Fitbit is Killing Desktop Sync

Thanks to the proliferation of smartphones, Fitbit will end support for PC and Mac syncing…

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Ask Paul: August 5 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s another great set of reader questions to kick off the weekend a…

Chrome OS 104 Finally Brings Dark Theme to Chromebooks

Google this week began rolling out Chrome OS 104 to the stable channel. Among other…

In Wake of Controversy, DuckDuckGo to Block Microsoft Trackers

DuckDuckGo announced that it will soon begin blocking Microsoft trackers in its privacy-focused web browsers…

Microsoft Releases Windows Package Manager 1.3

Microsoft has released Windows Package Manager (WinGet) 1.3 with improved reporting and support for portable…

Nintendo Has Sold Over 111 Million Switch Consoles

I was looking for this data in Nintendo’s recent quarterly results, but now we know:…

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