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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Alexa Game Control Coming First to Dead Island 2

Amazon launched Alexa Game Control at Gamescom 2022 this week, and Dead Island 2 will…

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Enough with the F#*!ing Ads (Premium)

You know we’re in trouble when Apple is preparing to expand the use of advertising…

HP Spectre x360 13.5 Review

The HP Spectre x360 13.5 takes everything that was right about its near-perfect predecessor and…

You Can Now Catch .NET Conf: Focus on MAUI on Replay

Microsoft’s .NET Conf: Focus on MAUI has concluded, but you can now watch the entire…

Microsoft is Having an Incredible Sale on Bethesda Games

It’s not just PC Game Pass: Many of Bethesda’s games for PC, Xbox, and more…

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Ask Paul: August 19 (Premium)

Happy Friday! I’m back from Mexico City after what felt like a month away and…

More Wolfenstein, Quake Games Come to PC Game Pass

Concurrently with QuakCon, Microsoft has announced that several classic Wolfenstein and Quake titles are available…

GeForce NOW Adds 1440p/120 fps Streaming in Web Browsers

NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW game streaming service now supports streaming at 1440p and 120 fps in…

Google Workspace Individual is Now Available in Europe

Google announced this week that its paid Workspace offering for individuals is now available in…

Lenovo ThinkPad X13s First Impressions

The Lenovo ThinkPad X13s is an ultraportable laptop powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen…

Microsoft Launches a Markdown Language Server

Microsoft is releasing Markdown Language Server that makes Visual Studio Code’s Markdown support available to…

Gaming for Inclusion 2022 Arrives in September

Microsoft is partnering with the Special Olympics for the second annual Gaming for Inclusion esports…

HP Elite Dragonfly G3 First Impressions

HP launched its first Elite Dragonfly over three years ago as a thin, light, and…

Brave Improves Privacy for iPhone Users

Brave today highlighted recent features it has added to its browser on the iPhone that…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Preorders Get Campaign Early

Those who digitally preorder Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II will gain access to the…

Microsoft Partners with Canonical to Bring .NET 6 to Ubuntu Linux

Microsoft and Canonical have partnered to make .NET 6 available natively on Ubuntu Linux hosts…

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