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 a Big Xbox Sale

And by “launches,” I mean it started five days ago and they only mentioned it…

Apple Reportedly Ready to Start Reopening Campus

According to a reliable report, Apple will begin reopening its Apple Park corporate campus on…

Here are the Next Titles Coming to Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft has announced several new games that are coming to Xbox Game Pass for Console…

Microsoft Delivers May 2020 Update to Surface Pro 7, Laptop 3

As part of Patch Tuesday, Microsoft fixed a blocking issue that allows it to bring…

Google Sold Just 7.2 Million Pixel Handsets in 2019

While Pixel sales fell off a cliff in late 2019 because of the Pixel 4,…

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Paul’s Tech Makeover: Powerline Networking (Premium)

While I still plan to wire Ethernet into my home office, I’m experimenting with Powerline…

Amazon Sues Google Over New Hire

Amazon has sued Google to prevent a former Amazon executive from taking a job in…

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The Opportunity for Apple (Premium)

In two weeks, Apple will host WWDC 2020, and while the rumors have been flying…

Sonos Releases Its S2 App

Sonos today released the S2 version of its smart speaker OS and mobile app and…

Report: Huawei is Now “in a State of War”

A new report says that Huawei now considers itself in “a state of war” thanks…

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What I Use: June 2020 (Premium)

It’s been a while since I last wrote about the hardware, software, and services on…

Brave Caught Revising URLs with Affiliate Links

Brave, which makes a privacy-focused web browser alternative, has been caught redirecting searches with affiliate…

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Apple Prepping Interest-Free Hardware Payment Plans

Apple will try to sidestep the economic impact of the pandemic by offering customers an…

Dell XPS 13 (9300) Review

The Dell XPS 13 manages to fit a 13.4-inch display into a gorgeous and portable…

U.S. States Would Like to Break Up Google

The U.S. states that are investigating Google for antitrust violations are leaning towards breaking up…

Microsoft Promises More Diversity and Inclusiveness

In an open letter to employees and customers, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that Microsoft…

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