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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Poised, Powerful, … Pixel? (Premium)

There’s often a curious disconnect between my understanding of Google and the way it presents…

Please Join Us for an AMA on Thursday, May 19

Next week, Nick Tirrell and I will be hosting an AMA to discuss the future…

Hands-On: HP Thunderbolt Dock G4

The HP Thunderbolt Dock now comes in two models and works with Windows 10 and…

Google Announces Maps and Translate Updates, Android 13, and More

Google used its first in-person I/O event in three years to announce an incredible range…

Sonos Announces New Soundbar, Voice Assistant, More

Sonos today announced Sonos Ray, a new compact soundbar, Sonos Voice Control, new colors for…

Google Announces Flutter 3.0

At its Google I/O conference today, Google announced the availability of Flutter 3.0, the latest…

New DuckDuckGo Chrome Extension Blocks Topics and FLEDGE

DuckDuckGo today announced the availability of DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, a Chrome extension that will block…

Microsoft Announces New .NET Milestones

Microsoft has released updates to key pieces of its .NET stack this week, among them…

Windows 11 is Getting a “New” Sound Recorder App

Continuing its slow-motion redesigning of the bundled apps in Windows 11, Microsoft said today it…

Match Group Sues Google, Google Bites Back

Tinder parent company Match Group sued Google this week for abusing its monopoly power over…

Google Releases Android Studio Chipmunk

Google today announced the release of Android Studio Chipmunk, the latest stable version of its…

Intel Adds a New Member to the 12th Gen Core Processor Family

Intel announced today that it will further bifurcate the 12th Gen Core mobile processor family…

Sony Has Sold 19.3 Million PlayStation 5 Consoles

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Sony announced that it sold just 2 million…

Nintendo Sold 23 Million Switch Consoles in the Past Year

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Nintendo announced that it sold 4.11 million Switch…

Review: After Steve

“After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost its Soul” is the first…

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Programming Windows: 8 is Enough (Premium)

With the Windows 8 Consumer Preview behind them, Steven Sinofsky and his lieutenants prepared for…

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