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.

Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts

Microsoft Launches Second Round of Xbox One X Preorders

Microsoft Has Stopped Making Xbox One X, S All-Digital Edition

Microsoft has confirmed that it has halted the manufacture of all current-generation Xbox consoles models…

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Ask Paul: July 17 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and welcome to another set of surprisingly diverse questions, albeit with a curious…

Microsoft Releases Edge 84

Today, Microsoft released Edge version 84, adding some minor improvements to Collections, PDF support, and…

WinUI 3 is (Still) Delayed to Spring 2021

With the release today of WinUI 3 Preview 2, Microsoft has effectively delayed the final…

Microsoft Issues First Skype Preview Build on Android

Skype 8.62 Arrives

Skype 8.62 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Web brings custom backgrounds, up to 12 people…

Now the EU is Going After Voice Assistants, Smart Devices

The European Commission opened an investigation today into how Big Tech is using voice assistants…

Microsoft: The Future of Gaming is … You

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has penned an interesting editorial explaining his firm’s strategy for the future…

Google Offers a Free Android/Kotlin Developer Class for Beginners

Google today announced a free new online course for people without programming experience to learn…

Grammarly Expands Support for Google Docs

Grammarly announced a major expansion of its add-in for Google Docs that adds a new…

Microsoft Launcher 6 is Now Available

Microsoft has released a major new version of its Launcher for Android that supports Dark…

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Life After Fetch (Premium)

Microsoft’s decision to kill OneDrive Fetch isn’t a cause for despair: You can achieve this…

Here’s What’s Coming Next to Xbox Game Pass

We’ve hit the Ides of July, so Microsoft has popped up to fill us in…

Fitbit Launches More Affordable Smart Watch and Tracker

Google Pledges to Meet EU Data Demands for Fitbit

With its $21 billion acquisition of Fitbit hanging in the balance, Google agreed not to…

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Ireland Wins Appeal of Apple Tax Case

In a blow to EU regulators that had sought to paint Apple as corrupt, a…

Stardock Curtains is Now Available

Stardock announced today that its Curtains UX customization tool for Windows 10 is now available…

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Throwback: Halo 3 (Premium)

The release of Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 on September 25, 2007 was a…

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