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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Intel Sees Revenues Plunge with PC Demand Falling

Intel reported a surprising net loss of $454 million on revenues of $15.3 billion, a…

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Amazon Surprises with Record Revenues

Amazon offered a rare ray of light in a week of financial disappointments with record…

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Apple Posts Blockbuster Quarter, but Loses Services Subscribers

Apple isn’t immune to the economy: despite posting a record financial quarter, the firm ended…

HP Spectre x360 13.5 First Impressions

Since its initial release seven years ago, the HP Spectre x360 has always occupied a…

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Videos? Instagram is a Terrible Place to Share Photos (Premium)

Influencers are freaking out because Instagram is pivoting to video. But come on. Instagram has…

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Samsung Results Surge on Chipset Sales

Samsung reported that it earned a net income of $8.5 billion on revenues of $59…

Google Pixel 6a Preview

The Google Pixel 6a arrives Thursday, and I’m happy to report that I’ll be reviewing…

Qualcomm Partners with Samsung as Revenues Surge

Qualcomm reported that it earned a net income of $3.7 billion on revenues of $11…

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Spotify Has 433 Million Users, is Canceling Car Thing

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Spotify revealed that it now has over 433…

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The Mainstream Press Doesn’t Understand Microsoft or Windows (Premium)

The New York Times examined the default tech settings that users should turn off immediately.…

Alphabet Revenues Underwhelm

Google’s parent company Alphabet reported that it earned a net income of $16 billion on…

Microsoft Just Lost the Windows 10 FUD War (Premium)

Microsoft Earnings Miss a Beat

Microsoft reported that it earned a net income of $16.7 billion on revenues of $51.87…

Next .NET Conf to Focus on .NET MAUI

Microsoft will host its next .NET Conf virtual conference on August 9, and this one…

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Expert (Premium)

I’m not a fan of the word “expert,” not because there aren’t experts, but rather…

Amazon is Raising Prime Prices in Europe Dramatically

Amazon alerted customers that it will raise its annual fee for Prime by up to…

Google Improves Workspace for Larger Android Screens

Key Google Workspace experiences like Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Keep have been updated to…

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